It lies in the uneasiness<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The in-between<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The unfinished sentence<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the letting go of what could have been<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is in the snotty tissues and painful hearts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the fact it is making you braver and stronger than you were at the start<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is in the fear and blind faith and letting go<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is in the patience while things feel slow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n So I think where to begin? How do I grow?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n When there\u2019s more safety in the now, in its knowing and consistency<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n When I\u2019m fearful of the unknown and chaos and growth being messy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fearful of the process<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Of feeling better and then being the same as before<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n What if I can\u2019t change? What if it\u2019s flawed?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n But then I think<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n What if I were to learn I were living in a pond<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And I never got to know there was such thing as the ocean, and beyond<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n For holding onto something that felt good enough, where I should be and belong<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Was the very reason something better never came along<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n So I brace myself and prepare for what might be<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n But in the knowing that there will be something better out there for me<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Because I\u2019ve learnt that there is so much beauty on the other side of discomfort<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And that growth however hard it is will be triumphant<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n So step forward and I let go<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And I tell myself<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is growth<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is pain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is being alive<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We hope this resonates with your recovery journey and inspires you to hold onto hope and grow<\/strong><\/em> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nia is an Eating Disorder Associate at Orri (and our resident poet!). To inspire you in recovery today, she has written a poem on the experience of growth in life and eating disorder recovery. It lies in the uneasiness The in-between The unfinished sentence In the letting go of what could have been It is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t