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 […]
Hi and how are you faring during this late-stage pandemic period? It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written or posted. Like many of my friends, colleagues, and clients, I am both fine and not fine at the same time. And I’ve been participating in a polyvagal theory training that is rocking my world and awakening […]
Just a quick reminder that wherever you are on your Intuitive Eating path – whether you’re feeling good about it, whether you’re questioning it, whether you think you’ve screwed it up somehow (not possible, by the way), whether you’ve lost connection with it altogether – there is no moving backward. Because Intuitive Eating is a […]
I’m so excited to share with you the availability of two new books you must add to your anti-diet library. The first – available immediately – is from Fiona Sutherland, the Mindful Dietitian, and it’s called Vitamin A to Z. I love the simplicity of this book and how it helps you build the foundation […]
Have you been wanting to dive into intuitive eating but not know where to start? Have you purchased The Intuitive Eating Workbook but not cracked the binding yet? Do you need or want companionship and accountability to move through the intuitive eating principles? Working the Intuitive Eating Workbook with Jenna Hollenstein will orient you to […]
Our lives are affected by various cycles. The seasons, the school year, and our menstrual cycles are common cycles that have some predictable characteristics and affect us differently depending on where exactly we are in the cycle. . This is a presidential election year, if you hadn’t heard. It comes every four years. At the […]
Whatever happens in your life, it does not occur in a vacuum. Whatever arises, it may be a good practice to consider your constellations. . What do I mean by constellations? All of the factors – microscopic to macroscopic – that could affect how you perceive what is happening. . As I said, these factors […]
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