The other day I returned a few things to the home of a close friend while she was away at work. When I opened her front door, I found the remnants of breakfast on the dining room table, mail and books on the hall bench, stacks of plates in the … [Read more]
Moving from the head to the heart
What does it mean to move from the head to the heart? And how does this movement heal separation, and foster healing, and hope? When we look at overeating through the head, we tend to fixate on behavior, "shoulds," and "doing it right." We … [Read more]
Caring for the losses that lie underneath overeating
http://fiveoceanspress.wistia.com/medias/3293wtuhfw?embedType=seo&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=1024 Undigested grief and loss are often what lie underneath stuck patterns of overeating. These losses can stem from childhood or adulthood. … [Read more]
Bringing in compassion when we attack ourselves for struggling
There's a line in an essay by mystic Thomas Merton where he writes of "the brutality of our will." This line reminds me of a fellow line, a lyric from a Wailin' Jennys' song: will we bite against the silence Fill our days with noise and … [Read more]
5 ways to say no to sugar with compassion
For most of my life, I’ve been a compulsive sugar addict. Starting in my early 20s, I spent over 15 years trying to heal my sugar addiction. It’s been a long, winding journey. What finally helped me heal my relationship with sugar was recognizing … [Read more]
How compassion helps you move from “knowing” to “doing”
On a recent support call, we talked about this common challenge: how to move from, "I should do x,y,z, because that would be smart, and benefit me," to actually doing x,y,z ... to making changes. This is an important question, and one that many … [Read more]