The most fundamental aspect of recovery was learning to rewire my brain, to trust my body, its hunger, and its desire to be nourished, not starved.
My therapist explained that complimenting weight loss perpetuates harmful conversations about body image and that it was necessary for me to change my dialogue around body size.
I struggled with the idea that not complimenting weight loss seemed counterintuitive; the societal conditioning prescribed weight loss as a marker of success but I was taught otherwise.
Years of societal norms told me to affirm weight loss but through recovery, I’ve learned our dialogues around body image must shift to promote healthier conversations.
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