Karly Randolph Pitman, September 18, 2019Bailey pup, our tomato garden 'thief' One of the most vulnerable questions I hear from people when they're thinking about taking a class with me is this: Do I have to stop eating sugar? It's a really important question! If you're relying on … [Read more]
Changing how you relate to your needs
This is a picture of a tree that I came across on a hike in the Georgia woods earlier this spring. Rather than growing upwards, towards the sun, it grew across the forest, horizontally, bending itself across a hiking path to reach more sunshine. … [Read more]
When your desire to ‘feel felt’ gets displaced onto food
In my last few blog posts, I’ve been talking about what it means to use food as a mother. I’m writing this series so that you can have more clarity about whether When Food is Your Mother is a good fit for you, as well as to give you a taste of the … [Read more]
When you overdo to feel enough
Friends, I just finished teaching a class on using compassion to eat less sugar, and it was so moving! One of the themes that came up for many people was softening patterns of overdoing, and creating more spaces of rest and ease. Without … [Read more]
Softening resistance and the ‘inner rebel’
When we attempt to make changes in our self care, or when we express a desire to change or grow, strong feelings of rebellion, resistance, or ‘inner no’s’ can arise, clamoring for our attention.We often tense up and contract in the … [Read more]
When the results really matter – how self compassion helps when failure ‘isn’t an option’
This week I received a question about self compassion - in particular, about how we can be kind to ourselves when succeeding at something really matters and we aren't able to meet our own expectations. It's a great question! I've received … [Read more]
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