A few weeks ago, I held a group coaching call for those who are participating in Emerge: Create a New Habit. On the call, a woman asked a question that I hear from everyone who's trying to eat less sugar: How do you stop yourself from giving into … [Read more]
Befriend your resistance
Resistance is a part of any journey. There will be times when you feel resistant to doing what makes you feel good. There will be times when you feel resistant to reducing how much sugar you eat. What tends to happen when we feel resistance is … [Read more]
How to soften your fear of food cravings
For many years in my food journey, I tried to grow my self discipline and self control to "stop" food cravings. I thought my problem was a lack of discipline and will power. So I barricaded myself against my cravings in my attempt to control them. I … [Read more]
Joyful sugar free holidays
What do the holidays mean to you? Are they about connecting with family and loved ones? Are they about feeling loved? Are they about feeling special? Are they about connecting with your religious or spiritual beliefs? Are they about giving to others? … [Read more]
Move from ‘controlling’ to ‘caring’ for sugar cravings
Most of us try to control our sugar cravings (and our lives.) We try to manage and manipulate so that life meets our expectations. But life is messy and impermanent. How do you make peace with life as it is? How do we make peace with ourselves? And … [Read more]
How shifting your response to stress reduces sugar binges
Why do we crave sugar and food so much more during the holidays? And how do busyness, stress, and overwhelm contribute to holiday sugar bingeing? When life gets busy, we tend to focus on getting stuff done and forget to “be.” Life loses … [Read more]
My little sugar binge devil: how to respond
Bribery, reward, punishment, coercion, negotiation: all of these approaches are about shutting up that little devil on your shoulder who is prompting you to eat sugar. Instead of trying to overpower your “little devil” with your … [Read more]
You don’t have to make doubt wrong
Negative Capability - when man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact & reason - John Keats At some point in the journey of growth, feelings of doubt and discouragement may set in. These … [Read more]
What’s the unmet need under the sugar?
It’s not the sugar you really want. You want connection. Love. A voice. Rest. The Divine. Beauty. Beloved, let yourself want what you want – and I mean what you truly want, not the cookies that are the inferior substitute. Seek to … [Read more]
Feeling anxious about giving up sugar?
Psychologist and Jungian scholar James Hollis says that most of our maladaptive strategies are attempts to mitigate anxiety. (Yes this includes bingeing on sugar!) As human beings – with our tender, precious vulnerability – we like to … [Read more]
Saying yes to feelings and no to sugar
When you want to eat less sugar, what happens when you feel an impulse or craving for it? These pesky impulses can seemingly come out of nowhere. You may be going through your day, feeling fine, when all of a sudden, you think, “I really want … [Read more]
Finding sanctuary without food
Animals have dens, birds create nests, babies long to be held and cradled. We all need a little house of our own, a place both physical and mental where we find comfort, safety, and become reacquainted with ourselves. Small children … [Read more]
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