BLOG
Here’s a thought that might not exactly surprise you but, people pleasing isn't always about being nice. It’s also probably not a surprise that it comes from a deep desire to be liked, accepted, and a...
When it comes to food, body image, and weight loss, many women unknowingly make things harder by turning every setback into a reason to attack ourselves. A stressful day becomes proof we're failing. A...
One of the things I noticed when I began healing my relationship with food was that I started to hear myself clearer. When I wasn’t using food to numb, distract, soothe, or escape my real feelings, th...
Somewhere along the way, many women fall prey to the daily grind, becoming experts at responsibility and become a stranger to themselves. Life becomes a series of tasks to complete, people to care for...
In my honest opinion too many women are waiting for life to begin once they've lost the weight, stopped overeating, or finally feel confident in their bodies. They put off wearing the clothes they lov...
On the journey of self-discovery it can be easy to fall into the trap of self-surveillance thinly disguised as self-development. I have been guilty of this too and really, it was me being in a place o...
I remember one day back in 2018, I was driving home from work and for some reason it occurred to me how I was feeling. I had a pretty run-of-the-mill day at work, my home life was fine etc etc etc. No...
You think that when you lose weight, when you have your eating under control, you will feel happy. You think that when you are a size 10 and you fit back into those jeans COMFORTABLY, yep that is the ...
There is an incredible power in feeling your authentic feelings and learning to sit with difficult emotions. Emotions that we are taught are wrong to have, take anger for example. As women, growing up...
“Why can't you just do it? Why can't you stick to healthy eating? Or stick to a diet? Why is it so hard when you are so good at so much else in your life? Why is it you just lose all sense and reason ...
It is perfectly okay that you are not for everyone. Why? Because then not everyone has to be for you either. I used to believe that I could be friends with anyone and getting along well with people wa...
You do not have to be everything to everyone. When you do, you set yourself up for failure. You find a constant stream of reasons to feel like you are letting everyone else down. And, more importantly...