Intuitive Eating Motivation

Intuitive Eating Motivation

Actual recent email correspondence with an actual Intuitive Eating client: Erin: I know you said I could reach out any time, and I have mostly not done that because things have been relatively smooth.  This weekend I took a dive, though. I tried on some summer shorts...
Body Image Help: Apology Letter to Your Body

Body Image Help: Apology Letter to Your Body

Even a few years into eating disorder recovery, I hated my body.  I needed all the body image help I could get. One powerful step forward was writing an apology letter to my body for all my mistreatment of it. It took me a little while to work up to this level in...
What’s the Payoff for Emotional Eating?

What’s the Payoff for Emotional Eating?

Emotional eating was a big part of my own story.  Stress, anxiety, boredom, frustration, tiredness, loneliness, anger and depression.  Sometimes even celebration and happiness.  Heck, I ate for almost all emotions. I remember a pivotal point in my emotional eating...
How to Curb Stress Eating During Difficult Times

How to Curb Stress Eating During Difficult Times

If you’re like I was, being holed up with the kids on a rainy day was enough for the binge monster within me to awaken from it’s slumber.  What is it about long days with annoying movies blaring, the constant need to be preparing kid snacks, and endless...
Mindfulness Practices for Coping Skills

Mindfulness Practices for Coping Skills

I am personally in love with mindfulness practices. Mindful eating is a bit of a controversial topic in the eating disorder recovery field.  Because, If you are not getting enough to eat it can be counterproductive to tell you to eat mindfully.  (Imagine telling a...