Intense pain often pushed me to make changes. The pain of the eating disorder pushed me into recovering from eating-disordered behaviors, and then the emotional turmoil I experienced without those behaviors (not knowing how to cope with perfectionism, feelings, and… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
In the past, I was a perpetual victim; how I was doing in any given moment depended on what happened to me. Today I… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times. — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
Oftentimes, especially during my recovery, I didn't need to think about everything I was doing wrong; instead, I needed to focus more on what… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
“Why couldn’t I find one action that would make the need to binge automatically disappear? Because there is no magic action to make that… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
“When we feel like giving up, like we are beyond help, we must remember that we are never beyond hope. Holding on to hope… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
“Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times. Real hope combined with doing nothing has never pulled me through.” — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
Connect with supportive people who empower you. The more you jump into your life, the further away from Ed you can get. Don't have… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
“In the past, my brain could only compute perfection or failure—nothing in between. So words like competent, acceptable, satisfactory, and good enough fell into… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
“anxiety becomes high energy when taken to the light. For me, it worked like this: I used to live in a constant state of… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
I would not encourage you to go through the sweat, blood, and tears of the recovery process only to reach some kind of mediocre… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
“I wrote in my journal about how good I felt when I was not living under Ed’s control. Then, when I really felt like… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
“During the worst stages of my eating disorder, I was all-or-none with food—either bingeing or not eating. Much of my experience was, in fact,… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
Replace perfectionism with persistence. After all, in recovery and life, it's persistence that really pays off. Forget about perfection. — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
“When you feel like you would rather die than live another day with an eating disorder, know that I used to feel that way… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share
