If you are sick of the usual food and exercise related advice to heal emotional eating and food addiction, I don't blame you. Real relief has little do to with managing food or a new exercise regime. It has to do with ... Read More
The Real Reason People Don’t Stay The Course (When trying to lose weight or stop binge-eating)
There is something you may not have given much thought to, when you're trying to change your weight, change your body, change your thoughts and relationship WITH your body... as you begin to move towards these kinds of ... Read More
Notes and updates from my own “harvest”
I am in a very new season in my life, and I can see the evidence all around. And having lived in New England (well, Massachusetts my entire life until 2 weeks ago) I've always experienced the seasons and cycles of Nature as ... Read More
Changing Your Weight, Ending Emotional Eating- This is Your Firewalk
This is one of those posts that even as I feel inspired or compelled to write it, some part of me says "no.. don't..they'll hate it, it's too (fill in the blank) and part of me wants to go back to doing whatever I was doing ... Read More
You Might Have To Lose A Different Kind Of Weight..
You've heard me talk about creating more functional boundaries for yourself and my clients hear me talk all the time about "protection". And of taking your needs seriously. And what this means is to begin to look at the ... Read More
Let Go Of Extra Weight That Isn’t “Yours”! Plus Bonus**
If you agree with my belief that empathic or sensitive women...those who more easily pick up the emotional energies, feelings and thoughts of those around them, are also likely to overeat or use food or weight to try to ... 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
One Bite Won’t Hurt You- Overeating and Painful Forms of Sabotage
Has this happened to you? You get honest with yourself about some aspect of your relationship with food.. you make a plan. You're already a bit scared.. you've been here before, and not always kept your promises to yourself. ... Read More
What Other Kinds of Weight You Carry- Grief and Loss
It's very common with weight and body issues, that there is some unresolved grief and loss hanging around that is being carried. I always see weight, and struggles with food as going beyond issues of diet and exercise. The ... Read More
Why You Need Protection (and a Special Limited Offer)
One of the themes in my work with clients is the nature of "protection". Protection is a lens through which you determine what relationships, behavioral patterns, may be harming you. It's a way of taking yourself and your ... Read More