Feeling Our Way Through Emotional Eating
The fastest way to freedom is to feel your feelings – Gita Bellin I’ve been exploring a new approach as part of my coaching program—tuning into the shifting emotions within my body. Sometimes, I feel nothing at all. Other times, an emotion feels like a heavy...
What If There Is No Wagon to Fall Off? Letting Go of the All-or-Nothing Mindset
A common phrase I’ve heard in my years of counseling is, “Well, I fell off the wagon.” Maybe that’s not the phrase you use. Maybe it sounds more like, Why do I keep falling into the same patterns? or How can I know better but still do the...
The Joy of Eating: Lessons from a Silent Retreat
I recently returned from a five-day silent retreat, and while there’s so much I could say about the experience, I want to start with what is near and dear to my heart—the food, of course. And not just the food itself, but the experience of eating—more specifically,...