I work with many people who feel deeply flawed for not being able to "be regulated" with strong emotions. They can be relentlessly hard ...
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Are you running on rocket fuel?
Annie Dillard wrote: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are ...
What your digestion might say about your boundaries
Many of my students have a hard time saying no. Perhaps this is you, too... As soon as the no rolls out of their mouth, they ...
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When diet plans don’t go as planned…
I met with a lovely student the other day. He had just begun a new diet. “I read this book”, he said…”and what I read made ...
Don’t shoot the messenger
Your relationship with your body - your most intimate sensate experience with yourself - is formed way before you can speak or think. You ...
She kept searching for a detox
"My weight has gone up and down for years. I am desperate for a detox or something right now. ...
Why you feel tired, heavy and burdened
Body image suffering always starts on the somatic level One of the significant u-turns on the path to peace with self and peace with food ...
When the body says No!
Have you read: "When the body says no" by Dr Mate? It was the first book I read that propelled me in the direction of becoming a trauma ...
Freeing the prisoner
A body image story ...
One nest to hold all of you
How do you build a nest for yourself? A nest for all the aspects of you. The part of you that wants to be creative, and fill the world ...
When cravings hit…and asking the right question
I'll tell you about a student who was having some intense sweet cravings. She's been doing work with me for a while, so she has enough ...
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I am burnt out, I have nothing left to give
“I am burnt out…I have nothing left to give…” This is what my student shared during her consultation to join a group. She was cooked. And ...
Sacred Rest Camp Nov 11-13, 2020
Do you ever try to rest, but you just can’t? Like you have to do a thousand things before you are allowed to? You’re not alone. And ...
I can’t rest
I can't tell you how often I hear this. You can't rest. You try to kick back with a book, but your mind keeps spinning asking you to ...
Digestion happens in relationship
When we think about digestion, we often might think about the types of foods we eat, or even how much or when we eat, but have you ever ...
The ground under your feet
What does grounding mean to you? What do you associate the word with? And what does your peace with food have to do with it? I’ve been ...
Self-regulation for difficult times
It's been quite the week, lovely friends. I came back from teaching an incredible workshop in Salt Lake City, and my plan was to blog about ...
Inner conversation ice-breakers
When I first began to befriend my body it was lot like in that poem by the unrepeatable poet Nayyirah Waheed: "Apologize to your body, ...