I recently shared my theory that refuge - a deep rooted feeling of belonging, safety and attachment - is what creates the foundation for growth, maturity, and change with food. I heard from so many tender men and women who resonated with that theory … [Read more]
Do you have your heart?
One of the most persnickity challenges to healing with food are the internal obstacles that keep us from following through on our intentions – the doubt, resistance, the “I don’t want to” and “I don’t feel like it” feelings that get in the way of … [Read more]
How to quiet your inner food cop
I talk with hundreds of men and women who are healing from emotional eating, chronic dieting, binge eating and sugar addiction. And there's one crucial, essential place where everyone - including me - has gotten stuck. It's this: There's a voice - … [Read more]
5 steps to get back on track after eating sugar
I hear from so many dedicated people who are trying to give up sugar - they recognize they're addicted to sugar and are doing the necessary steps to stop eating it. They may be eating a sugar free diet for weeks, months or even years. And then they … [Read more]
Are you highly sensitive and sugar addicted?
If you’re both highly sensitive and struggling with sugar binges, sugar cravings, or a sugar addiction, you’re not alone. It’s a pairing that comes up often! What is high sensitivity? Being highly sensitive means you pick up more … [Read more]
Stop sugar cravings with kindness
Can you soften sugar cravings with kindness? When we crave sugar, we tend to have 1 of 2 reactions: we either try to control, white knuckle, suppress, shut up, or cut out the feeling of wanting. Or we act out the craving by eating the … [Read more]
How I walked away from sugar (when I was really, really tempted)
What happens when you open the door to the emotions underneath a sugar craving? For most of my life, I’ve been an emotional eater, soothing myself with sugar and food. I’m highly sensitive, which means I feel everything – both the … [Read more]
Overeating is healed in relationship
We typically approach diet, health and weight loss as a science: eat less, lose weight. Exercise more, lose weight. In this mechanistic view, we view the body as a machine, where we do X to get Y. We focus on fixing the behavior (eating less junk … [Read more]
Stop a binge in its tracks with empathy
We tend to judge and blame ourselves when we do something "wrong" or "messy" like bingeing. But I see it differently - if you're bingeing, overeating or fixating on sugar, there's a valid, honest to good reason. Binges don't occur in a vaccuum. … [Read more]
Letting go and finding faith
I was just traveling, visiting family in Ohio. Normally when I travel, I plan extensively in advance: cooking and packing food to take with me, searching for gyms, scoping out the health food stores in the area. Preparation has its value. But my … [Read more]
Caring for our ‘survival machinery’
We all have ways of caring for ourselves - coping mechanisms - that look really, really messy on the outside. This may include overeating or sugar bingeing. It's easy to label and judge them as bad or wrong - "I should know better. I should be able … [Read more]
What to do when you’re bingeing and gaining weight
The healing path out of overeating is an unwinding path, a spiral of healing and growth. I got several emails this week from women who feel utterly discouraged. They’ve been doing lots of powerful healing work, and while they see internal shifts in … [Read more]
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