ABSTRACT
The Self is usually experienced deep in the body, as inner wisdom or gut intuition, as unconditional positive self-acceptance and regard. Eating disordered person need to put their Self back in charge of their Parts, like getting the teacher to step back into the junior-high band room and stay there, in order to recover. The emptiness is the potential where their Self will be. The emptiness inside is where they will experience their Self again. Just as the hole disappears when they place the rose bush in it, the inner emptiness will disappear when they find themselves; they will feel fulfilled, full and filled again. As eating disordered person recover their sense of Self, it may feel familiar. This chapter includes several exercises to help eating disordered person find themselves.
