Recovering Heart

Hi everyone!  This is the first chapter of my first series, Eat Your Heart Out. In this post, I will be talking about disordered eating and bullying so if you are sensitive to these topics, you might want to sit this one out. But otherwise, I hope this story can encourage those of you who have been through, or are going through, similar situations.  Growing up, I've always been classified as a bigger girl. In family gatherings, I would always hear my relatives saying "aww.. you're so cute, you're so chubby." Basically, being chubby and having a little more weight has always been considered a "funny" thing. While I didn't take every word to heart at first, hearing it constantly started to tear me down.  From a young age, I became very self-conscious and I always wanted to look pretty. I remember asking my mom to do my hair, playing dress up and wearing fancy princess clothes at birthday parties. I started comparing my body with other people and thinki...

Hi everyone,  I'm Kardia, a 20-year-old student based in Hong Kong! I'm starting this blog to help myself process and document the things I've been going through while sharing my testimony with my readers!  Recovering Heart was chosen as the title because this blog is a description of my journey in healing and recovering from my past hurts and wounds. I believe that in order for me to deal with them is by getting at its roots, which is my heart. Coincidentally, my name is also the Greek word for Heart (so yay!)  There are a few series/themes that I will be writing around. These series are centred around the healing and recovering journey I'm going on. Here are the three that I will be writing on in the near future:  Eat Your Heart Out: My recovery on disordered eating, body dysmorphia, working out and body image  Intentional Rest:  My journey in recognising the Sabbath as a workaholic Undignified Worship:  My growth as a worship team member and worship...