A huge part of my recovery has been about learning to believe in myself. In a way, writing my blog was a form of personal development for me in the earlier stages of my recovery as it was through motivating others to start believing in themselves, that I actually started doing it myself. In a way, it was kind of like ‘faking it until I made it’. To begin with I didn’t truly believe what I was saying, about being able to recover and love myself for who I was. But eventually, after saying it enough times and encouraging others to do it I started to truly believe it myself.
If you don’t believe in yourself, recovery is almost impossible. You need to believe in yourself in order to fight your anorexia and beat it. Otherwise, chances are you will give into the demands of your anorexia and never get better. I truly believe that mindset is the most important thing when it comes to achieving anything at all, whether it be recovery or something else entirely. That is why I practice personal development, every single day.
Although I don’t write on my blog so much anymore, I watch lots of motivations videos which I find so inspiring. I wish that I had known about these videos when I was trying to recover, as I think they would have really helped me to develop the mindset I needed to recover. They certainly helped me in my final stages of recovery and are continuing to improve my mindset and help me overcome obstacles and strive to reach my full potential, every single day.
Here are a few links to some motivational videos I like to watch as well as some of my favourite motivational quotes. If you would like to start practicing personal development, just type in ‘motivational speech compilation’ or ‘motivational videos’ and thousands come up! Seriously, give it a go. I promise you won’t regret it! 🙂 xx
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=impossible+is+nothing&&view=detail&mid=7BAE9483B24E152C02847BAE9483B24E152C0284&FORM=VRDGAR
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=commit+yourself+motivation&&view=detail&mid=C8C1D73FCC35E5F62FE1C8C1D73FCC35E5F62FE1&FORM=VRDGAR
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=time+to+move+on+motivation&&view=detail&mid=823B676F68184E208925823B676F68184E208925&FORM=VRDGAR
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=its+up+to+you+motivational&&view=detail&mid=EBB05175626A10578695EBB05175626A10578695&FORM=VRDGAR
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=when+life+hits+you+motic%3dvation&&view=detail&mid=6B9BFF7CB9C060DF68066B9BFF7CB9C060DF6806&FORM=VRDGAR
