Be confident in your skin. Embrace your "flaws". Love yourself for who you are. You are beautiful!
love and light, kelly
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Embracing Flaws
Be confident in your skin. Embrace your "flaws". Love yourself for who you are. You are beautiful!
love and light, kelly
Embracing Flaws
Be confident in your skin. Embrace your "flaws". Love yourself for who you are. You are beautiful!
love and light, kelly
Sunday, October 11, 2015
World Mental Health Day
Yesterday was World Mental Health Day. Eating disorders are a form of mental illness. It is not about vanity, like some people believe. It is not an attitude problem. It is not as easily cured as simply choosing to eat again. It is a serious illness. No one wakes up one day and chooses to get anorexia, bulimia, compulsive binge eating disorder, and the like. It is something that happens over time. Usually as a coping mechanism, much like alcoholism and drug addiction.
But what makes eating disorders scary is that out of all the mental illnesses is that it has the highest mortality rate. Studies vary stating the rate between 10 and 20 percent. The reason for the high rate is because of the health issues the disease cause. Many sufferers die from heart failure, organ failure, malnutrition, or suicide. Not to mention the recovery rate isn't stellar either. That's some scary shit people.
That's why I started this blog. To show that it is possible. You can recover. It is not always going to be easy, but many things in life worth having do require hard work. And insurance companies can suck when it comes to coverage. I had to fight with mine. I was out patient, so mine wasn't as expensive, but I know the struggle. One of my dreams is to have a non profit that helps people pay for treatment.
Keep fighting the fight. Keep your head up. You can do it.
If anyone wants to email me and talk, my email is kellyb360@gmail..com.
love and light, kelly
But what makes eating disorders scary is that out of all the mental illnesses is that it has the highest mortality rate. Studies vary stating the rate between 10 and 20 percent. The reason for the high rate is because of the health issues the disease cause. Many sufferers die from heart failure, organ failure, malnutrition, or suicide. Not to mention the recovery rate isn't stellar either. That's some scary shit people.
That's why I started this blog. To show that it is possible. You can recover. It is not always going to be easy, but many things in life worth having do require hard work. And insurance companies can suck when it comes to coverage. I had to fight with mine. I was out patient, so mine wasn't as expensive, but I know the struggle. One of my dreams is to have a non profit that helps people pay for treatment.
Keep fighting the fight. Keep your head up. You can do it.
If anyone wants to email me and talk, my email is kellyb360@gmail..com.
love and light, kelly
World Mental Health Day
Yesterday was World Mental Health Day. Eating disorders are a form of mental illness. It is not about vanity, like some people believe. It is not an attitude problem. It is not as easily cured as simply choosing to eat again. It is a serious illness. No one wakes up one day and chooses to get anorexia, bulimia, compulsive binge eating disorder, and the like. It is something that happens over time. Usually as a coping mechanism, much like alcoholism and drug addiction.
But what makes eating disorders scary is that out of all the mental illnesses is that it has the highest mortality rate. Studies vary stating the rate between 10 and 20 percent. The reason for the high rate is because of the health issues the disease cause. Many sufferers die from heart failure, organ failure, malnutrition, or suicide. Not to mention the recovery rate isn't stellar either. That's some scary shit people.
That's why I started this blog. To show that it is possible. You can recover. It is not always going to be easy, but many things in life worth having do require hard work. And insurance companies can suck when it comes to coverage. I had to fight with mine. I was out patient, so mine wasn't as expensive, but I know the struggle. One of my dreams is to have a non profit that helps people pay for treatment.
Keep fighting the fight. Keep your head up. You can do it.
If anyone wants to email me and talk, my email is kellyb360@gmail.com.
love and light, kelly
But what makes eating disorders scary is that out of all the mental illnesses is that it has the highest mortality rate. Studies vary stating the rate between 10 and 20 percent. The reason for the high rate is because of the health issues the disease cause. Many sufferers die from heart failure, organ failure, malnutrition, or suicide. Not to mention the recovery rate isn't stellar either. That's some scary shit people.
That's why I started this blog. To show that it is possible. You can recover. It is not always going to be easy, but many things in life worth having do require hard work. And insurance companies can suck when it comes to coverage. I had to fight with mine. I was out patient, so mine wasn't as expensive, but I know the struggle. One of my dreams is to have a non profit that helps people pay for treatment.
