Being thin created intense anxiety that I wouldn't be able to maintain that weight for life, and I couldn't. — Jenni Schaefer Able Copy Share Image
Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times. — Jenni Schaefer Action Copy Share Image
“Clinicians have told me that our emotional is arrested at the age that an eating disorder takes control of our lives. After… — Jenni Schaefer Arrested-development Copy Share Image
Replace perfectionism with persistence. After all, in recovery and life, it's persistence that really pays off. Forget about perfection. — Jenni Schaefer Excellence Copy Share Image
I would not encourage you to go through the sweat, blood, and tears of the recovery process only to reach some kind… — Jenni Schaefer Blood Copy Share Image
“When you feel like you would rather die than live another day with an eating disorder, know that I used to feel… — Jenni Schaefer Another day Copy Share Image
“Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times. Real hope combined with doing nothing has never pulled… — Jenni Schaefer Difficult time Copy Share Image
“Holding myself to perfectionistic standards, I used to think I had to become lifelong friends with everyone who entered my life. This… — Jenni Schaefer Connection Copy Share Image
Connect with supportive people who empower you. The more you jump into your life, the further away from Ed you can get.… — Jenni Schaefer Backup 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.… — Jenni Schaefer Determined Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, especially during my recovery, I didn't need to think about everything I was doing wrong; instead, I needed to focus more… — Jenni Schaefer Doing right Copy Share Image
Intense pain often pushed me to make changes. The pain of the eating disorder pushed me into recovering from eating-disordered behaviors, and… — Jenni Schaefer Behavior Copy Share Image
“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,… — Jenni Schaefer Eating disorder Copy Share Image
“anxiety becomes high energy when taken to the light. For me, it worked like this: I used to live in a constant… — Jenni Schaefer Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Why couldn’t I find one action that would make the need to binge automatically disappear? Because there is no magic action to… — Jenni Schaefer Bingeing Copy Share Image
“I wrote in my journal about how good I felt when I was not living under Ed’s control. Then, when I really… — Jenni Schaefer Eating disorder Copy Share Image
“In the past, my brain could only compute perfection or failure—nothing in between. So words like competent, acceptable, satisfactory, and good enough… — Jenni Schaefer Eating disorder Copy Share Image
“When we feel like giving up, like we are beyond help, we must remember that we are never beyond hope. Holding on… — Jenni Schaefer Action Copy Share Image
I went from really hating my body, to disliking it, to accepting it but not exactly liking it, then accepting it and… — Jenni Schaefer Accepting Copy Share Image
“I left myself out of humanity by focusing on differences. This isolation only strengthened Ed” (17)” — Jenni Schaefer Differences Copy Share Image
“With Ed, I always pushed away the good and only heard the bad. Today, I let in the good.” — Jenni Schaefer Change Copy Share Image
Ironically, this physically weak feeling signifies that I'm actually getting stronger. I know from my past that I will ultimately feel strong… — Jenni Schaefer Eating disorder Copy Share Image
To stay in recovery, you must be responsible for finding your own motivation. Remember, motivation may not be easy to come by… — Jenni Schaefer Being responsible Copy Share Image
Sometimes I felt lonely because I pushed people away for so long that I honestly didn't have many close connections left. I… — Jenni Schaefer Connection Copy Share Image
Anita Johnston, Ph.D., author of Eating in the Light of the Moon, taught me to look in the mirror with curiosity rather… — Jenni Schaefer Amount Copy Share Image
“My job is not to worry about what everyone else thinks about me but to discover what I think. If I actually… — Jenni Schaefer Anxiety Copy Share Image
![“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 a backup plan for living. Live today. [...] Trust in God. Believe in yourself. Get friends and family members to stand behind you. That's the only backup you'll need.” quote by Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ae/jenni-schaefer-22271_backup_connect-with-supportive-people-who-empow_842326.jpg)
