If you’ve ever suffered through a “you’ve gained weight” comment, floundered through a conversation where someone asks you if you’re pregnant (you’re not), or been deeply mortified that you wear your struggle for the world to see (your weight), then you know how much shame and embarrassment there can be in this battle with food and our bodies.

One of the reasons I wrote my book was to start to dispel some of the shame and embarrassment…

(How to Be A Normal Eater: Finally Make Peace with Food and Live a Life Free from Dieting…due out March 12th!)

I remember wanting to hide under a rock when I went off to college and gained at least 30 pounds the first semester.

And how embarrassed I was that I then lost that weight, gained it back & more and was an utter failure–I couldn’t keep it off.

I can feel the remnants of shame in my soul from the times I got asked if I was pregnant (I wasn’t), when I finally admitted I was taking 25 diet pills a day, and when I sobbed myself to sleep at night because I couldn’t stop bingeing.

When we struggle with not being able to stick to a diet, when we battle our weight and people notice, when we fear other’s comments about how we look, and when we wonder why we’re utter failures after not being able to stop a binge, we can feel deeply ashamed and embarrassed.

I wrote this book to make sure women know they are not alone.

That there is no shame in this battle. That despite our struggle, we do not have to be embarrassed.

I’ve encountered thousands of women (via my blog, podcast, emails, clients, etc) and each of them tells me in different words just how ashamed they are of themselves and their bodies.

Because the world can “see” our problem. We gain weight and lose it, repeatedly. 

But the more we talk about it, the more stories we share, and the more we band together, the more it takes away the hiding, the secrecy and the shame. 

Because when we hide something about ourselves, we feel ashamed. (I know; I hid my body and my bingeing for much of my life).

But when we start to talk about it, share, be vulnerable, our shame starts to softly melt away.

How can you start to feel less ashamed and embarrassed?

Begin a conversation with your friends, your partner, your kids, your loved ones.

If that’s too difficult and embarrassing, comment on my blog, email me or message me on Facebook to tell me your story.

I began this blog 5 years ago as a means to stop hiding; to start to melt away my own shame. 

(BTW-I remember feeling mortified if anyone I knew read it and knew what I dealt with.)

And this book is just another step in that journey. I’m sharing all of my embarrassing stories, shameful moments and things I hid for many years.

It comes out March 12th. My intention is that it starts to melt away more of our collective shame, so that we can all talk about this and heal together. ♥

Want a sneak peek?

Click here to read Chapter 26 (where I share one of my deepest moments of feeling ashamed). 

 

Buy it on amazon here.