The women I work with around losing weight, changing the way they eat and learning to love and honor their bodies in reliable daily ways (The Daily Essentials) tend to fall in one of two categories when it comes to ... 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
The Biggest Success Stories? Not Always Who I Think
I've learned to recognize the clients who will succeed and overcome emotional eating or weight issues.. As with most things..words are cheap, and action is everything. Before I interview a prospective client to see if they ... Read More
How Perfectionism and Not Indulging in True Desires Drive Emotional and Compulsive Eating
Not indulging in true desires and pleasure makes you vulnerable to emotional eating, compulsive eating and mindless eating..there's a craving but it's not for food. Recently I've noticed...... actually that's a lie.. for ... Read More
The Weight You Carry – The Heaviness of Humiliation
When I work with women struggling with food addiction, weight, binge-eating, overeating or anything to do with body image, there are a lot of things I look for. What they are or are not eating is not the first thing on my ... 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
