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 […]
I may or may not have a tendency to overreact at times. I cannot say for sure, but my partner seems to think so. Once, after a disproportionately vehement reaction to something that turned out to be not so dire, I wrote myself a letter. In it, I shared the perspective I had gained on […]
We love round numbers: *100-calorie packs of Oreos *1 oz of potato chips *1/2 of cooked rice The problem is that these lovely, knowable, concrete numbers have absolutely nothing to do with your body, your needs, what will be satisfying to your unique needs in a given moment. They are in fact completely arbitrary, having […]
When you’re dieting, any challenge that pops up is meant to be whacked like a carnival mole. Obstacles in this sense are all about overcoming, overriding, vanquishing, and emerging victorious. This seems ok, until it isn’t. Once we hit an obstacle that truly challenges us – and admittedly, many of us are in a diminished […]
In our diet culture, the word discipline has taken on a particular meaning – one of militant, self-denying, aggression. . In the Buddhist sense, however, the word discipline has a completely different connotation. It is not about overriding our desires or rigidly applying rules despite changing conditions. . True discipline is about coming back to […]
Traditionally we think about generosity as giving to others – material goods, services, help, kindness. But I would argue that as other-oriented as we may be, sometimes true generosity looks like accepting from others. Think of the joy you receive when you give to others. When that person realizes that you have considered their feelings […]
When I work with clients, I usually find myself drawing two circles in the air with my index finders – one representing our physiology or biology, the other representing our psychology. Then I move my hands together to indicate that these two circles are more overlapping than not. This is how it is for us, […]
You probably already know I have strong feelings about the vilification of “emotional eating,” as if the goal of Intuitive Eating should be to eradicate any emotions about food, eating, and our bodies. At the same time, the words “emotional eating” have come to represent for a lot of us the type of eating we […]
Intuitive Eating and mindfulness have a lot in common: trusting in your own body, self, and judgment; living your life according to internal (rather than external) drivers; being in the moment and constantly referencing yourself and your environment to take the next right step. Ultimately, both Intuitive Eating and mindfulness are about being yourself – […]
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