Body Recovery Group

Just personally feel like I need this and if you feel the same please stop by 🥰
General topic I have in mind is a mid-year check in and reflection.
6-7pm / Tuesday / August 1, 2023 PDT
(1-2pm / Wednesday / 2 August 2023 NZDT)​​​​​​​​​​​​
This is a free one hour meeting of structured peer support, facilitated by a peer in recovery. We go around the zoom circle and each share once. We talk about the s**t but we don't go too deep. This is meant to offer a bit of support, community, connection, validation, education, expression, outlet as we heal from any and all body-related trauma and oppression.​​​​​​​​ This is not a replacement for therapy or medical care.​​​​​​​​
Requirements for attendance:​​​​​​​​
🌿 you are on your own healing journey and use this only as a supplement​​​​​​​​
🌿 you are unpacking your own privileges and actively working on harm reduction around them but are also not using this as a way to consume other people's trauma for your development​​​​​​​​
🌿 you follow the BRG Boundaries​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Contact me for Zoom ID or any questions or concerns.​​​​​​​​
💚 Regan​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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BRG update
Hi y’all, thank you so much to everyone who weighed in on my poll yesterday. I put it on this account and also my personal account, and all the input helped clarify two main points. One, this is a service that people do want, and twice a month sounds good to them. It sounds great to me too. And two…
Two is that I am overloaded and cannot output enough to run even a once a month group, let alone a twice a month. And I should take care of my current pressing issues, hopefully settle into this new life and chapter (parenting), and reevaluate in a few months how many spoons I can offer to BRG.
I always hope that when I cancel, step back, or pause, I’m modelling and encouraging not pushing yourself. Getting to know and honouring your limits. Rest rest rest.
So, group is paused for the foreseeable future. I hope to check in from time to time and even post some content. I at the very least will keep sharing other great recovery offerings/services and content in this account’s stories.
My DM’s are still open and checked regularly, so if you’re struggling and want to chat or be pointed toward resources, please still feel free to message and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
Much love,
💚Regan

Officially canceling group today, so sorry y’all, we’ll try again in April 💚💚💚

Hey y’all, I don’t know why but my internet is just being not good today, I may not be able to run group today, I will post either way closer to group. 💚

Hit 10k listens! This is the (one and only lol) BRG guided meditation on the InsightTimer app (which btw I highly recommend, tons and tons of free meditations). Have very much wanted to do more but haven’t had the spoons.
This guided body scan was the amalgamation of all the body scans I’d personally liked best that I’d heard. I was going through a very rough time when I made this, this was the scan I would do for myself all the time.
The audio isn’t great. And I know the intro is long and cumbersome, personally I like a long intro because I’m so distracted for the first few minutes of anything, it feels like it gives me permission to be distracted and take that time to settle in.
These are my favorite reviews on it. I cry every time I read the ones about people feeling safe in their bodies. 😭
Anyway have a listen if you’re interested! InsightTimer is a free app, I have it on iphone, I assume it’s on android too. You create an account and you can enjoy seeing how many minutes and milestones you can rack up. 😊
PS the pic is of yours truly, taken my friend and talented bo***ir photographer , in a photo shoot devoted to being loving and gentle to my body, which I thought would be perfect for this.
💚Regan

Saw this post shared by a large account which prompted to reread it and realize how little I’ve really shared about how my philosophy has evolved in the last couple of years.
I have now fully left the cult of wellness and have been doing acute deprogramming work for the last I think two years. This old post shows how I was still partly in it, though I think I had one foot out the door for a while.
I knew that anti-eugenics is the new direction I wanted to take BRG when I did my little “rebrand,” but even though I knew BRG was founded in some white wellness stuff, I still didn’t really think about how some content would still carry some of that.
I often want to start this account from scratch again lol
For now let me say these things:
🌿your body is not a problem to be fixed
🌿if you have privileges you absolutely probably have thoughts and behaviors that DO need to be fixed
🌿eating disorders are diseases, not choices
🌿we need to do so so so much more community care and that includes fighting for just treatment and a safe world for EVERYONE
🌿so VOTE and get V@CCINATED (if it’s accessible) and if you don’t like that I said that, message me and I’ll totally talk about it with you
💚Regan
[A screenshot of my own updated caption under an orange post, the last line of which is visible and reads, “Reclaiming Health.” The caption update says, “UPDATE: Oo boy this makes is sound like I believe western medicine has NOTHING good and that is NOT true. Western medicine has so much knowledge and so many strengths. Wester medicine AND holistic health have BOTH been hijacked by white, eugenicist, purify/perfect the individual body s**t, and THAT’S what Body Recovery is against.”]

