How 'Going Green' Is Helping Me Recover From My Eating Disorder
Hi, I'm Emma and I'm a recovering anorexic... Hi, I'm Emma and I'm a vegan. Hi, I'm Emma and I'm an environmentalist. Hi, I'm Emma and I'm a wife, a friend, a cat mom, a creative, a good cook, a coffee lover, a wine drinker, a crafty mofo... I could go on, and that is important. I am trying to find myself outside of the 'anorexic' label and going green, making eco changes and evaluating my impact on the planet is helping me do that. Eating disorders take up a lot of mental space and when you are trying to recover it is important to fill up some of that space with new and different things and to change the narrative to tell yourself about yourself. Trying to live a more sustainable life has given me another purpose beyond being the sick one, the skinny one and the patient. It has given me other areas to focus on, not just calories, the number on the scale or my destructive self-disciple. I am more able to see myself as a worthwhile person, w...