Many of you know that depression is something that I've carried, and cared for, for most of my life. While the seeds of the depression were already there - I can look back and see the sadness that was arising in middle school, especially after a … [Read more]
What does it mean to trust yourself?
Last week, in a Q&A webinar for The Growing Humankindness community, we were talking about trust. What does it mean to trust ourselves – especially when we find ourselves stuck in the same frustrating patterns? For so long, I thought trusting … [Read more]
Letting anxiety ‘rest for a while’
These last few weeks we've been talking about the map of healing and how to be with the anxiety that arises when we face our wounds. You could argue that anxiety is the most common driver of overeating. When our nervous system is alarmed, and we … [Read more]
When you feel anxious or frustrated about being ‘incomplete,’ broken or behind
In my last newsletter I talked about the map of healing from food compulsions and how you're not carrying your healing, rather, your healing is carrying you. Many of you wrote to tell me how this newsletter spoke to you. It seems so many of us … [Read more]
You’re not carrying your healing, your healing is carrying you
Yesterday we had a Q&A webinar for the Growing Humankindness membership community, where we explored the 'map of healing:' getting a general sense of how we heal from food compulsions. Getting a map of the healing process is helpful for a … [Read more]
When you eat to care for grief
A few years ago, I was introduced to therapist and healer Francis Weller and his beautiful book, The Wild Edge of Sorrow. In this book, Francis invites us into a conscious and courageous relationship with grief and sadness. Grief and sadness offer … [Read more]
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