One of the questions I hear most often is, "How do I prevent a binge?" Cravings are a topic that brings up a lot of anxiety for people, and understandably so. From experience, they've found that controlling cravings doesn't work - it creates … [Read more]
Befriending depression
I've had depressive and anxious tendencies for most of my adult life. It's something I've done my best to hide from others, as it creates feelings of deep shame, separation and loneliness in me. This past week, I couldn't hide. I was feeling … [Read more]
Making peace with depression
Life is so hard. How can we be anything but kind?" - Jack Kornfield I made a big, very public, embarrassing work mistake recently, and I felt like hiding out. Instead, this mistake became an opportunity to open up and share what had really been going … [Read more]
Jealous of Pretty Women? Turn Your Envy into Inspiration
There can be a snide competition between women, where we allow other women to be beautiful .... to a point. Other women can be pretty, as long as they're not too pretty. A woman can be beautiful, but if she's also smart, organized, and a great mom? … [Read more]
Learning to Love My Body: My Story
It is a falsehood that body hatred is the realm of the obese, the overweight, or the ugly. I am none of those things. I'm a pretty woman. I'm a size 8. And yet I've hated my body for most of my life. Even as a little girl, I felt the first … [Read more]
Embracing our stuff
"We must be the change we wish to see in the world."-Gandhi We all have stuff: the lessons and stumbling blocks that reoccur throughout our lives. If you're like me, you may have spent considerable energy burying your stuff, in the hopes that a … [Read more]
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