by Jean Dixon | Jul 5, 2018 | Eating Disorders, Love, Therapy
The Seasons of Recovery As with Life, we experience the seasons of recovery It’s officially the beginning of summer, Memorial Day weekend. It’s a hot day. A good day to cool off in the water. I sit on the edge of our pool and stare into my reflection. ... 
by Jean Dixon | Sep 11, 2017 | Eating Disorders, Grieving, Loss, Love, Therapy
The Wisdom That Comes From Our Emptiness The wisdom of emptiness may seem strange or even alarming to you to read especially if you struggle with an eating disorder or an addiction because it is emptiness that we feel and want to avoid that compels us to use these... 
by Jean Dixon | Aug 21, 2017 | Eating Disorders, Grieving, Loss, Love, Therapy
The Splinter in Your Soul Changing Pain into Power A client of mine recently shared these words with me and they have stayed with and took hold within me. The ‘splinter in our soul’ represents our deepest wounding. If not removed and healed devastating effects such... 
by Jean Dixon | Jul 25, 2017 | Eating Disorders, Grieving, Loss, Love, Therapy
GingerDog, My Companion On My Path To Recovery Learn To Fly by Tom Petty Meeting Ginger Sixteen and a half years is a long time. Sixteen years ago I was 29. I was in the midst of the worst days of my eating disorder. The day prior, I had left treatment, the day... 
by Jean Dixon | Jan 9, 2017 | Eating Disorders
'Refugee' Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers “You don’t have to live like a refugee” were words spoken to me by my first therapist–so very long ago during my first eating disorder treatment and they have stayed with me for over 15 years. What does it mean to be a... 
by Jean Dixon | Jan 9, 2017 | Eating Disorders
You have to do it for yourself. “I can’t! I can’t do it!” I cry out as I reactively cover my ‘ugly cry’ face with my hands. I’m in treatment, again and I’m sitting across my primary therapist and dietician at dinner. Trying to eat restaurant night with two eating... 