Encouragement
Fill, Drain, Empty
Sometimes we fill up on food we don’t need. It seems we do this most often when our “battery” is drained. Is this why most of us can “do well all day and then eat too much at night”? Some of the answers to the problem of overeating come down to “battery care.” The solution is…
Read MoreRecovery Vs. Relapse
Each patient encounter reminds me of the incredible work I do every day. This story, I believe will really resonate with many of you who struggle between losing and gaining. I recently met with someone who has been coming to the office for years. She had not been seen for some time and had regained.…
Read MoreHealing Happens
This weekend I served as an invited speaker at an Integrative Mental Health Conference. I spoke on a holistic approach to eating and weight. I am sharing this with you because, I struggled for 25 years with food, eating, weight, body image, diet & exercise. Those were just signs I was out of balance mentally,…
Read MoreTrigger Foods or Trigger Diets
You may have come across advice that says don’t deprive yourself of any food including sugar or you will just want it more. Patrice French (RNP here at IMWL) came across such advice recently in her never-ending research she does to help our patients. She asked me what I thought about someone on the internet giving advice…
Read More2019 New Year Message
Happy 2019 to you and your loved ones! Over the past few weeks, people have shared with me how stressed out they feel before, during and after the holiday season. If this does not apply to you, then maybe this message won’t be helpful for you. But if you relate to feeling that the stress…
Read More2018 Lessons & Reflections
As the year comes to a close, I have had some time to reflect on how much I have learned through my work and I wanted to share some thoughts with you today. I want to take the time to thank each and every one of you that comes in to the practice. Your stories…
Read MoreWhy Can’t I Listen to Myself?
“Why can’t I listen to myself?” This is what a woman asked last week. She said she knew she should order a salad but ordered the burger and fries. Who is the I? Who is the self? Warning: this could get a little deep. It has to. Superficial approaches to food, eating, weight and body image give predictably…
Read MoreThe Gratitude Diet
When we are filled with thankfulness, we tend not to overeat – simple yet powerful. See for yourself this Thanksgiving. We can call it the Gratitude Diet if you like. I used to take everything for granted, the opposite of gratitude. Then I learned that I would need to change my perspective on everything in…
Read MoreAn Ounce of Prevention
Frequently people ask for tips, tools, tricks or techniques for dealing with their appetite in the evening. After fifteen years of personal and professional experience, it’s clear that once we are over-hungry (or whatever you personally call it), it’s all but too late. In other words, once the part of us that wants to eat…
Read MoreYou’re Disappearing!
Someone once shared that this is what someone said to her after she had lost a lot of weight, prior to meeting me. Almost the exact moment these words were spoken to her, she began to regain all the weight -about 100 pounds. Why would this happen? Don’t many of us think that if we…
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