Gentle support to soften overeating and eat less sugar
This morning I met with a small group of women for a regular meeting. We're eight women, from our 40s to our 80s, and we've created a small group to nurture our interest in the Divine Feminine. I took our bimonthly call in my car, as I was waiting … [Read more]
In the Growing Humankindness community, a woman described a 'ping' - that feeling she gets when she feels something light up inside. Her whole being whispers, "Pay attention." Ah, yes! I imagine we all have those moments - those dawnings of … [Read more]
Many of you know that depression is something that I've carried, and cared for, for most of my life. While the seeds of the depression were already there - I can look back and see the sadness that was arising in middle school, especially after a … [Read more]
Last week, in a Q&A webinar for The Growing Humankindness community, we were talking about trust. What does it mean to trust ourselves – especially when we find ourselves stuck in the same frustrating patterns? For so long, I thought trusting … [Read more]
These last few weeks we've been talking about the map of healing and how to be with the anxiety that arises when we face our wounds. You could argue that anxiety is the most common driver of overeating. When our nervous system is alarmed, and we … [Read more]
In my last newsletter I talked about the map of healing from food compulsions and how you're not carrying your healing, rather, your healing is carrying you. Many of you wrote to tell me how this newsletter spoke to you. It seems so many of us … [Read more]
Yesterday we had a Q&A webinar for the Growing Humankindness membership community, where we explored the 'map of healing:' getting a general sense of how we heal from food compulsions. Getting a map of the healing process is helpful for a … [Read more]
A few years ago, I was introduced to therapist and healer Francis Weller and his beautiful book, The Wild Edge of Sorrow. In this book, Francis invites us into a conscious and courageous relationship with grief and sadness. Grief and sadness offer … [Read more]
One of the most difficult aspects of healing is its non-linear nature. It ebbs, flows, eddies, swirls, and dances through our hearts, minds, bodies and spirits. When we feel lost in dysregulation, addictive habits, or shame, it's easy to panic or … [Read more]
I've been reaching out to let you know that one of our most popular courses, When Food is Your Mother, is now available as a home study course. In the course, I encourage you to find a listening partner - a buddy to pair up with throughout the … [Read more]
As we approach the end of the calendar year, it's easy to review the past twelve months - to wonder how we've done, ponder the choices we've made, to asses the progress - or lack of it - and to hold our lives up for reflection. If there's … [Read more]
We hold so many expectations, so many ideas, shoulds, wishes and hopes for ourselves. We hold onto these expectations for others, too. Here in the holidays, this is a time of year when all of those expectations can come rising - or roaring! - up … [Read more]
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