One of my favorite online bloggers, writers, women is Carla Birnberg of MizFitOnline.com. Yes she knows fitness and health but it's her passion for everything, including parenting her daughter and finding her own way of ... Read More
Why I Love You..What I See When I Look At You
I refused to write a Valentine's Day post this year.. it just felt too formulaic and I didn't want it to be "because it was Valentine's Day". But in my deep work with clients, part of the format is that most of my individual ... Read More
Who Are You Now? When Everything Changes..
I get a lot of emails from women.. some I know, many I don't. And now more than ever, as I think all of us are aware, people are going through big changes. Unexpected changes, huge losses, major changes in circumstance. The ... Read More
Is This Your Mother? Critical Mothers and Overweight Daughters
I have a confession. I sometimes watch reality television. Recently I watched an episode of a show called "The Shahs of Sunset". As in many "reality" shows, there's no real premise. This one is about 5 or 6 attractive and ... Read More
Prosperity Through Your Senses and Staying In Present Time..Even In the Midst of Grief and Loss
Note: This post was written for Bridget Pilloud, for her Peaces of Prosperity Project. I was so honored to be among the 30 or so writers invited to write about prosperity. It was also written while my beloved brother Sam was ... Read More
Being Overweight and The Fear of Being Truly Seen
One of my very favorite clients came back to do a focused piece of work with me recently. She came to see me when she was very young, in her early 20's and happily for me she comes back now and then. Because she no longer ... Read More
Body Hatred Is A Way You Betray Yourself..and it hurts
I listen to women a lot. Not just because it's my job as a therapist, but out in the world. People tend to see me as extroverted, but the truth is I am an introvert at heart. I like to listen, and observe, staying in my ... Read More
Lessons From My Time On The Cardiac Unit
Lessons From My Time On The Cardiac Unit This is the kind of thing that one feels very pressured to write a blog post about.. pressure to find meaning and insight from the big scary challenges that many of us are going ... Read More
Willing Or Not? The Big Shift
So you probably know that I am devoted to helping women and teens move beyond overeating, holistically and intuitively. I'm really good at it- for various reasons. One of which is that I have been there and done that. And ... Read More
Fear of Getting What You Want
I work with clients every day, all of whom are quite clear about what they want, and what they don't. Helping women articulate even more deeply and clearly the ways in which they want to create change in their life is one of ... Read More