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February’s group was disrupted by our cyclone, and March’s normal time (2nd Sunday of the month) can’t work because I had to schedule a medical appointment around the same time.
SO I’ll be running a group next week!
6-7pm / Sunday / March 5 2022 PST​​​​​​​​
(3-4pm / Monday / 6 March in Aotearoa NZ)​​​​​​​​​​​​
This is a free one hour meeting of structured peer support, facilitated by a peer in recovery. We go around the zoom circle and each share once. We talk about the s**t but we don't go too deep. This is meant to offer a bit of support, community, connection, validation, education, expression, outlet as we heal from any and all body-related trauma and oppression.​​​​​​​​ This is not a replacement for therapy or medical care.​​​​​​​​
Requirements for attendance:​​​​​​​​
🌿 you are on your own healing journey and use this only as a supplement​​​​​​​​
🌿 you are unpacking your own privileges and actively working on harm reduction around them but are also not using this as a way to consume other people's trauma for your development​​​​​​​​
🌿 you follow the BRG Boundaries​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Contact me for Zoom ID or any questions or concerns.​​​​​​​​
💚 Regan​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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This sounds less profound now that I’ve written it down lol
Anyway this has been in my head for a few days, and I thought it was extra fitting for something like a new year’s.
This is a helpful daily reminder for someone like me who has very little confidence in my abilities, and who is facing life challenges that seem beyond those abilities. There’s a lot of ways to try to trick myself to feel more confident, but I feel like I can think my way out of most of them. My ability to believe the absolute worst of myself is pretty strong.
This, however, is Regan-proof lol the fact that every today has a different yesterday is absolutely irrefutable, which means every day has the potential to be different than any before. And perhaps it can be a little bit better.
Maybe I can be a little bit kinder.
Maybe my recovery can be a little bit stronger.
Maybe my grief will be a little less painful.
Ground your hope in something tangible and irrefutable. That way it can survive doubt and fear and even genuine failure.
I wish you all a little extra hope in this year that will inevitably be different than any year before, and that maybe could be a little bit better.
💚Regan
[A dark blue square image with offwhite lettering which says, “Every day you are a whole new you because every day you are starting from an entirely different yesterday. ]

Tomorrow!

🌿 Next group 🌿​​​​​​​​
6-7pm / Sunday / November 13, 2022 PST​​​​​​​​
(3-4pm / Monday / 14 November in Aotearoa NZ)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
***PLEASE NOTE the change in the NZ time due to US daylight savings***​​​​​​​​
This is a free one hour meeting of structured peer support, facilitated by a peer in recovery. We go around the zoom circle and each share once. We talk about the s**t but we don't go too deep. This is meant to offer a bit of support, community, connection, validation, education, expression, outlet as we heal from any and all body-related trauma and oppression.​​​​​​​​ This is not a replacement for therapy or medical care.​​​​​​​​
Requirements for attendance:​​​​​​​​
🌿 you are on your own healing journey and use this only as a supplement​​​​​​​​
🌿 you are unpacking your own privileges and actively working on harm reduction around them but are also not using this as a way to consume other people's trauma for your development​​​​​​​​
🌿 you follow the BRG Boundaries​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
This could be great for you if:​​​​​​​​
🌿 you want a recovery meeting that is more broad and incorporates social and political issues more​​​​​​​​
🌿 you are tired of going to recovery meetings and not feeling very seen as an ED person or a fat person or a chronically or mentally ill human or a human with any other body-related marginalization​​​​​​​​
🌿 you want a fu***ng break from hearing people talk about foods, bodies, or exercises with good and bad labels​​​​​​​​
🌿 you want some recovery in your life that prioritizes rest, doing less, and not adding more work or pressure to perfect yourself to your life​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Contact me for Zoom ID or any questions or concerns.​​​​​​​​
💚 Regan​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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