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Listening to Your Body: Intuitive Eating
Last week we talked about Poodle Science and the importance of accepting our bodies at every shape and size. One of the techniques that I mentioned that I use for eating disorder treatment with my clients is intuitive eating. Diet Culture Perspective Usually by the time I begin working with eating disorder clients, they have… Continue reading Listening to Your Body: Intuitive Eating
Poodle Science: Accepting Who We Are
Hey Everyone, after a year long hiatus, I am back. I’ll be sharing stories, tips, and other useful information that will hopefully leave you a bit better off than when you started reading this blog. So, on with the show. Diet Culture Did you know that the diet industry is a $70 billion, that’s billion… Continue reading Poodle Science: Accepting Who We Are
I Escaped With My Life
It has been eight years…. ….eight years since I packed all my bags, scoured the room for my keys, and made my way down the stairs and into the foyer, much against the loud opinions of the people around me. I pushed aside the man who stood in my way, the one who told me… Continue reading I Escaped With My Life
Lessons From The Skaneateles Lake
The COVID-19 pandemic has made me forget part of the reason why I love traveling so much – the unexpected lessons, the character sculpting, and the major moments of insight and awareness that come from being in a completely different place. This past weekend, David and I finally got to go away together to a… Continue reading Lessons From The Skaneateles Lake
Chameleon
I really wish that we were talking about Pascal, the chameleon from Rapunzel. He is one of my favorite Disney characters! Has anybody ever discovered a stuffed animal Pascal? I’ve looked high and low but cannot find one anywhere! So if you know where I can buy one, please let me know. Clearly it’s a… Continue reading Chameleon
The Loss of the Living Part 2: Does Time Really Heal Us?
A few months ago, I sat down with a new client who had just been deeply traumatized and was in a state of crisis. “What do I do?” she asked. “How do I make the pain stop? Why did this happen? I’ll never get through this, I just know it!” Immediately the old adage “time… Continue reading The Loss of the Living Part 2: Does Time Really Heal Us?
“I’m So OCD About It.”
**Trigger Warning** I am quite guilty about having talked like this in the past: “I’m so OCD about it.” About what? How clean I like my house to be, how I organize my closet, etc. I can even recount many times at the gym where I would be in the middle of a fitness class… Continue reading “I’m So OCD About It.”
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