Preparing our Hearts for Easter – BeautyBeyondBones
Hey friends! Oh my gosh it’s 9:05pm, and I haven’t sat down yet all day! Apologies that this post is late…as I mentioned in last week’s post, WE BOUGHT A HOUSE! And so we are running around like crazy getting everything ready to sell our condo downtown! They’re coming on Wednesday to take pictures of […]
Have you “fallen off the wagon” with food?
The only time a person EVER “falls off a wagon” is when there’s a wagon to fall off of; a set of rules, ideals, or beliefs around food that we let determine how we feel about ourselves. “I was sooo good with food yesterday, and today, I SUCK.” Sound familiar? and I’m guessing when you […]
The Most Common “Emotional Eating” Mistake
Emotional eating, at the end of the day, is just a coping mechanism. I’m all about “feeling your feelings,” and there is no doubt that getting in touch with your emotions is incredibly important for reasons that have nothing to do with whether or not you eat over them, but unless we practice new coping mechanisms, we will continue to eat […]
You Are Not Your Body – Deeper Cravings
You are not your body. You have a body, you use a body, you care for a body, you are entrusted with a body but you ARE not your body. This time of year the messages are everywhere to buy in to the “New Year, New You” fervour to change, control and perfect your body. […]
Thank You, Celebrate Vitamins! – Obesity Action Coalition
The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) is pleased to share that Celebrate Vitamins has joined the OAC’s Chairman’s Council at the Patron level. Thank you, Celebrate Vitamins, for supporting and championing the OAC’s mission. About Celebrate Vitamins Celebrate® Vitamins is a global leader in nutritional supplements developed with the needs of both surgical and medical weight […]
The Best News We Never Expected – McCall Dempsey
Tomorrow, Friday, May 27, will mark seven years since Marjorie was diagnosed with cancer. That is as crazy of a sentence to read as it is for me to write. It feels like yesterday and a lifetime rolled into one. Each year our oncology appointment brings up a unique set of worries and feelings. The […]
STOP EXERCISING: A Case Joyful Movement!
Stop exercising!!! There I said it. I think exercising is ridiculous. My clients often tell me they, too, do not want to exercise. They often ask me why they do not want to exercise. They know it is “good” for them, but they are unmotivated. My clients are motivated to exercise when they start a […]
Actually it IS about the food: a talk with psychotherapist Danielle B. Grossman [Podcast]
Dannielle B. Grossman is a California licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice in Truckee, California. She also works by phone and FaceTime with clients throughout California. Danielle understands that food deprivation and fear responses around eating are at the core of all eating disorders and disordered eating patterns. She helps clients to truly get […]
STOP HATING YOUR BODY – darkskyn: Dark skin model of the week Model…
StopHatingYourBody a place of encouragement, a place to discuss body image, insecurities, self-esteem, and everything under the umbrella of fighting self-hate and finding self-love. We aspire to hold space for groups that are under/misrepresented in media, to uplift the narratives and give attention to body positive folx, women,LGBTQIA+, people of color, people of different sizes, […]
CHANGE HOW YOU EAT THIS YEAR FOR GOOD: Not With Another Diet – Eat Sanely
Skip to content CHANGE HOW YOU EAT THIS YEAR FOR GOOD: Not With Another Diet The January diet ads pop and shout from everywhere: the internet, magazine racks, grocery store signs and beyond. They lure us, once again, to weight loss schemes following weeks of holiday overeating. This year, at least one major media source […]
Must Read Personal Development Books For An Amazing Life (Especially If You Are Thinking About Becoming a Life Coach!)
Here’s something we know for sure… People start to feel a desire to become a life coach for many different reasons. It can be a life altering event. A spiritual awakening. A great experience of being coached themselves. Or simply a longing and desire they have in their heart to be in deep service to […]
Weekend reading: the ironies of drinking fluid milk
Anne Mendelson. Spoiled: The Myth of Milk as Superfood. Columbia University Press, 2023 (396 pages). I am an admirer of Anne Mendelson’s books and did a blurb for her Chow Chop Suey. But this one is over the top—original, compelling, brilliantly written. Driving this book is a question I’ve not heard asked before, at […]