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Katy: Free from Food Guilt

My struggles with eating disorders and food guilt have made me the strong and compassionate person I am today and I can actually say that I love myself. I thank my body everyday for not giving up on me!

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Sylwek: Free from Bulimia

Freeing myself from bulimia by following the guide (not rigid rules!) of Intuitive Eating was only the first step in my journey. Now, I know that I am enough.

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Laura: Free From Society’s Beauty Standards

Since recognizing my eating disorder, I became free from self-hatred, body-shaming, and society’s beauty standards. I let myself dress how I want, and not how the world tells me I should. I am able to eat most foods without guilt, shame, or hate.

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Jess: Free from Shame

My mental health issues and the shame that once surrounded them no longer control my life. I will graduate college in December 2013 and I can’t wait to see what life has to offer me now that I am free.

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Ciara: Free From Self-Loathing

For so long, I had resigned myself to this somber way of life, completely devoid of self-love while faking my smiles to the world. I thought this was just the way I was made, the way I was meant to be. But suddenly, it was as if a door had opened to shine some light on my reality.

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Allison: Free from Anorexia

I know myself, my goals, my thoughts, my opinions, and I have an identity now that isn’t tied to anorexia. I have a real future. Three years ago today, I didn’t want a future. For all of you out there fighting to survive, it is worth it. 

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Stephanie: Free from Numbers

I can choose to love myself because, in spite of what any numbers or person tells me, God chooses to love me. This will always be enough to keep me going on my journey to freedom.

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Andrea: Free from Silence

By breaking my silence, I finally understood how I was not “unique” by being the thinnest, nor was I special because of my suffering. I was just human.

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Shelby: “Free from ED”

Although my recovery is far from over, I feel confident that I will continue to progress and eventually get to the point where I am complete “ED” free. Recovery has ultimately shown me what life is all about, and that is choice.

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Sebastian: Free from Fear

Four years on, I can say that I am the most stable I have ever been in my life in relation to anxiety, depression and irrational thoughts. I am not afraid anymore. I refuse to be. I am free from fear.

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