Dear Readers,

 

Another one of our reader and a dear friend who battled Eating Disorder is getting married.

Sarah Naeim is a highly charismatic figure. A dear friend and a true inspiration. She worked on Youth Empowerment, became an Entrepreneur and started her own company Sugar Town, where she baked and sold the most fabulous cakes in the whole of Cairo.

 

Please read her truly inspiring recovery story here.Eating Disorders Egypt – From 110 Kilos to Anorexic Weight

 

After Recovery, You have to face reality, real life and real people and this requires some deep work.

 

Love Yourself, Accept Yourself, Forgive Yourself

 

Healing Family Relations- After getting to a healthy weight, came a cycle of healing the relationships that Eating Disorders tore apart . Sarah worked on that. It’s important to set yourself free, Forgive others without resentment and most importantly, forgive yourself.

Pema Chodron: “Feel the feelings. Drop the story.” That is the pith advice and it means turning toward what you feel, not away. It means letting the feelings be just what they are without trying to explain them, shore your self up, or excuse or blame anyone. This is called being a warrior. The more you allow feelings to burn clean in this way, the less confusion you create.

 

 

Your Health is your Wealth

What I find truly remarkable about Sarah is her commitment to her health and her well-being. She taught me a very valid lesson that a road to recovery differs from person to person. In recovery. Sarah used the approach that is quite different from the usual advice books. According to her, “If you exercise balance, then nothing in this world is unachievable.”  Sarah loves exercise, but she likes exercise for its holistic and mind benefits and not for losing weight or feeding the desires of the demon of Eating Disorder.

Today, I am so proud of a girl who defeated this illness all by herself, took responsibility for her-self and became a source of inspiration for so many girls in Cairo and across the world. She got engaged last year to a most wonderful man in Egypt.

 

 She had her Islamic Marriage Katb el-Kitab in JAnuary 2015.

 

When your defeat your Eating Disorder, You View your whole life as path.  You realise that you have created the foundation for an entirely authentic life, one full of joy and sorrow, meetings and partings, giving and taking, and deep meaning. The defeat of the demon of Eating Disorder has led you there. She got married in April 2015. Today she’s more powerful than her Eating Disorder. It’s wise to enter a relationship with a clear mind and with strength, so you can match your partner step by step on this life long journey.

 

 

 

On Behalf of EveryOne: Congratulations to you both and may you carry the joy of this happy day close to your heart as you journey the road of life together.

 

Always Remember Eating Disorder can never be made safe. It is the opposite of safe. The moment you try to make it safe, it forever imprisons you. Don’t give into false lies of your Eating Disorder. Eating Disorder is a silent killer. Say No to this illusion of safety.