Table 2.

Themes and subthemes

Themes	Subthemes
1. Foundation	(1a) “Without this part it’s hard to truly recover”
2. Confusion	(2a) “It’s hard to describe” (2b) “Trust the Process” (2c) “I don't know what comes first”
3. Growth	(2a) “Letting go” (2b) “Re-parenting the body” (2c) “I was surviving, but now I get to live”
	(2d) Receiving love and compassion
4. Re-connection	(3a) “Listen to the body” (3b) “Accept what you’ve been given” (3c) “I’m body neutral” (3d) Appreciate the body (3e) Compassionate noticing
5. Resistance	(5a) “You have to look this way to be accepted” (5b) “Rebelling”