The Morality of Food

One thing I hear over and over and over again is “I’ve been good this week” or “I’ve binged on bad foods and feel disgusted with myself.” This drives me nuts as there are neither good nor bad foods. A piece of pie doesn’t suddenly grow devil horns and tell...

Are YOU seeing YOURSELF?

There’s an episode of Buffy where a group of men comes to town and takes away everyone’s voices. They rip out people’s hearts and although they scream at the top of their longs, nobody can hear them, because, well, they don’t make a sound....

It’s OK

It’s OK to choose you. It’s OK to feel. It’s OK to let go. It’s OK to break up. It’s OK to hang on. It’s OK to eat. It’s OK to be you. It’s OK to have arguments. It’s OK to stop. It’s OK to give up....

What’s your body religion?

All of us carry around certain beliefs about our body. Most of them are: I need to be thin to be loved. A bigger body is an unhealthy body.  I need to be slender to be beautiful.  I’m ugly because I have fat.  If I stop dieting, my body will explode.  My body...

If food is not the problem, what is?

You often hear me talk about food not being the real problem when you binge, overeat or diet. And it’s true. The question then becomes what is the real problem and how can you solve it in order to stop the crazy behavior around food? Of course, there is no such...

That last day before starting a new diet…

It’s a special day, isn’t it? A day filled with fear and excitement. A day filled with eating everything you won’t be able to eat for months – until you’re so full you can hardly breathe. A day promising a new body, a new look, a new life. A day full of anxiety...

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