Aug 5, 2014 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons
We are surrounded by messages that tell us we have to cut back on calories to lose weight. We’ve been brainwashed to think the less we eat, the skinnier we will be. And our society applauds those who eat like birds. How many times have you heard… I haven’t eaten...
Jul 16, 2014 | Body Beliefs, Life Lessons
Well, we are smack dab in the middle of bathing suit season. I would say for about 85% of the women I know, summer comes with great excitement, and a twinge of “ugh, that means I have to be seen in a bathing suit”… It’s crazy to think about how many emotions “being...
Jun 18, 2014 | Body Beliefs, Emotions and Eating, Life Lessons
This week I was putting the final touches on my flagship program, Healing From Within, and was battling crazy critical thoughts… What if it’s not perfect? What if there are mistakes? What if it’s not good enough? What if it doesn’t help...
Mar 5, 2014 | Life Lessons, Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking lately about the desire to “escape”. You know, the thought you have when life gets tough, change is swirling all around you, worst-case scenarios fill your mind, and you think, if only I could escape to a tropical island for a month and come back to...
Jan 30, 2014 | Emotions and Eating, Life Lessons, Uncategorized
For so many women, the desire to exert strict control over our weight, body size, and food is all too common. We convince ourselves that reaching that magical number on the scale would allow us to finally have it all together. Or that eating “perfectly” and adhering...
Nov 19, 2013 | Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons, Uncategorized
For so many years, I equated achieving my ideal weight with achieving happiness. I believed they were synonymous. If I could just reach my perfect weight, hold on to it and never let it go, than I would finally be content. It was an endless struggle, because each time...
Nov 13, 2013 | Body Beliefs, Life Lessons, Uncategorized
After ranting about a friend who seemed to “have it all”-the perfect life, great friends, a flawless figure, a fabulous mate, and a wonderful job, a wise mentor put her hand up to stop my blabbering and told me, “Never compare, or you’ll always despair”. The more I...
Nov 5, 2013 | Life Lessons, Uncategorized
The incessant “shoulds”…the things we think we “should” be doing with our lives. I was looking back through my journal I kept while living in Ecuador, and came across the following entry: I am 27, what “should” I be doing? I should be married, I should be in a serious...
