[This post is Part 2 of a series. If you missed Part 1, you can read it here.] Food and Feelings Emotional eating occurs when you use food to manage your feelings, rather than to satisfy your hunger. This can trigger guilt and create a cycle where you eat because you feel bad and feel […]
[Part 1 of a series] Break Free From Emotional Eating So many emotional eaters have been engaging in the self-destructive behavior for so long that it’s hard to understand what’s really going on. It becomes normal to overeat, binge, feel shame, blame themselves, and, ultimately, suffer from their own actions. I know because I did […]
Is your mental health a priority? Two weeks ago, an essay by Kevin Love of the Cleveland Cavaliers was published in The Players’ Tribune (“Everybody is Going Through Something”). In this moving article, Love explained what happened during a game this past November – he had a panic attack – and opened up about mental health. […]
It’s Monday. The start of a new week. Time for new beginnings. If I had a penny for every time I said “I’ll start my diet on Monday,” I’d have more money than Richard Branson and Warren Buffet combined! Can you relate? I’ve heard this from a lot of emotional eaters. We’re always putting off the work that […]
You’ve gotta have heart All you really need is heart When the odds are sayin’ you’ll never win That’s when the grin should start You’ve gotta have hope Mustn’t sit around and mope Nothin’s half as bad as it may appear Wait’ll next year and hope… As a sports fan, I can really, really […]
Feelings. What’s there to say about emotional eating and feelings? The better question is, “what’s not to say about feelings and emotional eating.” Feelings and emotional eating are like two peas in a pod. They go together like “rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong” (though the two together are not always so joyously […]
Let’s cut right to the chase – an empowered emotional eater is an empowered human being. And, an empowered emotional eater is one who is not going to succumb to cravings. An empowered emotional eater becomes stronger than those urges for comfort food. The triple threat of the letter E converts to sureness, strength and […]
Don’t you just love the muppets? I mean, how cute are they? Earlier this week I had the opportunity to see the Jim Henson exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, NY. It was so cool! I saw Big Bird, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Elmo and other adorable muppets. The genius of […]
We all hear the commercials for a new prescription (or read about them in magazines) with a list of side effects: rashes, blood clots, heart problems and sometimes even death! Scary, right?! But what about your morning coffee? You don’t ever get a list of side effects with the sugar you are putting in your coffee, […]
I saw this L-O-V-E written in chalk on a sidewalk in New York City. I walked by it, stopped and smiled, kept going and then had to walk back to take the picture. I bet the person who wrote this couldn’t imagine how it would affect me. The smile on my face almost led to […]
