eating disorder recovery – One Day at a Time: Thoughts on Getting Out of B.E.D.

Wow! It’s been a whole year since I wrote a blog post. It’s certainly not because everything has been peachy for the last year. In fact, I’ve had some significant body shame and negative self-talk off and on since early 2021 and just didn’t feel like writing about it, except in my journals. Tonight, though, I had an urge to share some of my photography and paintings from the past year — creative arts are one way for me to silence that inner critic. When I’m putting colors on canvas or trying to get a close-up of a bird or animal, my breathing slows, my mind focuses, and I feel connected to something (someOne) bigger than myself.

Island Beach State Park, New Jersey