Create a more compassionate relationship with yourself
We should stop using the word addiction and shift to a new word – bonding.” – Professor Peter Cohen In my signature course, When Food is Your Mother, I talk about what it means to be bonded with food: to use food to care for our relational and … [Read more]
I wrote an article a few years ago for my yoga studio as a participant in their 40 Days of Yoga Challenge. I thought you might enjoy this exploration of faith, hope and the yearning for change. What brings me to my yoga mat? What brings you to … [Read more]
Today I'm driving to Houston with my eldest son to help him get his next pair of ice skates for his joy and passion - figure skating. Competitive figure skating is a whole new world to me, and learning about this world - like the fact that you may … [Read more]
Bailey pup, our tomato garden 'thief' One of the most vulnerable questions I hear from people when they're thinking about taking a class with me is this: Do I have to stop eating sugar? It's a really important question! If you're relying on … [Read more]
This is a picture of a tree that I came across on a hike in the Georgia woods earlier this spring. Rather than growing upwards, towards the sun, it grew across the forest, horizontally, bending itself across a hiking path to reach more sunshine. … [Read more]
In my last few blog posts, I’ve been talking about what it means to use food as a mother. I’m writing this series so that you can have more clarity about whether When Food is Your Mother is a good fit for you, as well as to give you a taste of the … [Read more]
Friends, I just finished teaching a class on using compassion to eat less sugar, and it was so moving! One of the themes that came up for many people was softening patterns of overdoing, and creating more spaces of rest and ease. Without … [Read more]
When we attempt to make changes in our self care, or when we express a desire to change or grow, strong feelings of rebellion, resistance, or ‘inner no’s’ can arise, clamoring for our attention.We often tense up and contract in the … [Read more]
This week I received a question about self compassion - in particular, about how we can be kind to ourselves when succeeding at something really matters and we aren't able to meet our own expectations. It's a great question! I've received … [Read more]
One of the ironic aspects of healing is that temporarily, we move into a place of greater stress as we grow. Change brings newness, uncomfortable feelings, emotions, and body sensations, it brings tenderness as we move into areas that feel new, … [Read more]
One of the beliefs that tends to go hand in hand with compulsive habits is some sense of, “I should've handled this better.” On some level, we blame ourselves for our bad habits, for our painful or dysfunctional coping strategies. We can also … [Read more]
"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor Frankl It can be frustrating when we find ourselves stuck in painful habits - where we … [Read more]
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