I recognized that I needed to re-train my brain to stop eating like I wanted to punish myself or punish someone else. I needed to re-learn how to eat like I loved myself, and want to nourish and support myself.
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Related Since I began my practice of Forgiveness Therapy, it's now instinctual for me to choose to eat l... KAREN SALMANSOHN I’m like that. Either I forget right away or I never forget. SAMUEL BECKETT The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it. , TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS Aye, well, I've got my garden. LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing. LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds, LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument. LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ... LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w... LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t... LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start. LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec... LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said. LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said. LIKE I Married to the Mob. LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge. LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i... LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick? LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said. LIKE I I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England. ELIZABETH I (SPOKEN TO HER PARLAMENT) All my life, I wanted to sound like myself. I never wanted to sound like anybody else. BILLY PAUL I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really su... EARTHA KITT I want to do whatever I can to survive. SAM SIMON I feel like I always describe myself as a late bloomer. My first album, in my mind, was that I had a... ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single,... GABRIELLE UNION I think there must be probably different types of suicides. I'm not one of the self-hating ones. The... DAVID FOSTER WALLACE To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If it isn't contributing to getting you where you want to be a year from today, then don't put it on... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN If "how to do it" were the answer, it'd be done. It's how you do the "hows" that's most important. JEFF OLSON There is no one right way. Just figure out what works for you! LORII MYERS Compromise now, because you'll have to later, anyway, only then you'll have gone through things you'... AYN RAND I like to think of myself as very loyal, and I love everyone I surround myself with, whether they... TAYLOR LAUTNER I like food. I like eating. And I don't want to deprive myself of good food. SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR I needed to be myself and find my own identity. BILL SKARSGARD I feel like my mission is to be honest with myself. My mission is to share my truth - share, not giv... GERARD WAY To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD I needed to stop forcing myself to fit into something I could never be a part of. JOHN ELDER ROBISON I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the sham... ASPEN MATIS I was tired and I had overworked myself and burnt myself out. So I went to Egypt by myself. When I s... ALICIA KEYS I've always stayed pretty fit. I felt I needed to give myself energy by exercising and things li... CAROLINE CORR In fact, because I liked him so badly, I needed to continue on my course. I was finally becoming the... ASPEN MATIS I needed some space to lay myself out, so that I could decide which pieces I wanted to pick up. FENNEL HUDSON When we hear of people not surviving in this world it should make us more glad that we are alive .We... GARY F EVANS... Wherever I am, you belong. You're mine. Say it. J. KENNER I was taking myself very seriously when I was going through life changes. And I realized that I need... SPENCER JOHNSON Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN I like being a storyteller. I'm bored with myself; I like to write about others. I have a lot of... JILL SOBULE I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself. AARTI SEQUEIRA I like to be someone else. I like to be someone other than myself. I grew up watching movies and bei... QUINTON AARON It was such a personal journey for me, and I needed to do it by myself. I wouldn't even read anythin... ERIN HULSHIZER Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD I came to love, I came into my own. THEODORE ROETHKE My life is not mine - it is for my people – the humans – the humans of the thinking society. ABHIJIT NASKAR The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI If you don't like it, learn to love it! RIC FLAIR Life isn't perfect. It's not supposed to be. We all make mistakes. You bash your head against the wa... KAREN WHITE The best love that you can give is to love yourself, in spite of your mistakes, in spite of your fai... SHARLENE PRINCE, SHAROCK P. Life is given. Success is not. That's exactly why many people do not succeed, because the path isn't... NICO DEAN FULGENZI That is how to live: in the choosing. There are no rules but those you make for yourself. KAREN MARIE MONING Seasoning one’s claims with self-irony and modesty, cultivating a tolerance for moral ambiguity, p... JANE BENNETT Broken down into manageable chunks, the biggest projects become easy to conquer. