January 2012
“I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you’ll dream dangerously and...”
– Neil Gaiman
December 2011
“Never think that what you have to offer is insignificant. There will always be...”
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“Life, she realized, so often became a determined, relentless avoidance of...”
– Mary Balogh
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“My body is not a representation of my failures, sins, or mistakes. My body is...”
– Avoid Holiday Weight Shame
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us...”
– E.E. Cummings
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“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we...”
– Audre Lorde
Anonymous asked: I just wanted to tell you that you're a wonderful person. Whenever I feel down or alone, I come to this site and it always makes me feel a little less alone... Thank you... I wish you all the very best. XXXXOOOO Deborah
No numbers please!
I’ve been getting a lot of messages about calories, and am being asked if eating X amount of calories will make someone gain or lose X amount of weight.
As someone in recovery, I don’t count calories.
Keeping track of numbers, whether on the scale or on food labels, only feeds the eating disorder and perpetuates distorted thinking and unhealthy body image.
I haven’t been...
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“We’re all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take...”
– Libba Bray
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“The bad things in life open your eyes to the good things you weren’t paying...”
– Good Will Hunting
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Anonymous asked: Hey Daniell! A while ago I sent you a message telling you about how I just transferred to a new school and how I've been having trouble adjusting. I'm not close to a lot of people like everyone else is, and it's been three months since school began and things haven't really gotten any better. Is it abnormal that I haven't made any close friends yet? I don't know what...
thingsthatverbme asked: Thank you for this.
Anonymous asked: when you first gain weight when reovering about how long does it take for you to start gaining gradually each week and not water weight? (like when you gain a lot of weight in the beginning of refeeding)thank you=)
“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they...”
– Rumi
“This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can...”
– Relevant magazine
zestaciously asked: I agree with mindbodyhealth! I would love to hold a precious copy of your words in my hands! Actually, if I pictured your book, it would be perforated, with pages that ripped out so people could tape them all over the place for inspiration. There would be pretty pictures & fonts & quotes, kind of like each of your posts. You have a story to tell & you are speaking of life & love...
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“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”
– Lewis Smedes
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“I knew that if I was going to be naked in front of the world, I wanted to look...”
– Jennifer Lawrence, on preparing for her role in X-Men First Class
tammyplunkett asked: Hi Daniell, Have you been approached to write a book yet? I truly believe your blog would transform into an amazing book, and I would read it and buy it for all my friends! Thanks for all you do :)
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