Please love yourself today, no matter what.
I went swimsuit shopping yesterday. At my thinnest, I don’t look good in a swimsuit. And I’m not at my thinnest right now. So there I was, me and me, in a tiny change room with a full length mirror, lots of swimsuits, my big wobbly legs and my dimply sticky-outy butt. And I didn’t […]
Learn how NOT to overindulge when everyone else is
How you doing with the Halloween candy? It never ends, does it? The opportunities to overindulge. Halloween candy is all over my house (my girls are so cute – first they have a serious trading session with their friends, then they sort, bag and label their candy, eat a few for a few days, and […]
Being a people pleaser can be hazardous to your waistline
More on being a people pleaser this week – today we’re talking about eating and drinking to ‘please’ others! Losing weight my way means you connect to your body and you learn how to nourish yourself with foods that truly fuel you. Foods that feel vitalizing and energizing. And you learn to choose to say […]
Shame – how much does it weigh? Mine weighs ten pounds.
I want to talk to you about the weight of shame, when we hide it inside our bodies. As you know, I help women recover from emotional eating. When we use food to avoid our emotions, we eat more than our bodies need, and so we end up heavier than we believe is optimal for […]
Fear of failure stopping you? Just do it anyway.
If you’re receiving my newsletter for the first time, WELCOME! I’m grateful to have so many new subscribers who signed up for my free webinars last month, and I truly hope that they were helpful to you. I’m changing my focus a bit this week – you may not know that half my coaching practice […]
Have you ever asked “how can I stop bingeing?”
How can I stop bingeing? I’ve heard this question so many times, from clients, friends, and even strangers (once they discover I’m a Master certified weight loss coach) That I decided to teach you. I’m holding a free webinar on Wednesday, And if you’ve ever asked yourself “how can I stop bingeing?” Then you should […]
Desperate to lose weight? Stop blaming.
via GIPHY Before we discuss blaming, I wanted to invite you to my free webinar, where I’ll teach you Seven Ways to Stop a Binge. I got so many responses to my last blog, where I described one episode of how I avoided overeating, and I want to teach you how to do it too. […]
Want to lose weight without dieting? Become your own witness.
If you want to lose weight without dieting, you’ll need to learn how not to eat when you feel the urge. via GIPHY I’m sitting at my dining room table working. It’s 12.24am and I really want to be in bed with my husband. I want to be asleep. My bed is so soft and […]
Being willing to feel your feelings is the best antidote to emotional eating
Click here if you’d like me to read to you! Last week, I led a magical mindfulness retreat in Imperial Beach. Yep. I got to spend a few weeks down there, lucky me. We started every morning with beach yoga, Injected mindfulness into activities and coaching throughout the day, And ended with craziness like spontaneous […]
Eating together is eating together and connecting is connecting.
I’m in Imperial Beach with two of my favourite colleagues, Deb on the left and Suyin in the middle. We’re staying in a wonderful beachside condo and planning our business for the coming year. Or trying to. We seem to be doing a lot of beach walking and dolphin searching! We wandered into town today […]