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Ep 0070 – Kick the Inner Bully to the Curb!

Laurie smiling in her straw hat with the sun shining down.
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I feel happier already! I’m hitting the road on down to the park to record and I’m listening to the album by Josh Woodward that ‘I’m Letting Go’ is part of. It’s called the Simple Life and it’s today’s resource of the day.

Podcast Recap

Hold on to your hats and glasses, it’s going to be a wild and wooly time on the podcast rock today! I have an epic tussle with a newly discovered inner bully and kick its ass to the curb! It all starts when waking up in an unexplained blue mood for the second day in a row, I strap on my recorder, grab my half-written notes and head off to the park to figure myself out. In this hybrid episode of bonus off the cuff rambling and regularly planned notes, I decide to let go of having to feel wonderful every single day and ponder the source of my recurring blue mood. While I’m pondering, I give thanks for the new 5-Star rating on iTunes USA and a heartfelt special thanks to my second podcast subscriber. I reminisce about what I learned from my past diet history and discover that bastardly inner bully. Well, let’s just say I enjoyed what came next! Shauni L calls the bravery hotline with her reactions to Day 69 and earns a place on the bravery report for allowing her voice to be heard. We hear the reactions of Dawny and Diane the Champion to hearing their own bravery hotline calls last show. Cheryl and Helen also post encouraging comments.

Road heading to a freeway overpass seen from the sidewalk

Here is the VERY scenic view of the freeway on my way to the park.

Prayer rocks stacked on a sturdy tree limb

In the surprise! Department, as I pack up to go home, I notice that someone ELSE has placed some prayer rocks in the branch of the tree I sit under to record. I take this as a blessing and I go up the hill feeling lighter in my spirit.

Mentioned

Day 28 where I share my body for life story

Day 69 Where I dare to say I’m doing well and tempt the inner bully

Diane’s comments about hearing herself on Day 69

Diane’s supportive comment to BRICE on Day 69

Dawny’s reaction to hearing herself AND other thoughts about Day 69

BRICE’s hiking analogy comment

Cheryl’s awesome comment where she ponders filling up life with other than food on Day 69

Helen’s response to Cheryl and other thoughts on Day 69

My first interview with Alen Standish on Progress Not Perfection

Want to have Fun Being Foolish too?

Participate in our new feature called “Foolish Fun“. Just call the bravery hotline 206-350-6445 or check out the send audio page on https://www.compulsiveovereatingdiary.com/how-to-send-audio/
And tell us a joke, riddle, a silly story, limerick, sing a song, play a kazoo, ANYTHING but talk about compulsive eating. This is the feature where messing up is just part of the act! No names required and Silly Aliases are AOK! Need ideas? See Day 54’s Resource of the Day for my page of ToonaCat Jokes

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Bravery Hotline

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Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver

Main Theme:I’m Letting Go by Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Part 1

I’m Letting Go (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 3.0

Resource of the day


The Simple Life for $5.00 US you can get the ENTIRE awesome album that “I’m Letting Go” is part of. This is direct from Josh Woodward. Please support his music!
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Ep 0068 – Depression and Always Feeling Responsible. I’ll Miss You Robin Williams

Laurie in a blue headscarf enjoys some water at the next to top Zen place
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I’m thrilled to have made to the next to top Zen place for today’s show. Glad too, I brought more than one water bottle as it is HOT, even in the shade.

Podcast Recap

I mourn actor and comedian Robin Williams and ponder my own experience with depression. I decide to let go of feeling repsonsible for what happens to other people. For example, I felt I was disappointing you on Day 67 by not being thinner. But after exploring my issues with the diet/binge cycle further I realize I need to be true to myself and continue on with Intuitive Eating. I’m super excited when Brave Companion Cathi from Connecticut calls the bravery hotline during her own walk to share her take on intuitive eating and how she really feels about my journey. Brave companions Amy and Sue also post encouraging comments on Day 67. I really appreciate the support and it helps me look deeper. Welcome to new listeners Sandra and Suz who both post on Day 4, to Diane, a Body for Life champion, who posts several places to share her feelings and to support Crystal and others. Also welcome to new listeners and brave companions from Facebook, Fionna, who has a wonderful blog herself, and to Lisa, a successful loser and maintainer, who has made a decision to try intuitive eating herself. Many of our brave companions are good examples of why we can’t assume people’s relationship with food by their size.

Laurie wears a t-shirt featuring her old cartoon character, ToonaCat from ToonaCat.com

Digging through my drawers prior to hiking, I’m THRILLED to discover I still have an old ToonaCat’s Kids Club shirt from my old website. Come on, TC, it’s just you and me kid!

Laurie's shadow as she snaps the photo against the brown grass of the foothills on the hiking trail.

You can see my silhouette here at the bottom of the path. Look how hot it is for 7:30 am!

Big shady tree against the burnt foothills of the hiking trail

The one shady tree at the bottom of the path. Unfortunately, I’m not stopping here.

Don’t Suffer. Get Help!

A variety of depression and suicide prevention hotlines and resources from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Mentioned

Bonus Episode 67 Where I share my fearful feelings about being a failure and a disappointment

Amy’s encouraging comment on Day 67

Sue’s encouraging comment on Day 67

Episode 65 where Amy calls the bravery hotline

Infamous Episode on Day 4 where I walked around the park feeling pathetic because no one was commenting

Sandra’s Excellent post with her list of what’s working and what she’s working on with Intuitive Eating on Day 4.

Suz’s brave story on Day 4

The blog post the private caller speaks about where I bravely snap a pic of my backside and call myself a Rueben’s Woman

Diane’s first post on day 5

Diane’s post on my weight photos

Diane’s encouraging post on Who are the brave companions for Crystal.

Day 28 where I share my body for life story

Diane’s comments about being a body for life champion on Day 28

Brave Companion Fionna’s blog, Little Food Lies

Day 33 Where I sing a song I wrote when I was 8.

Want to have Fun Being Foolish too?

Participate in our new feature called “Foolish Fun“. Just call the bravery hotline 206-350-6445 or check out the send audio page on https://www.compulsiveovereatingdiary.com/how-to-send-audio/
And tell us a joke, riddle, a silly story, limerick, sing a song, play a kazoo, ANYTHING but talk about compulsive eating. This is the feature where messing up is just part of the act! No names required and Silly Aliases are AOK! Need ideas? See Day 54’s Resource of the Day for my page of ToonaCat Jokes

Catch up with Laurie

My Spreaker page. Please follow me there if you are on Spreaker.

My Instagram page at LaurieDreamWeaver

FaceBook Page if you want to sign up for our email list by clicking Tiger the Cat’s Sign-up button

Laurie on Tumblr

My page with instructions for all of the ways (so far) that you can send audio and lend your voice to this podcast.

New free way to leave voicemail http://speakpipe.com/laurieweaver You can also click the blue button on this page that says ‘send a voice message.’

Bravery Hotline

Leave your comments, questions, feelings and stories on Laurie’s podcast voicemail hotline – 206-350-6445.

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver

Main Theme:I’m Letting Go by Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Part 1

I’m Letting Go (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 3.0

Resource of the day


The Mountains Are Calling… is an awesome post about Brave Companion, Fionna’s experience hiking Yosemite on her blog, Little Food Lies. Check out the wonderful photos as well. Highly Recommended!
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