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When eating disorder recovery conflicts with embodied spirituality

My eating disorder recovery requires me to ignore my body's hunger signals but my spiritual director teaches that the body is wise and holy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Therapeutic interventions may contradict spiritual teachings about trusting bodily wisdom and intuition.

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