I love you.
I’m sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.
I’m sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
These 4 sentences have been words that have helped me through so many difficult experiences of my life.
They’ve supported me in my divorce, in raising my son, in my super hard breakup a year ago, in letting go of my obsession with food and my body and in my most recent difficulties regarding my chronic fatigue.
I’ve recited them a million times and they often work like magic in times when my anxieties go through the roof, times when I feel like I cannot breathe, times when I have tears streaming down my face with no apparent reason – other than pure exhaustion and sometimes even joy.
These words are healing.
They’re powerful.
They’re like a warm blanket that warms that heart of yours that’s been through so much.
I love you.
I’m sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
Today, these words came to my mind again as I was talking with a client who’s been struggling tremendously.
Often times we really don’t know what our next steps are. Often times we’re in such immense pain that we cannot see the other side. Often times we feel as if we’re drowning, that food, our bodies, our obsessions are taking over everything and there’s hardly anything left of US.
And I know what it’s like to never find your joy because you’re thinking about food 24/7.
I know what it’s like to try a new diet every Monday because you’ve failed the last one (and you know what my thoughts are about that now!).
I know what it’s like to believe that you can never break out of diet prison, that the binging, the overeating, the shame, the fear, the dieting will persist for the rest of your life.
But the truth is that it doesn’t have to be that way.
Deep, true, lasting healing is possible for everyone – even you.
However, in the biggest of struggles, when you feel like your binging will never stop, when you feel like your desire to be thin at all costs will never subside, recite these 4 sentences over and over and over again – until you feel the relief, the healing, the magic happen.
I love you.
I’m sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
P.S. It’s not too late to join the Tribe for our December theme!
We’re working on Overeating, Dieting and Binging – The core healing strategies to get out of diet prison!
So, if you want to stop living in diet prison and if you’re serious about changing your life, now’s the time to join us:
