A loving mantra

“I read a book once about a woman who had this out-of-body experience,” recalls Marie. “She had passed out because she was starving herself to death, and it was as if her body said to her, ‘Why do you hate me so much? Why do you beat me up so much? I do everything I can to keep you alive. I love you.’ It was a huge wake-up call to me. I realized that I wasn’t doing anything to help keep my body alive. I just beat it up. It’s then that I decided, ‘Enough! I’m important. I’m going to start taking care of my body so it likes taking care of me.’”