Thursday- 26/04/12 - Thankful Thursday - Rachel - Sport, Personality Tra...

YES!! I PAUSE MOST OF THE WAY THROUGH but the SPEECH IS CLEAR. 
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This week I link both the nature of sport and personality traits and how they are used in sport and can also be traits of Eating Disorders.
I then discuss over exercise and how this is linked to Eating Disorders and how that can be managed.

Monday - 09/04/12 - Marvelous Monday - Rachel - Building Self Identity U...

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This is the third week on Identity.
1) Identity and Sexuality
2) Identity and Emotional Absue

And this week 3) Identity and Therapy.

Therapy can provide a significant means of building self identity.
It can help us restore, reclaim and rebuild who we are.
Illness, Eating Disorders, mental health difficulties, trauma, loss can all cause a person to literally crumble.
The point of therapy is to initially stabilise us, and then after this, to help us build and understand who we are without the illness.
Who we are as a person and how we interact with the world.
The things that make us *us* and the things we love.
Ultimately, I believe, such a process can lead to a full sense of self that is both confident and secure, within who they are and how they appear.

Sunday- 01/04/12- Smashing Sunday - Rachel - Impact of Emotional Abuse o...

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Check out Lynn Crilly's book which is out tomorrow; "Hope with Eating Disorders" for you and your loved ones.
A very easy read and full of amazing information.
It will help you understand boundaries around how hard caring for a loved on can be.
Also check out "Stop Walking on Egg Shells" which will help you understand the boundaries which can filter away and turn into emotionally abusive behaviour.
Note; I talk about behaviour as just because someone acts in emotionally abusive ways, it does not mean they *are* an abusive person.
It means their illness needs boundaries