Gentle support to soften overeating and eat less sugar
This week I got several questions from people about compassion and permissiveness. Many people shared how, after working with me, or after doing other programs, they feel softer towards themselves about their overeating or binge eating, and are … [Read more]
In many places around the world, this weekend is Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day can bring up a mix of many feelings – gratitude, joy, forgiveness, appreciation, or grief. There may be anger or sadness about a present or past relationship with a mother … [Read more]
This week Michelle Chalfant invited me to be a guest on her podcast, The Adult Chair, where we talked about: how unmet needs can show up as a strong drive or compulsion for food (and sugar) how to unwind the drive and compassionate … [Read more]
This spring, in my When Food is Your Mother class, one of the questions that's been arising for the group is about healing: Is it possible to be addicted to self help? We're a highly conscientious group, and many of us are eager seekers. So we're … [Read more]
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day – a day that can be filled with many emotional triggers and food cues, and perhaps some challenge! This was true for me. Holidays and celebrations used to fill me with such dread. I worried the days before the holiday, … [Read more]
Like a sturdy riverbank, loving relationship is a holding container - a "womb" that allows emotions to be held, expressed and to drain. This draining and "holding" is partly what we're seeking in food when we overeat. Frustration – and its cousins … [Read more]
Over the past few months, I've been writing and sharing what has become a mantra: that binge eating, overeating and other food compulsions are healed through relationship – through connection. Many of you have written to ask – this sounds so … [Read more]
Here this week, I’m celebrating a decade of work – the 10th anniversary of Growing Human(kind)ness. This anniversary brings up much in me – namely, gratitude and wonder! In service of this anniversary, and in honor of the new year, I’ve been tweaking … [Read more]
Food is a very easy way to offer ourselves pleasure. This is especially true for those who easily attune to or care for others' needs but minimize their own. Food can also serve as an acceptable form of pleasure if you don't feel that you can … [Read more]
What does it mean to move from the head to the heart? And how does this movement heal separation, and foster healing, and hope? When we look at overeating through the head, we tend to fixate on behavior, "shoulds," and "doing it right." We … [Read more]
What does it mean to bring love into your relationship with food? This is an idea that I explore in The Heart of Food, our foundational course, and in this video - a sample from the course materials. In this video, we'll explore this idea and … [Read more]
What’s behind overeating? What’s behind the fixation on food? If you keep looking behind and behind and behind, you’ll find it isn’t really about the sugar or food at all. For years, I approached the holidays with anticipatory dread. I dreaded the … [Read more]
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