Hey everybody.
Happy Thursday.
Now before I get started into the questions,
I have a really exciting announcement.
I am working on a book.
And I am writing said book.
And because I, what I do is work with our community and we are in this together.
And without you I wouldn't exist.
I have a request.
I am writing a book about eating disorders.
So this only pertains to those of you who struggle with eating disorders,
Or have struggled in the past.
But I would love to get your stories / questions.
Now think of it like kind of writing a letter to me.
It doesn't matter what stage you are in your recovery.
Or if you are even in recovery.
Or wherever you are with your eating disorder.
But I would love to be able to showcase you in my book.
Now I would also love for you to give yourself a fake name.
Because I will change all of the names.
However I wont change all of the details,
Unless there is someone else's name in it,
I will change that.
So that your identity, you know, so it's anonymous.
Just like some of our online stuff.
So if you are interested,
You can email me: book@katimorton.com
And keep it like one to three pages.
Just telling me your story.
Tell me where you come from.
Tell me where you are at in your recovery.
And then end with a question.
It can be like,
'Hey Kati, do you have any advice on this?'
Or, 'How do I know if it's an eating disorder?'
Just like you do online.
But I wanted to set it up this way,
So that I'm not pulling your questions from online without you knowing.
This way you know that you may be showcased in a book.
And I will keep you posted as things move forward with the book.
So yeah,
If you are interested.
Shoot me an email.
Take your time with it.
There is no rush.
But I'm hoping to kind of get this taken care of in like a month.
So keep that in mind as you are putting your story together.
And I want to thank all of you so much for just being with me in this process.
And allowing me to do what I do.
Okay.
So if you have any questions about it,
Leave it in the comments,
And I can always put it in more videos as we move forward.
So the question I have today,
I have received a few of these.
And they all kind of stem around feeling stuck in therapy.
And not happy in therapy.
Even though we love our therapist.
And so here is one of the many questions that I receive.
This one in particular is from Jayden.
And she says,
'I have been with my current therapist for about two years now.'
'And in the past I felt like I was making strides in my recovery.'
Yay.
'But now I feel like I am stagnant with my process. Or lack there of these days.'
'How do I power through the struggle.'
'I don't want to quit therapy because I know it helps.'
'But I feel like I am wasting session time,'
'Bringing up the same crap without really changing.'
'I'm not looking for instant gratification or anything.'
'Just like a push in the right direction.'
'Thank you if you can answer this or if any one of the Kinions can too.'
So if you have any of your advice,
Leave it below.
But this is something I hear from a lot of you.
I'm feeling really stuck.
I'm feeling really stagnant.
What do I do?
And it's a, there are many options, obviously.
The first being,
Switch therapists.
It may be that you have worked as much as you can with that person.
It's not that they are not a good therapist,
Or they are not a good fit.
But there are tons of different therapists with different specialities.
Different backgrounds.
And just different ideas.
And that can be really helpful.
So that's the first option.
You can switch therapists.
The second is,
You can have this honest discussion with your current therapist.
And see if they come up with anything else.
Because that's what's great about therapy,
Is the fact that we can have open conversations and communication about things.
That maybe that maybe in our 'real life' outside of therapy,
It would be a little bit more difficult,
We might not do it.
And I would encourage you to bring this up.
Because then maybe you could throw around some ideas.
They may already be thinking,
'Hey, why are we back in this cycle again?'
Or, 'Hey, maybe there is a workbook I could pull out or something.'
And they just need to know if you are open to it.
Okay.
And the third and final option that I will give,
Is adding something on to therapy.
Maybe that's you get your own workbook.
Maybe you download one of my free workbooks on my website,
katimorton.com
There is eating disorder one,
A self harm one.
I think they are great.
But I also created them.
But a lot of other people and a lot of other Kinions have said that they love it too.
And so those are some things that you can do.
You can join a group.
You can get some extra support from other areas, and other ways.
And maybe ask your therapist for some referrals to that.
We can all feel stuck.
And there are times when we are just not maybe,
Emotionally or mentally prepared to move forward.
But that doesn't mean that we are not going to get there.
We may just need to add in some extra things.
Or switch therapists.
Or add in a group therapy.
Or something.
To get us going.
Okay.
As always leave your comments below.
Give this a thumbs up if you like this kind of topic.
And I hope to hear from you.
And I hope that some of you are willing to share your stories.
And email me: book@katimorton.com
And have you checked out this t-shirt.
I got some t-shirts on my website.
And they are really cool.
I love you all.
I'll see you on Saturday.
Bye!
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