Practicing Self-Respect for Eating Disorder Recovery

By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS

It's normal to want people to like you. 😊 But it's extraordinary to genuinely like yourself so that even when you don't receive the respect you deserve, you still know your worth. 💪💪🏿✨

We're here to help our clients with disordered eating find that deep sense of inner security. 🤝 And with the right support, anyone can develop it. 💡

If you'd like to start boosting your self-respect today, try jotting down affirmations on Post-it notes 📝 and placing them on your mirror. Here are a few examples:

1. I'm not a body. I'm a being. 💫

2. My self-worth is not defined by my shape or size. 💪💪🏿✨

3. I respect and nurture my body because it's the home of my soul. 🕊️

4. I accept my body as it is, with kindness and love. ❤️

5. My worth is inherent and unchangeable, regardless of my physical appearance. 🌟

6. I celebrate and appreciate my body for all it does for me. 🎉

7. My body is my home. 🏠

Read your affirmation to yourself as you start each day to let its message sink in. You are enough, just as you are. 🌈