Eating Peace: When you feel hurt…what to do instead of eat

We all get our feelings hurt. It’s part of being human, and alive.

But the way I used to feel when someone hurt my feelings was desperate, ashamed, anxious to please, worried, and self-critical.

I’d also feel incredibly upset with the one who hurt me.

I’d feel angry with that person, or afraid, and equally as critical of them as I was of me.

I’ll never forget one time I felt horribly hurt.

It was my very first job after graduating from college. My boss was generally a kind man. He was my parent’s generation, and I saw him as an authority figure. He was the director of a college, and I was the undergraduate student advisor.

One day, he called me into his office, which was right next door.

“You need to stop talking so much with the students.”

I felt sick to my stomach. (Notice that phrase “sick to my stomach” about feeling hurt and criticized).

After work, I ate from the doorstep of my job all the way through the streets to my apartment.

I share today how you could view the ones who hurt you, and experience peace, instead of “sick to your stomach” by emotionally eating.

Peace,

Grace