What if You Didn’t Need to Fix Your Eating?

What If You Didn’t Need to Fix Your Eating?

Three months ago, a client described a constant feeling of wanting to eat, along with an edgy, uncomfortable feeling that went with it. His eating seemed to be a constant event that was taking up a lot of time and attention. Over the last couple of months, he's been eating when he's hungry, eating...

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Maybe Your Eating Habits Make More Sense Than You Think

Maybe Your Eating Habits Make More Sense Than You Think

This week, I spent an entire coaching session with a client while she ate a sandwich. It might sound a bit strange. But there was a reason for it. We weren't trying to teach her how to eat “properly” or make her eat more slowly. We were curious about what happened when she paid attention to...

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Permission Slips

Permission Slips

A couple of days ago my grocery delivery was over an hour late. When the driver finally arrived, I asked how he was doing. It was brutal out there even at 10 am, and they were running significantly behind after a warehouse fridge breakdown knocked everything out of kilter.. He said his office had...

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“I Lifted All Food Restrictions and It Became a Free for All”

I Lifted All Food Restrictions and It Became a Free for All

A woman messaged me recently. She'd been dieting for thirty years. She'd tried lifting all restrictions, read the Lindo Bacon book, paid a small fortune to a coach who told her to release all restrictions. She gained weight, felt out of control, and ended up dieting again to lose it. She wanted to know...

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What If Your Body Was Never the Problem?

What If Your Body Was Never the Problem?

“You don’t think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.” – Henri Nouwen Most women I work with have spent years - sometimes decades - treating their body as the source of the problem. Too big. Too undisciplined. Too much. The body is what needs to...

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Why Letting Go of Weight and Size Goals Feels So Threatening

Why Letting Go of Weight and Size Goals Feels So Threatening

For many people, the idea of letting go of weight or size goals doesn’t feel liberating. It feels frightening. Even when dieting has caused harm. Even when food feels exhausting. Even when they no longer want their body to be a project. This fear is often misunderstood - by professionals...

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