Hi, I’m Liz—and this is Within Herself. I’m so glad you found your way here. 🤍
For 37 years, I moved through life feeling different.
Not in an obvious way, on the outside, my life looked normal. People seemed to like me. I was included. By most societal standards, I was successful. Yet beneath the surface, there was always a quiet feeling that I didn’t quite belong. I couldn’t explain it, but it felt like a truth to me. I moved through the world with an intensity I didn’t understand, absorbing emotions, energy, and experiences seemingly different than those around me.
The problem was, I never learned how to express those emotions in a healthy way.
Instead, I learned to push them down.
Being “too sensitive” often felt like a criticism rather than a gift, and over time I began to wonder what was wrong with me. Why did things affect me so much? Why couldn’t I just let things go the way everyone else seemed to?
At 18, not knowing how to process my emotions led me into an eating disorder. Years later, alcohol became my best friend. It helped me feel calmer, more confident, more comfortable around other people. It quieted the noise in my head and softened the intensity I felt inside.
Until it didn’t.
What started as relief slowly became dependence, and eventually I found myself managing my life—and my emotions—with alcohol. It became so out of control that I almost lost everything. Years went by like this.
And at 35, when I hit my rock bottom, I finally decided to get sober.
After a few attempts, I finally did.
But then something happened that left me asking even more questions… The eating disorder returned, and I found myself struggling with bulimia once again.
Why did one addiction always seem to replace another?
Why couldn’t I just be with myself?
Why was I so uncomfortable in my own skin that I constantly needed something outside of me to cope?
Those questions led me on a journey inward.
Through self-inquiry, healing work, recovery, and learning to sit with myself instead of running from myself, I discovered a few life-changing truths:
I am not my thoughts.
Emotions are meant to be felt and processed, not suppressed.
And perhaps most importantly, I discovered what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person.
Everything began to make sense.
What I had spent decades viewing as a flaw was actually a trait. My sensitivity wasn’t something that needed to be fixed—it was something that needed to be understood.
That realization changed my life.
Within Herself was born from that journey.
This is a space for highly sensitive people who are learning to navigate life without numbing, escaping, or abandoning themselves. We’ll talk about healing, recovery, emotional wellness, self-discovery, nervous system regulation, personal growth, and what it truly means to come home to yourself.
I don’t have everything figured out, and I’m still learning as I go.
But what I do have is a story, a willingness to share it honestly, and a hope that something I write here helps you feel a little less alone in your own journey.
If you’ve ever felt different, overwhelmed by your emotions, stuck in cycles of addiction, or disconnected from yourself, welcome.
You’re in the right place.
With love,
Liz
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Hi, I’m Liz—and this is Within Herself. I’m really glad you found your way here. 🤍
For 37 years, I lived life thinking I was different. Always feeling like I didn’t exactly belong, but I could never put my finger on why. It never really made sense because people seemed to like me, I was always included in things, and have been ” successful.” In the background and behind these hazel eyes, I always felt different. Sensitive, etc. I felt, deeply. More then other people, and I didnt know how to express emoton in a healthy way, I learned to shove it down – being ‘too sensitive’ was looked down upon by everyone else – so what was wrong with me?
Not knowing how to process emotion and know how to talk to others when something was wrong, lead me to devoloping an eating disorder at 18 years old. Fast forward, drinking became my best friend because it made me feel better, better to function around others and gave me a sense of calm and confidence that I could not feel when sober. Fast foward some years, and I became an alcoholic. Managing my life (emotions) with booze. Until it got so out of control that I almost lost everything. I decided to get sober. And after a few attempts, I did. Though, the ED snuck back in and I became bulemic again. I couldnt understand, why did one addiciton get traded for another every time? Why couldnt I just BE with MYSELF !? Why did I dislike myself so much that I couldnt bare the thought of being wth myself?
Then, after many methods of self inquiry, inner work and learning to go within myself, I discovered a few things – most importantly; I am not my thoguhts, emotions need to be processed to heal, I learned what an HSP is.
This changed my life.
It wasn’t just something I struggled with—it was something that consumed me. It dictated my thoughts, my choices, my relationships, and how I saw myself. There were long stretches where I truly believed this was just who I was… that recovery was something meant for other people, not me.
But I was wrong.
I am recovering.
And if there’s one reason this space exists, it’s this: so you know that recovering is possible—even if it doesn’t feel that way right now.
This blog is where I will share honestly.. Not perfectly, not from a pedestal—but from lived experience. Recovery is not necessarily a linear process either, at least it hasn’t been for me. There’s wins, there’s fails, there’s hiccups and there are deep insights. I’ll take you through my journey with disordered eating, chronic anxiety, and depression—the messy parts, the breakthroughs, and everything in between.
I’ll also share the tools that have helped me rebuild: small shifts, practical guidance, and the deeper inner work that slowly brought me back to myself.
Because that’s really the heart of this space.. I wasn’t ok for a very long time, and though I am not fully healed of this disease, I want to create a community where I can be myself and share what has helped me live a much healthier lifestyle with binges being quite rare, if at all.
By understanding what is below the E.D, what emotions and scary feelings lie underneath the behaviour is a huge key to healing. How to hold space for them, and nurture them. How to feel what we’ve been avoiding.
My intention is to help you reconnect with your own internal compass. To feel grounded in your body again. To build a life that feels strong, steady, and genuinely yours—through mindfulness, meditation, movement, and self-trust.
If you’re here, you’re not alone.
And you’re not as far from yourself as you might feel.
Welcome. 🤍
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