Gentle support to soften overeating and eat less sugar
These past few weeks I've been leading a group through the When Food is Your Mother class, where we're exploring how food can become a substitute 'mother,' a refuge of comfort, support or safety. Human relationships, families, and communities are … [Read more]
Yesterday I held a webinar for this year's When Food is Your Mother class, and I was struck by the ways that people are unfurling - blooming into the fullness of themselves. We all have ways that we've contracted, tucked our hearts deep inside to … [Read more]
I receive emails from many people who talk about how food is one of many ways that they self soothe. Netflix bingeing, excessive online scrolling, alcohol, shopping, overworking and overdoing, escape in spiritual practice, excessive caretaking and … [Read more]
These past few weeks we've been exploring the ways we can use food to regulate our nervous system in the When Food is Your Mother class. One of the topics that's come up is how high sensitivity can lead to a 'build up' of stimuli that seeks relief … [Read more]
In our group classes, you have the option to have a Listening Partner or two. You may wonder - what's a listening partner? And why would I want to have one? Listening partners are the brainchild of Patty Wipfler from Hand in Hand Parenting, where … [Read more]
You're receiving more emails than usual from me this week as we wrap up the launch of When Food is Your Mother. I hope that these emails offer support whether or not you join this particular offering. In this class, we explore a neurobiological … [Read more]
One of the themes that we explore in our classes is softening perfectionism. Perfectionism comes up regularly in our healing journeys – particularly our healing journey with food. There's often a felt sense of, “If I can only get it right, and … [Read more]
Underneath the warm, soft belly of food compulsions, for many of us, lies the residue of trauma and rupture. It is for these places that the food rises up - a way our body, brain and nervous system moves in to try and protect us. This can fill … [Read more]
This year I've been studying with a dear mentor, therapist and teacher Bonnie Badenoch, diving into the world of relational neuroscience. One of the gifts that Bonnie gives is unending compassion, gentleness, and trust in the healing impulse that … [Read more]
In the Listen class this week, we're exploring our relationship with cravings - befriending their energy and the cry, underneath them, for help. Cravings can be such fierce things, and we can shy away from their appearance. And yet cravings, at … [Read more]
A few weeks ago I wrote about meeting a new friend, Eugena Maguire of Parenting Human Beings. Eugena is a Canada based social worker, parent coach, and former 'struggling foster parent' who created a podcast, Unpacking Depression, where she … [Read more]
Yesterday I was at my local Target, looking for a nightgown. Pajamas are my favorite clothes, and I took my time as I browsed the various robes and short sets. I walked past a clay colored camisole and stopped to rub my fingers over the fabric. Ah! … [Read more]
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