When we overeat, we tend to use food in fairly typical ways. One of these ways is using food for comfort – eating for stress relief, to self soothe, and as a source of softness, care and tenderness. In my classes, I call this using food 'as a … [Read more]
Power is a form of love
This coming February I'm excited to share that I'll be offering a new course on healing your relationship with power and food. Why power, you may ask? It helps to step back a bit. The two gates of healing with food If I had to give you an … [Read more]
When sugar is a call for praise
Friends, here we find ourselves in the last month of the year, deeply immersed in the holiday season and all the rituals, traditions, and celebrations that the season brings. This often includes many opportunities for the festive partaking of food … [Read more]
Moving from self criticism to “This is difficult”
When we're facing challenges and difficulty, it's easy for the inherent frustration of the situation to turn inwards, towards ourselves. This can arise as self criticism, self attack, and self judgment. In the wake of this frustration, you may … [Read more]
Nourishing your hopes for healing
One of the most devastating consequences of shame, trauma, and loss is that we can internalize feelings of powerlessness or collapse – where we feel hopeless and impotent to effect any positive change in our lives. You may feel stuck in a … [Read more]
Using play to support healing with food
Today I want to write about an overlooked, but crucial tool on the journey of healing - play. I learned about play from my mentor in developmental psychology, Dr. Gordon Neufeld, and Hand in Hand Parenting. Play brings to mind many things - … [Read more]
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