I moved to Los Angeles from Seattle ten years ago with a very mediocre body image. If I exercised and ate right, I felt better. I never had a six pack or anything hard core like that, but I still thought I looked okay. Then, when I arrived in Los Angeles (otherwise known as Lala Land) and started pursuing acting, the way I ‘felt’ wasn’t gonna cut it according to my agents and manager.
Because things have gotten a little HEAVY around here lately (no pun intended)… 😉 Beside Meals on Wheels, feel free to CAPTION THIS below. 😉
How about MULTI-TASKING?!
Just how bad was my drinking?
For years, it probably looked like yours: racing in from a long day at work, my arms full of groceries, I would pour myself a glass of wine to sip while I chopped vegetables and oversaw a little homework. Put something in the oven, top up the glass of wine. Refresh it for dinner, and switch to tea.
I’m not sure if it was waking up every day for close to six weeks and seeing my face in the mirror – the black eye, the nearly fist-sized bruise that did it.
It could have been the moment I held my breath as the doctor put not one, but two needles into the blood clot in my cheek to try to draw it out.
It might simply have been the pain….with every step, the jolt that resonated from my right foot coursing through my rib cage until it exploded in my fractured cheek bone.
Or it could have been that my small people tip-toed around me, hugging me, but always leaning back for a quick look into my eyes, fearful they had bumped my face or hurt me in some way.
Whatever it was, I got the memo.
So, I thought this would be fun for a Friday. It is an interesting exercise via Dr. Phil, and it doesn’t take long to complete (only two minutes). Once we know more about ourselves, our strengths and weaknesses… the journey to self discovery is the one of the first steps to getting off the fence.
When I look at how I manage the everyday juggle and grind, there are two things that keep me most grounded through it all. There are two things, that no matter how stressed I am, or how frazzled I may be, that literally transform my entire aura. One is meditation.
The other… yoga.
Please note Dear ED is not Dear Erica Diamond. It is a letter written by Marci Warharf-Nadler to her eating disorder. In writing this letter seven years ago, Marci was finally closing a chapter in her life– letting go of a destructive past. Marci was kind enough to share this candid letter with us, in hopes of shedding light on the destruction of eating disorders. In sharing this letter, she also shows us the raw process of letting go of a life that no longer serves you, and how writing can be a cathartic process to overcome.
I have studied happiness for many years. I think everyone could benefit from a happiness project.
I know many of you will disagree with me today on today’s post, but I wanted to voice my opinion on a news story that broke this week, and how it relates back to all of us.
I know I’m on a blogging break, but I saw this, loved it and had to share. Truly something to think about… and then get off the fence and act on.
I help busy women (like you!) prioritize self-care so you can experience less stress, more calm and greater joy every day!
