Emotional Eating

Having difficulty asking for what you want? Get help from a baby.

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Having difficulty asking for what you want? Get help from a baby. When you were a baby you had no problem making your needs and desires known. You weren’t plagued with self- doubts! What changed? Many of my clients often seek counselling help for depression, relief from anxiety, or counselling support thru grief and loss. As we sift thru the layers, all problems usually have one underlying theme. Even in my work as marriage counsellor …

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How Authenticity can help you lose weight

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How Authenticity can help you lose weight Many years ago, when I was training in Dance Movement Therapy and Ritual Theater, at some point during the exercises I would find myself overwhelmed with feelings. At the time, that felt scary and “not good enough” and a typical reaction was to tell myself that I had to “get a grip.” How often do you tell someone in your life…yourself perhaps… to get a grip?  To get …

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Do you yearn for freedom and Autonomy?

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Do you yearn for freedom and Autonomy? Are you getting bigger because you’re keeping yourself small Part 2 Are you busy making sure everyone around you is happy, i.e. do you spend your life pleasing others? Do the needs of those dearest and nearest to your heart control what your day looks like? Do you feel like you can never do what YOU want? Part 1 of this series discussed how assuming responsibility for the …

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Are you getting bigger because you’re making yourself small? Part 1

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Are you getting bigger because you’re making yourself small? Part 1 You might be wondering what I mean with ”making yourself small”? What I’m referring to, is the popular habit of not paying attention to or denying our needs. Especially women are still in large part dealing with the impact of their social cultural conditioning of the caretaking role and what that is supposed to look like. Many of us grew up learning that being …

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I want to lose weight – your “familiar” New Year’s resolution?

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I want to lose weight – your “familiar” New Year’s resolution? It’s that time of the year again where many decide that they want or need to lose weight – it is the time of a NEW DIET. But wait – do you want to lose weight to gain it back again or do you want to heal your relationship with food? Etymologically speaking, the word „DIET“ comes from the Greek „diaita” which means manner …

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How learning to wait could impact your child’s ability to resist addiction later in life

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How learning to wait could impact your child’s ability to resist addiction later in life Gimme, gimme, gimme my toy … teaching your child stress tolerance can be more labor intensive than saying yes and an important part of her/his development. I recently sat in a coffee shop beside a mother with two young toddlers. Mom was chatting with a friend and the toddlers were happy to be kept occupied with a cartoon they were …

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