Can you befriend difficult emotions? The poet Rumi writes, This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its [...]
Loving where you’re at.
December 12, 2011 By 8 Comments
Does intuitive eating lead to sugar addiction?
December 6, 2011 By 6 Comments
5 steps to get back on track after eating sugar
November 1, 2011 By 12 Comments
I hear from so many dedicated people who are trying to give up sugar – they recognize they’re addicted to sugar and are doing the necessary steps to stop eating it. They may be eating a sugar free diet for weeks, months or even years. And then they find themselves eating sugar again. They feel [...]
Are you highly sensitive and sugar addicted?
October 24, 2011 By 6 Comments
If you’re someone who is both highly sensitive and sensitive to sugar (which may appear in your life as a susceptability to sugar addiction or overeating), you’re not alone. It’s a pairing that I see over and over again – and one I see in myself. Being highly sensitive means you pick up more from [...]
Stop sugar cravings with kindness
October 17, 2011 By 4 Comments
In the First Ourselves support group, we’re exploring how kindness can soften sugar cravings. It sounds impossible, doesn’t it? When we crave sugar, we tend to have 1 of 2 reactions: we either try to control, white knuckle, suppress, shut up, or cut out the feeling of wanting. Or we act out the craving by eating [...]
Is your mind like a “scary neighborhood?” How our thoughts keep us trapped in sugar addiction
September 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
A different way of working with affirmations
July 12, 2011 By 6 Comments
When I first started working on my food and body image “stuff,” I used a lot of affirmations. I would say to myself things like, “I am healthy,” “I have a beautiful body,” or “I make healthy food choices.” The only problem was that while I affirmed what I wanted, another voice would immediately pop [...]
