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You're listening to 3 in 30 takeaways from moms episode 73.

Three essays I wrote while recovering from an eating disorder.

Welcome to 3 in 30, a podcast for moms who want to create more meaning in motherhood.

Each 30 minute episode will feature 3 doable takeaways for you to try at home with your family this week.

I'm your host Rachel Nielsen. Thank you so much for being here.

On Monday I released an episode with one of my best friends, Teran Palmer, who's a registered dietician and nutritionist, about intuitive eating.

And I knew that that episode was really going to just be an introduction to that really big and important philosophy about thinking about food and your body.

And I did want to dig in a little deeper and share more of my story because I wanted to be obvious just how much this has impacted my life.

But I knew I couldn't do it in that episode. So that's why I decided to record this bonus for you.

And for my 3 takeaways for today's episode, they're not really going to be takeaways.

It's actually going to be formatted a little bit differently.

I'm going to share 3 essays or pieces of writing reflections that I did while I was in therapy for an eating disorder.

And I think through these 3 different pieces of writing, you'll really be able to see the progression that my recovery took,

and how much intuitive eating really helped to free me and where I'm at today.

And I love to write, I love to share my heart, and not just to share it, but also to sort out what I'm thinking and feeling.

And I feel like sometimes just reading my writing is the best way that I can capture what I've been through.

This first essay I wrote on my personal family blog in April of 2013.

And so about 6 years ago, which is kind of crazy, just sharing about my experience going to counseling and how I really felt that it was an answer to prayer.

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