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 | Jun 20, 2017 | Grieving, Loss, Therapy
You Are Loved and You Belong “When it feels like something’s missing If it hurts but you can’t find healing” I went to church today. I have not attended a church service in a very long time and I was nervous. As I approached the front door a woman... 
by Jean Dixon | Jan 9, 2017 | Loss
'Pictures of You' The Cure “If it ain’t one thing it’s your mother.” ‘You’re never ready,’ she said, “You’re never ready. Whether you had a good relationship or a complicated one, you’re never ready to lose your mother.” Over the last year several of my friends... 