You need to put what you learn into practice and do it over and over again until it's a habit. I always say, 'Seeing is not believing. Doing is believing. ' There is a lot to learn about fitness, nutrition and emotions, but once you do, you can master them instead of them mastering you.
Before we can change anything in our life, we have to recognize that this is the way it is meant to be right now. For me, acceptance has become what I call the long sigh of the soul. It's the closed eyes in prayer, perhaps even the quiet tears. It's "all right," as in "All right, You lead, I'll follow. " And it's "all right" as in "Everything is going to turn out all right. " This is simply part of the journey.