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...
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 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....
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...
You’ve probably heard me say it before: food is not the problem when it comes to overeating, bingeing, or dieting. And it’s true. Food itself is not the issue. So, if food is not the problem, what is the real issue? And how can you address it to break free from...
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...