Gentle support to soften overeating and eat less sugar
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]
This past weekend, like many have been doing around the world, I moved my clocks back. Now sunset comes an hour earlier, and the days are getting shorter and shorter. The earlier darkness brings up a desire to cocoon. By five pm, I'm done for the … [Read more]
One of the themes that we explore in our classes is softening perfectionism. Perfectionism comes up regularly in our healing journeys – particularly our healing journey with food. There's often a felt sense of, “If I can only get it right, and … [Read more]
Yesterday I was at my local Target, looking for a nightgown. Pajamas are my favorite clothes, and I took my time as I browsed the various robes and short sets. I walked past a clay colored camisole and stopped to rub my fingers over the fabric. Ah! … [Read more]
When the approach to our life is conceptual, then the emphasis is on behavior, on doing. Whereas when the approach is through…the heart, caring is a shift in the way you come to something; it is an opening…There are behaviors that will … [Read more]