Foster a change of heart
Friends, here we find ourselves in the last month of the year, deeply immersed in the holiday season and all the rituals, traditions, and celebrations that the season brings. This often includes many opportunities for the festive partaking of food … [Read more]
This is a picture of me and my son from a few years ago. Last week, it was his birthday. Halfway through his birthday morning, he was filled with disappointment and sadness and laid on his bed and told me about it. His presents weren’t as he … [Read more]
When we're facing challenges and difficulty, it's easy for the inherent frustration of the situation to turn inwards, towards ourselves. This can arise as self criticism, self attack, and self judgment. In the wake of this frustration, you may … [Read more]
One of the most devastating consequences of shame, trauma, and loss is that we can internalize feelings of powerlessness or collapse – where we feel hopeless and impotent to effect any positive change in our lives. You may feel stuck in a … [Read more]
Today I want to write about an overlooked, but crucial tool on the journey of healing - play. I learned about play from my mentor in developmental psychology, Dr. Gordon Neufeld, and Hand in Hand Parenting. Play brings to mind many things - … [Read more]
Seeing with 'soft eyes' This week I got an email from a reader, Emily, who spoke about the transformation she's experiencing in 'seeing her eating disorder with self compassion, with kind eyes' – not an easy thing to do. Any place where we feel … [Read more]
When I have a spacious weekend afternoon, I enjoy taking a few hours to clean and care for my home. There is something about dusting what is dirty and beautifying my space that is deeply nourishing to me – offering a physical expression of my … [Read more]
I recently created an introductory, do at home course on creating emotional healing with food, The Heart of Food. The understanding that grounds this course is that healing begins in the heart. People often ask me, "Why do you start there? What … [Read more]
Here it is the heat of the afternoon, a time of being cooked and stewed by the sun in August, the hottest month of the year where I live. The heat has me thinking of a quote by Viktor Frankl – "What is to give light must endure burning” – and all … [Read more]
There are a few key ‘gates of healing’ that are necessary to walk through in order to grow out of food compulsions like overeating, sugar obsessing, or binge eating. I wrote about two of these gates – healing your relationship to vulnerability and … [Read more]
A few years ago, I was asked to write a short essay about 'what I know for sure,' what I'd want to share if I only had one thing to say. This was my response. On a daily basis, I pause, put my hand on my heart and whisper to myself, "I will not … [Read more]
The inner protector, like a mother bear, makes room for our pain and makes room for our human experience. In my last post, I spoke about a powerful but subtle shift when facing difficult experiences, cravings or pain: to stop ”trying harder” and … [Read more]
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