EP 252.5: You Are Not Your Eating Disorder ~ Finding Your Worth & True Identity in Recovery **Must Listen Fav!**

Girlfriend, if you're struggling with self-worth, feeling like you'll never measure up, or can't separate yourself from your eating disorder - this episode is for you.

Host Lindsey Nichol shares an incredibly vulnerable and inspiring episode about finding worth from within and discovering your true identity beyond the eating disorder. After a powerful moment during yoga listening to Lauren Daigle's "You Say," Lindsey was reminded of a truth that changed everything: You are not your eating disorder. Your true, authentic self lives underneath all of that.

In this encouraging episode, Lindsey walks you through:

• Why eating disorders consume our identity over time
• How to separate yourself from the disorder
• The trap of measuring your worth by external things (weight, appearance, achievements, others' opinions)
• A beautiful self-compassion exercise you can do right now when you feel unworthy
• How to cultivate self-acceptance and kindness toward yourself
• The difference between your false identity (the ED) and your true identity (who you really are)

This isn't just inspiration - this is an invitation to remember who you are beyond the eating disorder. To find worth from within. To practice self-compassion on the hard days. And to stop settling for a false version of yourself.

If you're having a down day or need encouragement, grab your favorite Tarjay journal and let's sit together. You are worthy just because you are.

In This Episode, You'll Hear:

The Yoga Moment: Lauren Daigle's "You Say"

• How Lindsey was practicing yoga with Christian music
• When Lauren Daigle's song "You Say" came on and brought all the feels
• The powerful lyrics about fighting voices that say "I'm not enough"
• How the song speaks about finding worth and identity
• The theme of surrender: laying failures and victories at God's feet
• Why Lindsey encourages everyone (Christian or not) to listen to this song

The Worth Trap: Measuring Yourself by External Things

• How people struggling with eating disorders tie worth to external factors
• The trap: worth measured by weight, appearance, achievements, what others think
• Why this gives temporary relief but not lasting joy
• How it leaves you feeling you'll never measure up or be enough
• The cycle of seeking external validation that never satisfies

Identity Consumed: You Are Not Your Eating Disorder

• The truth: Eating disorders consume our identity over time
• In order to truly heal, we must separate ourselves from the disorder
• Your true, authentic, best self is NOT the voice on repeat in your mind
• That voice saying you're not enough, you'll never measure up, you're weak - that's the ED, not you
• Your real self, your warrior self, your champion self lives underneath
• The false identity vs. the true identity

Finding Worth From Within (And Above)

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