{"id":401,"date":"2012-04-15T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=401"},"modified":"2012-04-15T09:59:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-15T16:59:01","slug":"striking-perfection-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=401","title":{"rendered":"Striking Perfection Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Recently I\u00a0heard from a\u00a0woman\u00a0who is also in a relationship with ulcerative colitis.\u00a0 Through her attempts to find a way to balance her body, mind and spirit she spoke\u00a0to her\u00a0disappointment with herself at not being able to execute her action plans towards\u00a0adopting healthier habits\u00a0as she had intended.\u00a0 The hints of perfection in her correspondence spoke to her inability to be her own support team, as she dismissed herself as having failed, cheating on her plan.\u00a0 As we find helpful information and healthy alternatives for us to consider and apply effort into\u00a0incorporate them into our lives, we must remember to be as gentle with ourselves as we would be with others who are learning for the first time.<\/p>\n

When we bombard ourselves with negative feedback on what we are attempting to do, we create a disrupted pathway toward achieving our goals.\u00a0 This skewed vision of our pathway leads us to believe that we are not capable of change.<\/p>\n

As a person who has worked to find ways to improve my health and challenge myself to address my UC, I have been through ebbs and flows of finding myself really at ease with the progress I have made and at times completed dismissive of my body and angry at myself.\u00a0 These attitude shifts are quite normal\u00a0and I have found particularly heightened when I\u00a0have been\u00a0at my most vulnerable place with my health.<\/p>\n

Perfection is being our true self, accepting ourselves unconditionally.\u00a0\u00a0When you find it hard to do so, take a step back from yourself\u00a0 and reconsider the role you play in your journey towards living a health life.\u00a0 You are the learner , let your body teach you and give your mind the opportunity to be open to this healing process by being gentle with your words in action.<\/p>\n

As you consider this, share how you have found ways to be more gentle with yourself in your healing journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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