Posts Tagged ‘stress eating’

Hi!  Here’s the honest truth: You know what you need to eat to feel your best, but everything else keeps getting in the way of that.  You start the day with good intentions, but they go out the window as soon as things get stressful and chaotic. And they always do.  You know another diet, meal plan, or…

Feeling bloated and heavy in your body today? Be gentle with yourself.  My high recommendation is not to make any extreme promises like “I’m never eating sugar again” or “I’m going to work this all off at the gym today,” which our minds LOVE to do after overeating.  You don’t deserve to be punished.  Instead,…

Exhausted? As I get ready to take some time off from work for my end-of-year rest, reflection, and rejuvenation time, I’m reminded of how much my relationship with rest has changed over the years. In the same way my relationship with food and my body has. I used to resist rest. I feared the quiet. “Being still” felt impossible. Wrong, even. …

Overeaters have a difficult time processing emotions, energy, and times of intensity. If you do not work through them, you hold onto them.  They become embedded in your head and your cells while you stuff them down with food.  This subconsciously makes your body larger to contain all of your problems. This is why I created Digesting…

I’m going to let you in on a little secret.  Before every overeating episode…  Before you even find yourself rooting through the pantry…  Before the food is even in your hands… There is a moment when you choose to abandon yourself. This can be a hard truth to swallow…but hear me out because knowing this and…

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Did you overeat last night… even though you promised yourself you wouldn’t?  Did you wake up this morning feeling bloated, lethargic, and dim (again)?  Are you drowning in guilt or shame or sadness or some toxic cocktail of all 3?  If so, I see you.  Here’s the honest truth: Jumping on your peloton today won’t erase what happened yesterday. Neither will another go at…

Hi! The American Holiday of Thanksgiving is today, and I wanted to share a few recommendations on how to create peace with food on this holiday. 1). Treat Thanksgiving like any other meal.  Crazy fear-based thoughts like “I’ll never eat this again” only fuel overeating and the emotional eating cycle.  You know that if you…

Hi! Sharing this 2-minute clip with you to help you create peace with food, especially this week (since the American Holiday of Thanksgiving is in just a few days).  This clip is from a Community Support Call with my clients last week where we walked step-by-step through an Action Plan to create peace with food during what usually is a chaotic…

You are a go-getter, full of determination and strength.But can you give yourself permission to receive? For example, when someone gives you a compliment…  Do you drink it in like sweet nectar allowing it to nourish every cell of your being?  Or do you dodge and deflect it like a speeding bullet? Or worse, do you correct the person who…