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]
Get back on track after a sugar slip
I hear from many dedicated people who are trying to heal their relationship with sugar – they recognize they’re addicted to sugar and are doing the necessary steps to heal their addiction. They may be eating a sugar free diet for weeks, … [Read more]
How to prevent a sugar binge
I talk a lot about how your brain, nervous system and body need safety in order to heal painful patterns with sugar. If you’re new to this idea, you may wonder – what exactly does that mean? In a nutshell, all growth comes from rest. I’m not … [Read more]
Emotional and physical healing from sugar addiction – how do they work together?
I got an email from a reader last week with a question about the emotional vs. physical aspects of healing a sugar addiction. In 2008 she’d read my book, Overcoming Sugar Addiction, and was curious about the updated, 3rd edition, where I added more … [Read more]
Neediness is not a character flaw
One of the themes that I see coming up for people in their relationship with food is the mind's fight against what we need. Whether it's needing certain habits to support us in our daily lives, or needing to follow a way of eating, when we think … [Read more]
How compassion helps you move from “knowing” to “doing”
On a recent support call, we talked about this common challenge: how to move from, "I should do x,y,z, because that would be smart, and benefit me," to actually doing x,y,z ... to making changes. This is an important question, and one that many … [Read more]
The ‘last 10 pounds’ – the vulnerability that lies underneath weight
Many of us have had a difficult relationship with the "last 10 pounds" -- they often seem like an elusive mirage. The mind wants to shed just a bit more weight before we can rest in our bodies! The following text is from a small group coaching … [Read more]
What do I eat on a low sugar diet?
This is an example of a typical lunch at my house – a grilled burger with a cucumber and red pepper salad with an olive oil and apple cider vinegar dressing, Bubbie’s pickles (they’re a fermented food and delicious!), steamed … [Read more]
Unhooking from the “craving self”
Underneath the urge for food, what you’re really needing (at the deepest level) is love. The key to healing a pattern of overeating, sugar bingeing, or emotional eating is radical: it’s to become intimate with it. Rather than turning from our … [Read more]
Befriending hunger with compassion
When you're trying to heal painful behaviors with food, your hunger - your ground floor, human need for food - can bring up a lot of mixed feelings. Your hunger may bring up anxiety, fear, apprehension, doubt, hope, joy, desire, longing or confusion … [Read more]
Breaking free from the “broken self” trance
One of the most painful results of struggling with any form of suffering is how we identify with it. While labels can be helpful - ah, so this is what I'm facing - they can also be harmful. They become harmful when they become the way we define … [Read more]
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