The Thoughts In My Head!
When you are healing your relationship with food, you are trying to listen to your thoughts and respond to what your body is telling you. Your intention is to try to figure out what it is your body is wanting. This new way of interacting with your body can feel...
Body Talk or Head Talk?
Body talk, or head talk- can you tell the difference? Can you tell when your body is giving you cues and signals of what it is needing? Do you have a hard time deciphering this because the thoughts in your head are filled with rules, shoulds, and shoudn’ts that you...
How Can I Be Hungry….Again?!
How can I be hungry again?! Sound familiar? When you are learning to listen and trust your hunger cues, so many thoughts can get in the way. If you have been a dieter, this is completely understandable. You've been taught all these rules on when you should eat, what...
Nourishing Self-Care
Learn How to Nourish Your Body in Times of Stress. Nourishing your body is a true act of self-care. Last month, I talked about the importance of self-care and how this impacts your food behaviors. One of the most important acts of self-care is eating and nourishing...
Reflection on Your Hunger Cues
Reflecting on your hunger and fullness cues is a healing step in learning to relisten to your body. This reflection is a matter of processing the data that your body is giving you.
Hunger and Fullness Scale
Last week, we started our discussion on hunger. In my article, “Hunger- Are You Hearing It?” I discussed all the ways you can experience hunger in your body, many of which you can easily miss if you are not attuned to your body. This week, I will give you a tool to...
Hunger- Are You Hearing It?
This month I am adding another layer to the topic of attunement. The signal of hunger is one of the most important aspects of your body to become attuned to, especially as you are healing your relationship with your body and food. Finding this attunement is doing the...
Boundaries and the Power of the Word NO!
When you are taking steps to heal your relationship with food, you soon find that your "issues" with food really have very little to do with food. It has to do with your self-care and the healing of old wounds and traumas. One of the areas of self-care that is often...
Relationships, Spirituality and You
There is so much more to self-care than we recognize. I think we are taught in our society to look at self-care as bubble baths and pedicures. But as you embark on this journey of healing, you begin to see all the ways that each area of life opens itself to you as an...
Have You Forgotten Your Emotional Self-care?
Your emotional and psychological needs are probably one of the most important needs you have but are likely ones you may neglect. When you think of self-care, you might think of what I discussed last week in my article, "How Self-Care is Key to Becoming Attuned to...
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