Hi everyone- I have always been a true “morning person”- i was born that way, as was my Father, who I saw get up before us all each morning and digest 3 entire newspapers (I do NOT do that, actually read no news/watch no news- another topic for another time!!) I was clearly a Lark even when young. When I had my sons, and parented them as a single parent when they were just 1 and 3 years old, I got into the habit of using the early morning quiet, before their wakeup time at 7, to create a powerful platform for my day. I spent and continue to spend, the hours between 500 am and 7, to “paying myself first”. You know, before anybody else gets anything from me, I make sure that I have given myself a good start.
My routine, and my passionate suggestion to you, is that you find a way to ensure a devoted, regular quiet-time for yourself each day. Mornings are the best, without a doubt, because it is unlikely that anything will interfere in those early hours.
Use this time to write in your journal, spend some time in meditation and stillness, read something that will inspire you and set your energy for the day, or do some light stretching or yoga if that is part of your intention. Rituals are invaluable, they connect us to what is meaningful for us, and they are very very grounding.
As I have said before, grounding is one of the most powerful ways to keep yourself from spinning out in out-of-control eating. Every time you find a way to be still, slow down, get conscious, be in present-time, you are moving towards wellness and sanity. If you can give yourself the regular and precious gift of morning time, you will see an immediate shift in your patterns around eating, and the anxiety that travels with it.
I was brought back to a more solid, and earlier in the day beginning to my morning practices when I read Sean D’Souza’s wonderful article “Why The First Hour Is The Key To Your Success”, He is writing about business success, but you can easily make the jump for your own success. His site is a wealth of powerful information for the self-employed, and I am a “raving fan”.
So- think about how you might start your day, to ensure the very best for yourself. What might shift for you as a result of setting a deliberate intention, of beginning a day with peace, focus and loving self-care?
Try to move beyond any feelings you have about getting up earlier or using that time differently. Eating disorders require lots of small changes in self-care that fill you up and satisfy your true hungers- When you are open to making these, one at a time, they will ripple into your experience in very gratifying ways.
This I know for sure.
Wishing you great love and many blessings-
Lisa
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