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN By giving yourself less time, you'll work faster, concentrate more intensely, and perform at peak ef... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN It takes almost as much effort to NOT do something, as it does to do it. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Often our biggest distractions are not external, but come from within. Get out of your own way! MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Focus isn't just working with single-minded devotion to a purpose. It's also working ONLY on things ... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Some people spend a lifetime chasing the wrong goals. They work with extreme focus - but it doesn't ... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Your ability to sustain focus depends on how enjoyable and productive it is. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Take power breaks every hour. Schedule tougher tasks for the time when you are most productive. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Find your true passion. Tap into the endless inspiration & energy it provides. Your focus will o... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Focus can become an obsession... But your ability to sustain the drive to focus will depend upon how... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Self-affirm—build yourself up with honest and genuine praise. LORII MYERS I knew I could eat a lot. I just needed to learn how to eat faster. IAN HICKMAN I think it's hard, when you're someone who likes to please people, as I am, to be a boss. I ... RUTH REICHL All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD I don't think people remember the last game that I pitched where I got hurt. I had to slow down and ... PEDRO ASTACIO I like to challenge myself. I like to learn - so I like to try new things and try to keep growing. DAVID SCHWIMMER If I write when I'm low, it will be a dark song, but I don't care. I want to be honest with ... AYUMI HAMASAKI I like to take care of myself and know what foods I should be eating. DOUTZEN KROES Without first setting your goals correctly, it is impossible to focus on a plan to achieve them. Tha... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Sometimes I catch myself if I'm shopping, and I'm like, 'I want to hide my thighs and my... KETHER DONOHUE In six years, this was not the first time they had found themselves in such a compromising posi... JACQUELINE FRANCIS - WANTING TO REMEMBER, TRYING TO FORGET It was good to laugh. I wanted to laugh and laugh and laugh until I laughed myself into becoming som... BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ I don't like myself, you know. I love myself, of course. I'm devoted to myself till my dying day. Bu... ANNE RICE All my life,I've been afraid of things, as a child and a woman must be. I lied about it naturally. I... ANNE RICE I like to be independent. When I arrived here, if I needed to go with a doctor, I had to call a tran... CAROLINA HERNANDEZ ...I'm not sure I can give my entire heart to him that way. And... and I love him enough to want him... SARAH J. MAAS I needed something to challenge myself a little more. I found fighting, and it completely fit my per... PAIGE VANZANT
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You can't do it all. Why b... KAREN FINERMAN Never have anyone else carry your luggage. Pack only what you need. KAREN FINERMAN As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A... KAREN FINERMAN Serendipity is nice, but hoping for luck and the magic of happenstance shouldn't be an excuse fo... KAREN FINERMAN It's OK to have a plan, to invest in your future - for your financial security, your love life, ... KAREN FINERMAN I'm pretty obsessed with 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey.' I usually watch it on the ... KAREN FAIRCHILD I like for my home to reflect my fashion. I love adding earthy pieces to something very glamorous, a... KAREN FAIRCHILD Music can be such a vulnerable thing, so when you're delivering a vocal or writing a piece of mu... KAREN FAIRCHILD My favorite big city would have to be Chicago. I lived in Indiana for several years and would always... KAREN FAIRCHILD The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration... KAREN FAIRCHILD There's nothing better than a glass of wine, a girlfriend, and a long talk. KAREN FAIRCHILD I feel like somehow I'm living my life mentally in reverse. It's taken me to my 30s to feel ... KAREN ELSON I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses. KAREN ELSON Ultimately, I've learned to pride myself on being quirky. I very much adore people who are outca... KAREN ELSON I was always the weirdo at school. KAREN ELSON Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision. KAREN ELSON I am a woman. I go on set, and I'll be who I am, and I'll represent who I am. I think it com... KAREN ELSON There was this moment, particularly after I had my first child, where I felt like, 'I don't ... KAREN ELSON I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became ... KAREN ELSON It's time to give back; you know, I've lived in this beautiful world of fashion for so long,... KAREN ELSON It's just this huge sense of relief I have with myself right now... It took me to be 31 to go, &... KAREN ELSON I knew I had more in me than just standing up and having my picture taken... Being in the studio, I ... KAREN ELSON