Sep 16, 2020 | Emotions and Eating, featured, Podcast
Nighttime was the most challenging time for me.I couldn’t seem to break the cycle of turning to food (and always wondered–what was the biggest cause of overeating?!) I dreaded the post-dinner into the nighttime. I’d eat pretty well during the day. I’d feel...
Jun 30, 2020 | featured, Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting
When we’ve been in the diet world for some time, our brains become trained to think of food as good and bad. Broccoli? Good Cake? Bad Salad? Good Bread? Bad When we’re working to stop dieting, it can be insanely challenging to train our brains to stop...
Jun 10, 2020 | featured, Food 'n Stuff, Nourishment and Self Care
I know I talk a lot about letting go of dieting and eating for satisfaction. And I’m all about learning the whole “eat intuitively” and trying to figure out how to listen to what your body really needs and wants. But what happens when eating what...
Feb 18, 2020 | Emotions and Eating, featured, Podcast
The other day someone asked me if I still emotionally ate. “Well,” I said. “The reality is even ‘normal’ eaters emotionally eat every now and then!” And I’m only human so… The short answer is yes, I do occasionally. The...
Oct 15, 2019 | featured, Life Lessons
When I first began dealing with all my “food/body stuff”, I was determined to do exactly what my therapist told me to do to “become” a normal eater who loved her body. I was so exhausted from battling myself every day, weary from thinking about...