Women are criticized for being "controlling" — food choices included. To body positivity activists, control with food is one step away from an eating disorder. Mainstream dieting advice also counsels women not to trust themselves with food and to rely on diet rules, "tips and tricks" from the ...
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Own and rewrite your story to stop fighting food
In today's exercise, you’ll find out the #1 thing you need to start your own Truce With Food® – which also happens to be the #1 thing emotional and intuitive eating spaces leave out! My last post suggested a more powerful way to reach your health and wellness goals is to ask yourself, "Who do ...
Radical Healing: Redefine Wellness – How to thrive not just survive – Insatiable Season 6, Episode 7
Download the transcript (PDF) In today’s episode, Radical Healing: Redefine Wellness - How to thrive not just survive, Insatiable guest, Alanna Gardner, and I discuss: Alanna’s story of having a heart attack at 25 and how that altered the course of her life emotionally and in her choices ...
Health Goals: Weight loss ranked #1 (but it’s not the best goal)
As we reflect on our health goals this time of year, many of us feel stumped. We know diets don’t work and are, in fact, a root cause of weight gain. But giving up all structure feels scary. Is there an Option C? What I know for sure is, wildly creative entrepreneurs, leaders and thinkers burn ...
Radical Healing: Health Goals – Weight loss ranked #1 (but it’s not the right goal) – Insatiable Season 6, Episode 6
Download the transcript (PDF) Health goals like weight loss have been sold as a quick fix to resilience and courage -- two values required to make our mark on the world. Yet weight loss can't provide the self-awareness and skills required for this coveted freedom of self-expression. In today’s ...
Radical Healing: Light, mitochondria dysfunction and weight gain – Insatiable Season 6, Episode 5
Download the transcript (PDF) In today’s episode, Radical Healing: Light, mitochondria dysfunction and weight gain, Insatiable guest, Brandon Mentore, and I discuss healing through light. Brandon shares: How he started paying attention to light as a factor in health, weight loss and ...
The Timing of Eating: When to eat to prevent cravings and mood swings
In the same way bridge foods can reduce overwhelm and make us more resilient, the timing of eating can support us in the same way. While we all have unique food needs, we are still part of nature and its rhythms. In the same way we have circadian rhythms for sleep, we have digestive rhythms that ...
Radical Healing: Patterns, Awareness, and Discernment – Insatiable Season 6, Episode 4
Download the transcript (PDF) In today’s episode, Radical Healing: Patterns, Awareness, and Discernment, I invited one of my clients, Andrew Thacker, to share his personal story of radical healing. Andrew talks about why he first came to me; what he discovered was the root of his snacking and ...
How to stop eating bad foods
In the past six mini-lessons, we’ve clarified what drives out of control choice eating. Clients are relieved we measure progress by rewriting our story, not by counting and monitoring their food. In the process, we learn how to stop eating bad foods. This doesn’t mean we ignore the food. You can. ...
Radical Healing: Relearn self-care for deeper healing – Insatiable Season 6, Episode 3
Download the transcript (PDF) In today’s episode, Radical Healing: Relearn self-care for deeper healing, Tashmica Torok shares her inspirational story of how she transformed her child sexual abuse trauma by creating a holistic healing solution for others in the Firecracker Foundation. Tashmica ...