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 ...
embodiment
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 ...
You are held by more than enough
All emotional eating and restriction is about disconnection - from feeling too much, from remembering, from a present we didn't plan for, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Why does emotional eating help?
My students generally agree when they emotionally eat it's almost like a surreal experience. Before they know it, it's over. And while it ...
Becoming bodyful
All disembodiment is physical. It's a hard thing to plunge your awareness into at first. There are so many thoughts. And half my body is ...