This past week I finished a project for my friend, the Psychologist. Her work in the area of one's unhealthy relationships with one’s own body and food is inspired. She takes a strongly sane position between the
"Fat is fab, eat it if you see it" ladies and the
"Strut your skeleton, starve yourself" girls. She's created a body of research on the subject that is remarkable. I thought I'd heard it all, but after 15 minutes listening to her input on the topic, I was surprised to have learned a few things. (Did you know, for instance, that every cell in the body is renewed in a year? So, who do I want to be next year?) I've put attending her
Clean Eating Class on my Bucket list. Wise beyond her years, she is a knowledgeable and a caring therapist. (And she'll blush if she reads this.)
My task was to decorate some
Jenga blocks with statements regarding body image. She called them
cognitive disconnects, I believe. Her plan is to use them in a game she has created for her Body Image Workshop. Sadly, many of these statements have been my foundational truths. But as I carefully chose lettering, color and design for each individual block, I also had plenty of time to meditate, often squirming with discomfort I might add, on the statement.
As misery loves company, I thought I'd share a couple of them with you:
Bunk, wouldn't you say?
What have you created this week?
Bunk indeed. Sad to know the things we say to ourselves. But that said, these are really cool and I hope they are instrumental in changing someones life. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI struggled with body image issues my entire life, even battling an eating disorder in my early 40s--though I was never hospitalized.
ReplyDeleteI am turning 50 next week. God has placed in my life some much younger women who are gravely ill due to cancer. I am not sure what lesson I'm supposed to take from this, but I have taken the idea of my body being His masterpiece. I no longer grouse about it or beat myself (mentally). The funhouse mirror I have carried in my head since I was 11 has shattered.
I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Thanks for posting this.
I love that idea - my body being God's Masterpiece. I will meditate on that one. I, too, have struggled with an eating disorder throughout my life. I am now 56 years old and refuse to listen to those old lies.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ellie, for sharing.
The Professor is amazed at your wisdom and influence. It is when we become who we really are we can finally do what we were made to do. How lucky am I to walk with the Artist?
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