When you can step away from your definitions and expectations, be fully awake in this moment and greet it as is, you are being authentic and free. This is what it means to be your true essential or authentic self.
You also experience a sense of wholeness when you can accept all of yourself, not just the parts you like. When you can embrace the not so good parts with acceptance and compassion, it brings a sense of peace and completeness.
You’re human, and like everyone else, you’re a mixed bag of strengths and weaknesses, darkness, and light. As long as you’re alive, you will be a work in progress, ever growing and ever changing.
Self-acceptance, being present, and authenticity are keys to overcoming overeating. Many people use eating as a way of escaping the pain and drudgery of life. If you want to overcome emotional eating, you have to become willing to fully show up for your life and deal with what life is currently presenting you, instead of avoiding or numbing it by eating. This also means being willing to accept and feel all of your feelings, not
just the pleasant ones.
Many people are terrified of their feelings. They are afraid they will be swallowed up by them. Or they have pushed them away for so long, they’re terrified of what will happen when they begin to feel them.
Questions:
What feelings do you tend to avoid? Why?
When, where, or by whom did you learn that these were to be avoided?
What feelings trigger you to overeat?
What would happen if you became willing to embrace all your feelings?
Can you begin to create some space for difficult feelings, instead of pushing them away?
What if you met your feelings with curiosity and openness, seeing them as containing messages, feedback, and lessons for your life?
How might that change your eating behavior and your life?
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