In my sessions with clients, we often begin with what’s going well. What is feeling like self-care? What is coming more naturally? What is feeling good about your Intuitive Eating path? This is not about putting on the rose-colored glasses. This is taking real stock of real progress in all of its forms, from the […]
I know this is not what you want to hear. You are wired to not want suffering, and yet suffering is so integral to our lives that it really does need to be explored. Suffering is the subject of the four noble truths, the first teaching given by the Buddha once he attained enlightenment. He […]
I cried this morning when I woke up. I felt the familiar spiky sensations of nerve pain in my back and it makes me deeply sad. Sometimes I feel angry at my body. Sometimes disappointed. Sometimes I just want to ignore it. But one thing that I have learned through my own Intuitive Eating journey […]
Short message this week but it’s an important one. Carl Rogers wrote in his On Becoming a Person, “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” This would suggest that all our efforts at change – all the diets, self-help, programs, the striving, the ambition – are […]
I recently completed a process known as the Safe and Sound Protocol. Without going into too much detail, the SSP is a 5-day audio program that exercises the middle ear, which is part of the social engagement system within our nervous systems that wires us for connection and safety. During the protocol, I found that […]
Has consistency gotten in the way of a long-term Intuitive Eating practice? Many of my clients are hesitant to really dive in by creating some sort of structured meal pattern, experimenting with new foods, a movement practice, a mindfulness or self-compassion practice, all because of the threat of not maintaining consistency. From my point of view, humans […]
What went unnamed and un-spoken-about for a long time has finally made headlines: Revenge procrastination! Many of my clients breathed a sigh of relief to know that they were not the only ones staying up late, not totally knowing why, and suffering the consequences of lost sleep. Not only does revenge procrastination take away from the quantity and […]
A friend of a friend, Michael Carroll, has said of meditation that “we aren’t trying to get anywhere. We’re trying to be somewhere.” The same could be said of Intuitive Eating. When we begin, we truly have no idea where it will take us. We might have expectations, wishes, images of what it will look and […]
I have always said that whatever we do – no matter how dysfunctional it may seem – it comes from a place of just trying to feel safe and OK. Now that I’m diving into Polyvagal theory, I understand that this is a biological truth. Our nervous systems evolved to protect us. The earliest iteration of […]
Why do so many of us stop dancing, playing an instrument, playing a beloved sport, singing, making art? There’s a tyranny to the idea that we should only pursue interests if we excel at them. The concept disconnects us with what motivates us, what touches us deepest, what creates bliss and flow and joy. This […]
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