Yesterday was Valentine’s Day – a day that can be filled with many emotional triggers and food cues, and perhaps some challenge! This was true for me. Holidays and celebrations used to fill me with such dread. I worried the days before the holiday, … [Read more]
Softening the fear and frustration of overeating
Like a sturdy riverbank, loving relationship is a holding container - a "womb" that allows emotions to be held, expressed and to drain. This draining and "holding" is partly what we're seeking in food when we overeat. Frustration – and its cousins … [Read more]
Healing is a change of heart
Over the past few months, I've been writing and sharing what has become a mantra: that binge eating, overeating and other food compulsions are healed through relationship – through connection. Many of you have written to ask – this sounds so … [Read more]
The answer to food compulsions is connection
Here this week, I’m celebrating a decade of work – the 10th anniversary of Growing Human(kind)ness. This anniversary brings up much in me – namely, gratitude and wonder! In service of this anniversary, and in honor of the new year, I’ve been tweaking … [Read more]
Honoring the need for pleasure
Food is a very easy way to offer ourselves pleasure. This is especially true for those who easily attune to or care for others' needs but minimize their own. Food can also serve as an acceptable form of pleasure if you don't feel that you can … [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]
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