Short Reads
Explore the difference between innate worth and self-worth, and how reconnecting to your inherent value can support your binge eating recovery as a highly sensitive woman.
Emotional discomfort can feel overwhelming - but avoiding it often leads to more pain. This gentle reflection explores how learning to feel can bring lightness in binge eating recovery for Highly Sensitive People.
What if your struggle with food restriction isn’t about willpower - but about survival? This gentle reflection from Binge Free & Worthy explores food scarcity, safety, and recovery.
What happens when you stop exercising to lose weight and start moving for joy? A short reflection on movement, pressure, and what feels good in binge eating recovery.
What happens when a former vegan starts eating animal products again? A personal story about reverence, nourishment, and food freedom in binge eating recovery from Binge Free & Worthy.
If you didn’t feel unworthy, how might your relationship with food change? A gentle reflection for highly sensitive women in binge eating recovery from Binge Free & Worthy.
Emotional discomfort often feels like something to avoid but it can be a powerful gateway to growth. A personal story of transformation in binge eating recovery from Binge Free & Worthy.
Reading time: 1 min Originally shared as part of Inbox Reflections - my honest, heartfelt emails to support your binge eating recovery as a highly sensitive woman. Most women in binge eating recovery have a challenging relationship with exercise. And as a Highly Sensitive Person, it’s likely there are extra layers of complexity for you… Maybe you’ve really pushed yourself in the past, exercising in ways that were too intense for you and further disconnected you from your body, all in the name of weight loss. Perhaps you feel guilty that you don’t do certain types of exercise simply because they don’t feel good to you. Or maybe thoughts about how you “should” be exercising stop you from moving your body as much. If so, there’s a recent piece of research into HSPs and their relationships with exercise that you might find insightful… The researchers found from those who took part (students and employees at a university in the USA, mostly female) that HSPs are just as likely to exercise as anyone else, but that they prefer less intense exercise. And that makes absolute sense knowing what we know about HSPs ✨ It’s just one small study, but it totally resonates with me. How about you? If so, I hope knowing this helps you to quieten the “but I should be…” thoughts, and enjoy moving your body the ways you like to!
Reading time: 1 min Originally shared as part of Inbox Reflections - short, heartfelt emails to support your binge eating recovery as a highly sensitive woman. I have a theory that highly sensitive women who struggle with their relationships with food and their bodies have a hard time receiving. Receiving their sensitivity Receiving their worth Receiving their bodies Receiving nourishment Receiving support Receiving attention Receiving the moment But I also believe that we have the greatest capacity to receive when we know how to and feel safe in doing so. Because being sensitive and receptive go hand in hand. Does this ring true for you? If so, one of the most profound practices for you might be to simply: 1. Receive as you inhale Receiving yourself, the moment and whatever is there for you, even if it’s uncomfortable. 2. Release as you exhale Surrendering and letting it all completely go (this is just as important). This is my core practice right now, and in fact, it has been for some time. There are many times I still find receiving infinitely hard, but this little practice has benefited me in more ways than I could tell you... I hope it serves you as much as it's served me.
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Ester Panizza
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