Have you been feeling hooked by your sugar cravings? Rather than fighting against your urges and compulsions for sugar, I invite you to use the tools of uncovering the deeper needs and integrative functioning. I spoke in greater detail about these … [Read more]
Help for a Halloween sugar binge
A friend of mine once called it the “Halloween hangover” – when you wake up November 1st feeling sick to your stomach – and sick to your heart – after gorging on sugar Halloween night. Halloween can be challenging: it’s hard not to eat overdo … [Read more]
How to give yourself the limits and structure that create safety with food
Limits are like the riverbank to a river - what helps and holds the flow. Many people who are sensitive or intuitive struggle with structure - having regular, nourishing rhythms and rituals in place in their daily lives. And yet they may also … [Read more]
5 ways to say no to sugar with compassion
For most of my life, I’ve been a compulsive sugar addict. Starting in my early 20s, I spent over 15 years trying to heal my sugar addiction. It’s been a long, winding journey. What finally helped me heal my relationship with sugar was recognizing … [Read more]
When healing takes longer than you’d like
This week I hosted a call for those who are working through my overeating course, Heal Overeating: Untangled. I heard from many who are struggling with being where they are. They want to be over there - there being further along in the course, … [Read more]
Seeing ourselves through another’s eyes: how relationship helps us heal
A few years ago I was asked to write an essay about addiction and marriage. This is what I wrote. Theres a scene in the movie Shall We Dance? where Susan Sarandon's character, a married woman, meets with a private investigator. She'd hired … [Read more]
4 ways to soothe a reactive brain
One of the most powerful tools for healing is self acceptance. When we understand and know ourselves deeply, we find that we can respond to our habitual tendencies from a deeper well of wisdom - and with greater mercy. We can care for ourselves as we … [Read more]
When you’re highly sensitive and struggle with self blame
As human beings, we all hurt at times. This is part of our shared, common humanity. Some of us internalize this pain at a very deep level, blaming ourselves for it. Instead of viewing pain as something we share as human beings, we believe it's our … [Read more]
How opening to discomfort can set us free
As I was thinking about recording today's podcast, I had something entirely different that I was going to share with you, and then life with all its ups and downs brought some sickness for me today. I’ve had an off and on kind of bug all week, … [Read more]
How to lighten our hearts, and keep our secrets
Welcome to podcast three of the "Growing Human Kindness" podcast. Today's is inspired by a story that I was reading with my two youngest children, my boys, the other night. This book is called "The Secret Keeper," and it's by Kate Coombs, and the … [Read more]
Soothe your sensitivity instead of emotional eating
One of the ironies of healing our emotional eating is that consciously trying to eat differently or eating more mindfully is overarousing. It's stimulating and can cause anxiety. We have all this pent up energy from trying to be "good" while … [Read more]
How to move through resistance
One of the most frustrating challenges to healing are the "internal obstacles" that keep you from following through on your intentions. For example, you may have a desire to eat less sugar or to soften a habit of binge eating. But when you take that … [Read more]
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