Addictions are made of habits that cause you pain, that come at a price. Rituals... are very different and bring powerful healing. Rituals and routines and practices can heal addiction and addictive patterns... Many of my ... Read More
Trusting what you know- Intuitive eating
Do you practice intuitive eating? Do you trust yourself to know what to eat? To choose a way of eating that works for you? So many women struggle to make sense of all the varying advice out there on the "best" way to eat? ... Read More
Feelings That You Don’t Want to Feel- Like This One
I'm right here, right now, in the thick of it. It's physical, emotional, whatever else you want to name it. And it hurts. I hate it. It washed over me yesterday as I dropped off my youngest son after he came to visit for the ... Read More
Transition From Binge-Eating Gently Without Diets or Deprivation
Although not everyone I work with has significant weight to lose, many of my clients struggle with binge-eating. This is usually what people describe as feeling "out of control" with food.. episodes of feeling like you can't ... 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
Two Styles of Making Peace With Food and Eating
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
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
It’s Halloween- Are You Struggling With Cravings?
I think most women I know, whether they struggle with weight or not, will be pretty damn glad when the mountainous bags of Halloween candy disappears "poof" from the shelves of everywhere in the next few days. Most of us ... Read More
Making Friends With Compulsion- Turning The Energy Around
Making friends with the part of our nature we consider "compulsive" is a powerful and smart thing to do. It is the most gorgeous clear and sunny day here, finally.... just took a long walk up my beloved orchard-town hills ... Read More
Article on Addictive EAting
I love this article from Salon.com about overeating/addictive eating. Check it out here: http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/18/overeating/index.html ... Read More
