What Happened When I Stopped Ignoring My Body
“When we listen to our body with kindness, we honor the present moment and give ourselves the care we truly need.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh It started back in middle school for me—the need to feel thin in my English riding breeches.
I’d compare myself to others at the barn—the ones with the long, slender legs and tiny waists. My thirteen-year-old self wasn’t willing to be chubby; though, looking back, I realize that was only in my own eyes.
What I didn’t know then was that by ignoring my hunger, my cravings, and my body’s messages, I was also silencing my own voice.
It would take decades before I learned that listening to my body was not just about food—it was an act of love. At first, I learned to override my body’s cues—hunger, cravings, thirst, even sadness. Slowly, over time, I tuned out every signal my body sent me. When I look back now, I see that I was restricting “just enough” to fly under the radar, but honestly, I’m not sure my parents would have noticed.
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