Gentle support to soften overeating and eat less sugar
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]
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]
I often talk about how you can change your relationship with sugar through loving relationship itself: kindness, compassion, connection, and acceptance. Many people email or ask me, "But how? How does being accepting or kind to myself help me change … [Read more]
Overeating, binge eating, or sugar addiction are not character flaws, but misguided attempts to care for unmet needs: in particular, basic needs for safety, connection/attachment, unconditional love, mirroring, emotional validation and … [Read more]
I'm going to use the d word today - yes, diet. In many circles, diet is considered a dirty word, as all diets or weight loss programs are lumped into a category of "bad." I have a different way of looking at weight loss programs, and how a … [Read more]
What if your "overeating self" had wisdom to share? In this month and week of love, I've been thinking about unconditional love, and what it would mean to love every part of ourselves - including those parts that we most dislike. Yes, this … [Read more]
Resistance is normal. We all feel it at one time or another as it’s a part of our shared human experience. Sometimes we may feel that it isn’t normal. We think the fact that we’re feeling resistant to doing something (like not eating sugar!) is … [Read more]
Are you in a battle with your healthy eating plan? Do you want to eat a certain way - say paleo, or low sugar, or more whole foods - but find it very, very difficult to follow? Ah, you're not alone. I hear from so many tender hearted, … [Read more]
Do you feel overwhelmed by the daily question of what to eat? It's something I hear over and over. After all, we need to eat every day - several times a day. And yet if you've struggled with food, meal time can feel like walking a gauntlet, fraught … [Read more]
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]
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]
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. … [Read more]
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