Personal story: Growth through discomfort
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Originally shared as part of Inbox Reflections - my honest, heartfelt emails to support your binge eating recovery as a highly sensitive woman.
I’m at a place in my work with Binge Free & Worthy where I know that in order to support more women like you, I need to really put myself out there more.
And to the part of me that just wants to stay small and safe, that still has insecurities, doing so is really scary.
But, this work (in its inner and outer sense) is very much what I’m here for!
So last night I did something I never thought I’d do…
I attended my first Toastmasters event.
If you’re unfamiliar with Toastmasters, it’s all about learning how to communicate more confidently and effectively through public speaking (and it’s very practice heavy!).
I’d decided about a week before that I was going to give it a try, and from that moment up to when I walked through the doors, my mind kept repeating the line;
“It would be really easy to just not go.”
Because it would.
I could simply not go and not put myself through all that discomfort.
But in doing so, I’d be stopping myself from receiving the meaningful growth that comes with moving through that discomfort.
And all this reminded me of the binge eating recovery journey.
How there are many moments where you’re given the choice;
1. To stay where you are with the discomfort that’s become familiar
2. Or to say yes to a new kind of discomfort that may be initially more intense (but often far more short lived) in order to experience the freedom you desire
To be free from binge eating.
To have a peaceful relationship with food.
To feel safe and supported.
To lean into your gifts as a HSP.
To feel at home in your body.
Whatever it is that you’re here for.
If you’re going to feel at least some discomfort either way...
Which one will you choose for yourself?
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