One of the challenges of healing from overeating is that you have to eat several times a day. If you live with others, they will also be eating several times a day. Balancing this need for nourishment with your need for healing can feel impossible. This feeling of hopelessness may even keep you from trying [...]

Have you ever thought about the phrase, “I’m feeling beside myself?” We use it to describe someone who’s full of regret. That’s how I feel after a binge. I can barely look myself in the eye, I feel so full of remorse and sadness.
Look at the literal meaning of those words: To be “beside [...]

Many of us say “good-bye” to healthy eating on Thanksgiving. This was my pattern for years. I’d spend Halloween through New Year’s Day vowing to be “good,” only to overeat again and again. Then I’d have to face the shame and self-loathing that accompanied my self-destructive habits.
The holidays are fun and celebratory – this includes [...]

We suffer whenever we make life harder than it needs to be. This is particularly true when we are trying to change our eating habits.
If you have used food as your coping mechanism, then you will need to find alternative ways to power through life in order to let go of overeating. This process can [...]

When we overeat, use food for comfort (emotional eating), or binge, we reach a point where we’d like to change our behavior. Often, our disgust is what motivates us to change. We feel fed up with our behavior – the overeating, the weight gain, the food binges. “Enough!” we say, and we embark on a [...]

Do you think about loving your body, caring for yourself, or changing your eating habits, but don’t change your behavior? Do you do the same thing, over and over again, while expecting different results?
Here’s an idea for the week:  do one thing differently. Experiment:  what happens when you swap ice cream for fresh berries? When [...]