Say Yes to Emotional Self-Care and No to Dieting.How to start the new year right - without the painful and short-lived promise: "My diet starts on Monday!" Below I am listing a few...
How to Manage Holiday Weight Gain If you (like many) have been putting on a few extra pounds over the holidays, don’t be hard on yourself. In this blog post I’d like to...
Emotional Eating & The Power of RitualEating for comfort and mood management is a powerful ritual. It may have served its purpose over a thousand times throughout a person’s...
Rewrite Your Weight Loss Story - Give It a Happy EndingIf you have been on the diet roller coaster your whole life - this blog post is for you. If you have been exposed to "toxic diet culture"...
How to Stop Emotional Stress EatingWho hasn't done it? Grab a cookie, a piece chocolate or dig into a bag of chips to cope with stress, anxiety or anxiousness? In my work...
When Diets Fail - Ask Yourself Two Fundamental QuestionsAs a counselor who specializes in mindful weight loss and emotional eating I have come to a deep understanding of the reasons why diets...
NEW Workshop: "Be at Peace with Food & Your Body"Save the date! On January 7, 2023 I will be facilitating the in-person workshop: "Be at Peace with Food & Your Body - A Mindful...
Mindful Weight Management for the Holidays - Focus on Joy, not CaloriesIf the ‘weight gain/weight loss’ cycle has been part of most of your life, anticipating the holiday season can be stressful, heavy and...
Are you using food to cope with anxiety and stress? Check out these mindful weight loss tips.I believe that living a balanced and harmonious life starts with mindful self-compassion. According to Dr. Kristin Neff “Having...
How Self-Compassion Can Support Your Weight Loss JourneyIn my work I have encountered my clients' need to self-soothe and self-regulate with food for many years, sometimes even decades. Eating...