Gentle support to soften overeating and eat less sugar
My first official, diagnosable eating disorder was bulimia. This old friend accompanied me through my last year of high school and all four years of college. I say old friend, but she often felt like an enemy. During those years I ping ponged … [Read more]
I remember the day I saw a handout, a checklist of "signs of recovery from an eating disorder." I scanned the list, mentally ranking where I stood: Got that one, check. That one's better. I need to work on that one. I remember the flutter of … [Read more]
This month there's been a lot going on at Growing Humankindness. And one of the common themes I've been hearing from people are grieving the holes they've tried to fill with food. Much of what we do here at Growing Humankindness is offering … [Read more]
Yesterday during a webinar we were talking about how challenging it can be to trust our goodness or potential when we're overeating. Food 'stuff' can bring up so much shame and self attack: we can feel so broken or discouraged for not being able … [Read more]
A friend of mine told me a story about his grandmother, a tough as nails farmer who held onto the farm for years after her loved ones had passed. As a teenager, he'd visit her house for the summer, and he remembered the piles of food she cooked for … [Read more]
Yesterday I met a delightful woman, and we sat in the quiet, sharing our food stories with each other. At some point, our conversation turned to grief. We began talking about the first layer of grief - the grief of letting go of overeating, of the … [Read more]