Gentle support to soften overeating and eat less sugar
These past few weeks we've been exploring the ways we can use food to regulate our nervous system in the When Food is Your Mother class. One of the topics that's come up is how high sensitivity can lead to a 'build up' of stimuli that seeks relief … [Read more]
You're receiving more emails than usual from me this week as we wrap up the launch of When Food is Your Mother. I hope that these emails offer support whether or not you join this particular offering. In this class, we explore a neurobiological … [Read more]
In the Listen class this week, we're exploring our relationship with cravings - befriending their energy and the cry, underneath them, for help. Cravings can be such fierce things, and we can shy away from their appearance. And yet cravings, at … [Read more]
This past week we hosted my aunt and cousin at our home, who came to visit from Ohio. We hadn't since them since the end of 2019, and for five days we laughed, talked, and ate meals together. It felt like a holiday, and our hearts filled and … [Read more]
When we struggle with addictive patterns like overeating or sugar bingeing, we may feel like we need to come to a place of complete abstinence in order to find relief and healing. And yet people have told me, over and over, how hard it is for them … [Read more]
The end of the day, weekends, evenings, and before bed: these are all times when people tell me that their relationship with food – or other self soothing behaviors – is the hardest to bear. These times have a few things in common: … [Read more]