Free Emotional Healing Quiz

Becoming aware of my need for emotional nurturing/care and support has been a major healing in my journey to a healthy body.  For me, healing change started inside with awareness of unhealthy thinking which lead to unhealthy doing. 

Last week I took a free quiz. Can't recall the original topic search that brought me to the Internet...but so thankful that God led me to this opportunity for self awareness. And, I'm sooo very thankful for the creator of this tool. This free quiz was designed to inventory emotional and spiritual maturity: http://www.dieperdinge.com/musings/?p=82 (see link at bottom of read).

This was an answer to a prayer...to find a tool to help with awareness of how I have grown as well as alert to ways that I could continue to grow (if I chose to do so). Today, I choose to grow. Took the test...found that in roughly 50 percent of the categories, I was evaluated as "mature"; in other categories, the evaluation was "adolescent". I rejoiced!! Celebrated my growth and asked God to help continue my maturation process. One area where I'm in need of growth is learning to know my limits.

Since taking this test, I have been presented with the opportunity to realize and accept limits with recovery work and that I need to hold close to the slogan "easy does it"; limits with physical work (not accepting more than I can handle...I need time to enjoy life and to rest); and limits with exercise (it's a great idea to slow down, BEFORE I start to feel nauseated).  Overdoing...getting tired can weaken my defenses and can open the door to making unhealthy food choices/behaviors; plus accepting personal limits with energy exertion is a way that I can show self-love to myself.

In short, God has used this evaluative tool to help me become aware of how I have grown, as well as how I can grow. With new found awareness, I'm choosing to take healthy actions towards change that strengthens my connection with God and thus decreases unhealthy connections with compulsive food consumption.
I used to think that the extra 100 plus pounds I carried at one time was about finding the right diet or exercise (external fixes); this was only one part of the equation for me. First and foremost, my weight loss journey was about strengthening trust relationship with God, but secondly, finding emotional sobriety...

Are you willing to take the inventory to see what it reveals? And, if you are willing to take the inventory, are you also willing to, one day at a time, allow God to celebrate with you on growth as well as accept His help in continuing your healing journey from the inside out?




Additional Resources on Emotional Health and Spirituality
http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/

http://www.dieperdinge.com/musings/?p=82