It’s much easier to look at a birthday party and say, “They’re going to be eating cake and ice cream. I can’t go,” then to ask ourselves, “Why am I desiring cake and ice cream in the first place? What emptiness do I feel inside that I am trying to … [Read more]
What to do when you mess up
Dear one, did you find yourself bingeing or overeating today? When we retreat back into painful patterns, we typically ask ourselves: why? We search for reasons was I too tired, was I hurt, was I angry? Was I overhungry? Seeking to understand … [Read more]
Healing sugar addiction through the heart
Healing is not the externals, what you weigh, what you look like, or how many days between binges. Healing is not about the mind, the intellect, rationalization – coming up with rational reasons why you’re lovable or good or … [Read more]
Soften the impulse to eat sugar
Did you wake up this morning, determined that this was going to be the day that you stopped sugar bingeing, or overeating. …only to find yourself caught in the very thing that you were trying to change? We often catch ourselves just after doing … [Read more]
A gentle approach to healing the sugar habit
Many of us believe that changing a habit is simply a matter of will power. When I was bingeing on sugar out of control in my teens, 20s and early 30s, I thought I just needed to get myself together – to be more organized, determined, and disciplined … [Read more]
3 things I learned when I went back to sugar
After I wrote Overcoming Sugar Addiction, I really thought I had "it" - I thought that I was over and done with sugar. Life had other plans. I've shared how humbled, embarrassed, and discouraged I felt when I went back to eating sugar during these … [Read more]
When being kind to yourself feels like giving up
I receive a lot of very tender, precious emails from women that all say some version of the same thing - Help! Now that I'm being kinder to myself I'm feeling really *really* unmotivated to: go to the gym to lose the extra weight to set … [Read more]
Heal the shame that keeps you stuck in overeating
If I had to describe the men and women that I talk to, those who are trying to gently heal from food stuff, I would describe them in this way: incredibly kind. Conscientious. Earnest. Sincere. Tender hearted. Sensitive. Empathetic. Spiritual. People … [Read more]
How kindness softens emotional eating
Can you befriend difficult emotions? The poet Rumi writes, This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them … [Read more]
How softening self judgment soothes overeating
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]
The link between attachment, human development, and overeating
Friends, this article is the first public writing I did about the connection between attachment theory, human development, and overeating. As I explored the roots of overeating, I wondered: could overeating, like other addictions, be connected to … [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]
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