We are constantly told that talking is the key to emotional recovery. "Reach out," they say. "Open up. Share what you are carrying with someone." Indeed, there is truth in that advice. Externalising our thoughts can break down the walls of isolation that trauma and pain so often erect. Because of this, we tend to measure healing by how much we have talked, assuming that if you aren't explaining your pain to a friend, a partner, or a therapist, you aren't doing the work. But c

I used to think of food as fuel. Calories in, energy out. It is a neat idea, but it leaves out most of what happens at the table. For years I lived mostly in my head and my spirit. I read, I prayed, I thought things through. This year I decided to pay a different kind of attention to the body, and food was where I started. That's when I truly saw what eating is really about, on a soul level. Why alignment Diet culture emphasises discipline. Give up this, deny that, earn your

We often use healing and recovery as synonyms but they are quite different things. I believe understanding where you are on each is the key to moving past survival and into wholeness. Healing Healing has to do with your internal state of being; it's your inner process of becoming whole. The focus of healing is internal repair, transformation and resolution. Healing asks: How safe do you feel in your mind? How whole do you feel in your body? How integrated do you feel inside y