In my last post, I wrote about a common frustration that occurs for nearly everyone when they’re healing their relationship with food – the energy of falling into collapse. When this happens, feelings of strength, optimism, or “I can do this!” … [Read more]
Moving through collapse and hopelessness
In my last blog post I wrote about the gates of strengthening and softening – the necessary gates you walk through in order to heal your emotional relationship with food. Over the next two blog posts I’m going to write more about how to use these … [Read more]
Do you need to ‘soften’ or ‘strengthen’ with food?
This week I got several questions from people about compassion and permissiveness. Many people shared how, after working with me, or after doing other programs, they feel softer towards themselves about their overeating or binge eating, and are … [Read more]
The necessary and beautiful labor
When you struggle with food, it can bring up so many feelings of shame. The very struggle can feel wrong, as something to be eradicated. So you feel guilty for overeating and guilty for struggling to heal the overeating. What if, instead, you … [Read more]
Moving out of powerlessness and helplessness with food
Because overeating can feel so painful and frustrating, it’s easy to feel victimized by it. When we feel victimized by something, we tend to feel powerless, ashamed, and often deeply frightened. You may experience this as a sense of terror or … [Read more]
What to do when you feel powerless and collapse into overeating
When you’re in a grounded, secure emotional space, it’s easy to say no to the impulse to binge, overeat, restrict, or purge. But what happens when you feel powerless, hopeless, or helpless? When you’re in this emotional space, you can believe you’ll … [Read more]
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