Comments on: I’m breaking up with my body and my mind. http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/ Learning the life I want to lead. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:34:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Letter to my body « Practice Living http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-971 Letter to my body « Practice Living Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:56:01 +0000 http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-971 [...] Breakups are HARD! It had been a long time since I’d been through one, before I broke up with you and my mind and started over. I like our new relationship, even though it’s rocky, and taking it’s sweet time to develop. It’s more comfortable and accommodating than our old relationship. Okay, I know I need to keep working on things, because sometimes I’m still kind of a jerk to you. I sometimes say things to you or accuse you of things that aren’t true. I’m not moving you enough, and I’m still working on listening when you tell me when you’re hungry and what you’re hungry for. You need more fruit and a more consistent multivitamin - I’m working on it, promise! [...] [...] Breakups are HARD! It had been a long time since I’d been through one, before I broke up with you and my mind and started over. I like our new relationship, even though it’s rocky, and taking it’s sweet time to develop. It’s more comfortable and accommodating than our old relationship. Okay, I know I need to keep working on things, because sometimes I’m still kind of a jerk to you. I sometimes say things to you or accuse you of things that aren’t true. I’m not moving you enough, and I’m still working on listening when you tell me when you’re hungry and what you’re hungry for. You need more fruit and a more consistent multivitamin – I’m working on it, promise! [...]

]]> By: Give up and Add in « Practice Living http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-913 Give up and Add in « Practice Living Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:05:37 +0000 http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-913 [...] - give something up and add something in. Every year, I give something up, but in the spirit of this new life I’m building, I want to add something in, [...] [...] – give something up and add something in. Every year, I give something up, but in the spirit of this new life I’m building, I want to add something in, [...]

]]> By: Sally Parrott Ashbrook http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-901 Sally Parrott Ashbrook Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:41:16 +0000 http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-901 That's a heavenly life, isn't it? And you'll get there. One activity I did recently was from The Millionaire Mommy Next Door's blog, where I took several magazines and tore out photos, words, and quotations that are what mean a rich life to me (not necessarily rich in financial terms, but meaningful, happy, etc.). Then I organized them and pasted them onto a piece of posterboard. It sounds weird, but it gave me so much clarity to see what I wanted out of life all there on a big piece of paper in front of me. (The photos I picked tend to represent experiences and emotions rather than what they literally were photos of.) I highly recommend the activity to anyone trying to gain clarity and develop/keep a sense of purpose. Funny things happen to me when I try to take care of myself--like now I FLOSS every day and don't begrudge it, because it's a form of self-love, not a form of self-control. Funny how perception matters so much, huh? That’s a heavenly life, isn’t it? And you’ll get there. One activity I did recently was from The Millionaire Mommy Next Door’s blog, where I took several magazines and tore out photos, words, and quotations that are what mean a rich life to me (not necessarily rich in financial terms, but meaningful, happy, etc.). Then I organized them and pasted them onto a piece of posterboard. It sounds weird, but it gave me so much clarity to see what I wanted out of life all there on a big piece of paper in front of me. (The photos I picked tend to represent experiences and emotions rather than what they literally were photos of.) I highly recommend the activity to anyone trying to gain clarity and develop/keep a sense of purpose.

Funny things happen to me when I try to take care of myself–like now I FLOSS every day and don’t begrudge it, because it’s a form of self-love, not a form of self-control. Funny how perception matters so much, huh?

]]> By: Just try. « Practice Living http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-900 Just try. « Practice Living Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:46:53 +0000 http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-900 [...] It’s been three days since the break up. [...] [...] It’s been three days since the break up. [...]

]]> By: Marianne http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-899 Marianne Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:27:24 +0000 http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-899 Aw, thanks EW! Aw, thanks EW!

]]> By: Elastic Waist http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-898 Elastic Waist Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:46:37 +0000 http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-898 Love this, Marianne. Such an inspiration. Love this, Marianne. Such an inspiration.

]]> By: Marianne http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-889 Marianne Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:41:28 +0000 http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-889 Thanks, C. xo back at you! I still want to work on losing weight, but with emphasis on healing myself through positive thoughts, physical exercise, and good nourishment, rather than on deprivation and a search for perfection. Thanks, C. xo back at you!

I still want to work on losing weight, but with emphasis on healing myself through positive thoughts, physical exercise, and good nourishment, rather than on deprivation and a search for perfection.

]]> By: BetterBombshell http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-888 BetterBombshell Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:32:29 +0000 http://practiceliving.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/im-breaking-up-with-my-body-and-my-mind/#comment-888 DO IT! You'll never be sorry. I got so tired of punishing myself for not being "perfect." The clothes thing was my main mode of ineffectual discipline. "Too fat? Tough! No new clothes! You'll just have to be uncomfortable and unattractive until you behave, which means lose weight!" Boo to that. Yay to love and good health! x and o and x and o! DO IT! You’ll never be sorry. I got so tired of punishing myself for not being “perfect.” The clothes thing was my main mode of ineffectual discipline. “Too fat? Tough! No new clothes! You’ll just have to be uncomfortable and unattractive until you behave, which means lose weight!” Boo to that. Yay to love and good health! x and o and x and o!

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