Create a more compassionate relationship with yourself
In this video, the second in my When Food is Your Mother online training, we're going to be talking about changing how you relate to food. Here's why and how this helps: as I spoke about in part 1, when we change how we see - our understanding of … [Read more]
A few days ago, I hosted a webinar, an introduction to my When Food is Your Mother class. In the webinar, we explored what’s really underneath overeating, bingeing, and sugar addiction on a deeper emotional level. I wanted to share these … [Read more]
This spring, in my When Food is Your Mother class, one of the questions that's been arising for the group is about healing: Is it possible to be addicted to self help? We're a highly conscientious group, and many of us are eager seekers. So we're … [Read more]
Like a sturdy riverbank, loving relationship is a holding container - a "womb" that allows emotions to be held, expressed and to drain. This draining and "holding" is partly what we're seeking in food when we overeat. Frustration – and its cousins … [Read more]
Over the past few months, I've been writing and sharing what has become a mantra: that binge eating, overeating and other food compulsions are healed through relationship – through connection. Many of you have written to ask – this sounds so … [Read more]
Food is a very easy way to offer ourselves pleasure. This is especially true for those who easily attune to or care for others' needs but minimize their own. Food can also serve as an acceptable form of pleasure if you don't feel that you can … [Read more]