Saturday, July 11, 2020

Taming the Shame Spiral


The other day I ate a lot more than usual in the form of lots of little snacks throughout the day. Those snacks culminated in an all-too-familiar late night snack alone in front of the TV - a crippling compulsive eating habit that over the years has let to weight gain, clinical depression and a paralyzing negative self-image. 


I woke up the next morning, felt the bigness in my stomach and then it began: the negative self-talk. "I overate. I am a terrible person. I hate myself."

But that's when something new happened. I heard my Higher Power's voice