EP 231: When Recovery from Disordered Eating Feels Like Swimming Against the Current ~ Finding Hope in the Hard Season🌊

Feeling exhausted from fighting the same eating disorder thoughts every single day? Tired of trying to navigate recovery alone while swimming against what feels like an impossible current? In this hope-filled episode, Lindsey uses powerful ocean metaphors to help you understand why recovery feels so hard and why you don't have to do it alone. If you're in the thick of the hard season and desperately want to stop carrying this burden by yourself, this episode will speak directly to your heart and give you the one step you need to finally say yes to support.

Key Takeaways

• Recovery feels like swimming against the current because you're fighting it alone
• You're not broken - you're a seashell in the making, getting stronger through the storms
• You're not actually in control right now - your eating disorder is
• Putting yourself first isn't selfish - it's putting on your oxygen mask
• The hardest thing isn't doing recovery perfectly - it's admitting you can't do it alone

Main Topics Covered 🌊 The Ocean Current Metaphor

• Why recovery feels like swimming against an impossible current
• The eating disorder voice as the force pushing you backward
• How every woman who found freedom had to swim this same current
• The difference between fighting the waves and learning to ride them

🐚 The Seashell Wisdom

• How seashells become beautiful through pressure and storms
• Every hard day in recovery is forming another layer of strength
• You're not broken in the storm - you're becoming a treasure
• The process of becoming beautiful requires surviving the tumbling

😨 The Fear That Keeps You Swimming in Circles

• The illusion of control that your eating disorder provides
• Why holding onto your ED is actually keeping you drowning
• Fear of weight gain, losing control, and trusting the process
• Reality check: You're not in control right now anyway

🙏 What Stepping Into Faith Actually Looks Like

• Faith as taking one stroke toward shore instead of treading water
• Practical faith actions in recovery (meal plans, rest, support)
• Trusting the process instead of controlling the outcome

💪 The Hard Things You're Trying to Carry Alone

• The exhaustion of managing everything by yourself
• Why "I should be stronger" thinking keeps you stuck
• The difference between being strong and being wise
• Even the strongest swimmers need a lifeguard

✨ What Putting Yourself First Really Means

• Why "putting yourself first" feels selfish but isn't
• The oxygen tank analogy
• Setting boundaries that support your recovery
• You can't pour from an empty cup

🌟 The Ripple Effect of Your Recovery

• How your healing impacts everyone around you
• Becoming a lighthouse for other women in the storm
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