Keep fighting the fight. Keep your head up. You can do it.
If anyone wants to email me and talk, my email is kellyb360@gmail.com.
love and light, kelly
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
A Little Patience
We live in an instant gratification society. You want something now? Well, you can get it now. Movies, albums, songs, books, you name it. You don't even have to leave your house anymore to go shopping. You can do it at the comfort of your house. Just about everything you could possibly want is at your fingertips now. Everything but one.
Your recovery.
That is going to take some time.
And it can suck big time, though you probably already know that.
The main thing I want you to remember is that your disease did not happen overnight. It took months and years to get where you are right now. So it would only make sense that it would take time to get better.
There were many many many times in my recovery that I felt like giving up. Throwing in the towel. This crap is taking too long. It's so much easier staying sick. When am I ever going to be "normal" again? Ever felt like this?
I had many pity parties for myself. But I kept on. Knowing that there had to be a better way of living. Knowing that God had a plan for me. I never gave up. I kept up showing up for my appointments, and doing my recovery work. Slowly I got better.
So don't give up. Anything worth having takes time. I did it and so can you. Have patience and faith. A lot of patience and faith.
love and light, kelly
Your recovery.
That is going to take some time.
And it can suck big time, though you probably already know that.
The main thing I want you to remember is that your disease did not happen overnight. It took months and years to get where you are right now. So it would only make sense that it would take time to get better.
There were many many many times in my recovery that I felt like giving up. Throwing in the towel. This crap is taking too long. It's so much easier staying sick. When am I ever going to be "normal" again? Ever felt like this?
I had many pity parties for myself. But I kept on. Knowing that there had to be a better way of living. Knowing that God had a plan for me. I never gave up. I kept up showing up for my appointments, and doing my recovery work. Slowly I got better.
So don't give up. Anything worth having takes time. I did it and so can you. Have patience and faith. A lot of patience and faith.
love and light, kelly
A Little Patience
We live in an instant gratification society. You want something now? Well, you can get it now. Movies, albums, songs, books, you name it. You don't even have to leave your house anymore to go shopping. You can do it at the comfort of your house. Just about everything you could possibly want is at your fingertips now. Everything but one.
Your recovery.
That is going to take some time.
And it can suck big time, though you probably already know that.
The main thing I want you to remember is that your disease did not happen overnight. It took months and years to get where you are right now. So it would only make sense that it would take time to get better.
There were many many many times in my recovery that I felt like giving up. Throwing in the towel. This crap is taking too long. It's so much easier staying sick. When am I ever going to be "normal" again? Ever felt like this?
I had many pity parties for myself. But I kept on. Knowing that there had to be a better way of living. Knowing that God had a plan for me. I never gave up. I kept up showing up for my appointments, and doing my recovery work. Slowly I got better.
So don't give up. Anything worth having takes time. I did it and so can you. Have patience and faith. A lot of patience and faith.
love and light, kelly
Your recovery.
That is going to take some time.
And it can suck big time, though you probably already know that.
The main thing I want you to remember is that your disease did not happen overnight. It took months and years to get where you are right now. So it would only make sense that it would take time to get better.
There were many many many times in my recovery that I felt like giving up. Throwing in the towel. This crap is taking too long. It's so much easier staying sick. When am I ever going to be "normal" again? Ever felt like this?
I had many pity parties for myself. But I kept on. Knowing that there had to be a better way of living. Knowing that God had a plan for me. I never gave up. I kept up showing up for my appointments, and doing my recovery work. Slowly I got better.
So don't give up. Anything worth having takes time. I did it and so can you. Have patience and faith. A lot of patience and faith.
love and light, kelly
Friday, October 2, 2015
A Return to Love
This is one of my favorite quotes. It comes from Marianne Williamson's book A Return to Love. I urge each and every one of you to read this quote daily and take it to heart. We all have that within us. It is waiting to be discovered. Don't hide it any longer. The world needs people like you.
love and light, kelly
A Return to Love
This is one of my favorite quotes. It comes from Marianne Williamson's book A Return to Love. I urge each and every one of you to read this quote daily and take it to heart. We all have that within us. It is waiting to be discovered. Don't hide it any longer. The world needs people like you.
love and light, kelly
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