One Bite at a Time


I'm Kate. I used to not eat. I had Anorexia Nervosa and got very sick and hated my life. A few years ago I began a recovery process, which I believe is a lifelong deal. I'm still in the process of healing my mind, body, and spirit, and there are a lot of things that help me do this. Here is a short list!
-Buddhist Mindfulness practice, meditation, Radical Acceptance, praying, the Psalms
-Food. Lots of it. Mostly only the delicious kind.
-Exercise. Lots of it. Mostly only the fun kind. A jezziefriend called it Slayer Training, which I joyfully stole. If you don't know what this means, don't worry. If you do, I love you.
-Therapy (still. I think it might never end.)
-Having good friends and family, both IRL and on the wonderwebs (*trademark, my brother.)
-12 Step recovery principles (but I am not a Big Book Thumper, so please don't be afraid.)

This will be a place for me to dump copious amounts of recipes (the good and the bad), talk about spirituality and what I learn in my weekly sitting group, repost inspiring and awesome quotes and stories, and share ridiculous and/or obscene pictures, gifs, and assorted other whatnots. That's how I roll. I hope you will enjoy.

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12th September 2012

70,000 pregnant people die around the world every single year from illegal abortion. They leave behind 220,000 kids since 61% of people seeking abortions are already parents. So you’ve got dead parents, dead fetuses, and orphaned kids. What part of that sounds “Pro-Life” to you?

stfuprolife:

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I love providing irrefutable sources.

-STFU, Pro-Life

Will recite this to the next person who asks why I’m “so angry” about the Republican platform.

Tagged: politicsabortionpro-choice forever

Source: stfueverything

3rd August 2012

Help?

Hey ladies, I have a request. I am working with a young girl who had an abortion after a sexual assault. She was recommended some bullshit book about abortion and had a really bad reaction last night, so I decided to investigate today. I looked through the book and it was really shame-based and awful. The thing she reacted so badly to was a poem supposedly written by a fetus before being aborted. I’m sure you can imagine what it was like.
Anyway we had a really good long talk about it, and took a little walk to a store where we played with puppies. In the course of our conversation I had the idea to recommend a different book to her, one about basically overcoming brainwashing about abortion. Learning to accept that the decision she made was the right one for her. Then I realized I don’t know any books like that. I’m sure they exist. Do any of you have any recommendations?

Tagged: workabortiontherapyrecovery