Showing Up Now: Same Blog, New Focus

Hi I'm Katie and this is my blog! It is my commitment to showing up in life exactly as I am instead of hiding and waiting until I think I'm "good enough" to put myself out there. (Spoiler alert: I will never think I'm good enough because I set unreachably high standards for myself. Perfectionism is a trick!)

In addition to recovering from perfectionism, I'm also recovering from disordered eating and generalized fear and shame. Right now, I am learning how to love my body, eat intuitively, and live a life guided by self-compassion and self-acceptance. My perfectionist brain fantasizes about being completely "recovered"--figuring everything out and putting it in a nice little box with a nice little bow on it so I can share it to help other people who are struggling. But I’m realizing that recovery is a journey (surprise surprise) and showing up as the messy human I am today will be a lot more helpful than not showing up at all.

So that's it! I'm doing it! I'm showing up!

This is a thing I made that's hanging next to my bed to remind myself of how I want to live: