Personal Betrayal - The New Self

Why do we eat the way we do?

• A feeling of hunger 
• A learned method from our parents, family and friends
• A moment driven by cravings
• A moment of celebration
• A moment of emotional distress
• A moment in the art of hosting guests
• A meeting with associates
• A need for a break
• A need for a distraction from obligations
• A compulsiveness to self destruct

Eating food can be for a number of compulsive reasons.  If you suspect yours is a compulsive personality, the following will shed a bright light on your dark path.

REMEMBER: COMPULSIVENESS IS A LEARNED CHARACTERISTIC.  And that which is learned can be UNlearned!

The compulsiveness was learned at a stressful period in our lives - without our conscious attention.  It CAN be UNlearned - starting right now - with conscious awareness and deliberate action.

To tame the compulsive personality means we leave the Old Self behind and we embrace the
New Self.

Change the mindset, the way you think, and you will change the way you are. 

The Old Self was always waiting for self-destructive impulses or was always welcoming the bitter bolt from out of the grey-blue.  The Old Self was always yearning for the sweet suffering that only addictive behavior could bring.  The Old Self always believed it was unloved and unlovable.  The Old Self lived in ignorance - a victim of trickery.

As Health Seekers, we must let go of the Old Self.  We can only understand it, forgive it, and lay it to rest.

True "taming" of the compulsive personality, therefore, comes when we decide to "forgive and forget" the Old Self... AND BELIEVE IN THE NEW, HEALTH-SEEKING SELF: A PERSON WHO IS LOVING, LOVABLE, SELF SUPPORTIVE, FORGIVING, POSITIVE, JOYFUL, AND  - OF COURSE - HEALTHY!

Someone who no longer seeks to destroy their body but choose instead to LOVE and EMBRACE it and to provide what it needs for ultimate healing!

TODAY I choose the NEW SELF!

Reference : "The Health Seeker's Yearbook" by Victoria BidWell