Gentle support to soften overeating and eat less sugar
This is an image from the bulletin board that long hung in my office. The poem behind the heart is from Clarissa Pinkola Estes. One of the most painful, confusing and often frustrating parts of the healing journey is what Buddhist teacher Pema … [Read more]
This year I've been a part of a monthly writing group where we meet to read poems, write, and know ourselves more deeply. Each month has a theme, and this month our theme was failure. You may have a variety of relationships with failure. They may … [Read more]
Last night in our community Soul Circle webinar we explored the vulnerability of resting. My mentor, Dr. Neufeld, said "all growth comes from a state of rest." There's much we can unpack about this statement, for there are many levels of rest. One … [Read more]
It's very hot in Texas - like so many places in the world right now - and my garden is moving into stillness. A few weeks ago I harvested our first potato plants - in fact, our first potato plants ever. We thought they were dead due to the fierce … [Read more]
In a recent webinar for the Growing Humankindness community, we were talking about mistakes - how we respond to mistakes, how we feel inside, and how we can include mistakes as a necessary (and helpful!) part of our journey. One of the … [Read more]
These last few weeks we've been talking about the map of healing and how to be with the anxiety that arises when we face our wounds. You could argue that anxiety is the most common driver of overeating. When our nervous system is alarmed, and we … [Read more]