A Brave and Tender Essay by a Young Woman Who Was Living in Isolation With her Emotional Eating

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Here is a link to an honest and compelling read regarding a young woman, a writer, who decided to “come out” regarding her relationship with food.  It wasn’t planned.  This 30 something woman had been suffering in isolation for years.  She took the step of finding a therapist to help her through the tunnel.  From … Read more

What Is Death?

This morning my gifted NIA teacher, facilitated a dance of honor to a fellow NIA dancer who has recently passed. It was a graceful, exhilarating, powerful experience.  This woman will live forever with us, her spirit alive, dancing freely in her brightly colored clothing, with her neon hair. She is and we are embracing her … Read more

I Saw Geneen in Seattle over the Weedend!

Notice I’m on first name basis with my hero. That’s right, in my head anyway. There were 850 women there to see Geneen Roth, the woman who saved my life by writing about her own experience with food. Wow! Opps, I just remembered there were 848 women and 2 men. I love it that the … Read more

Mississippi Steet Fair, Rockin’ Body Image

Yesterday I attended the Mississippi Street Fair and I mostly sat back and flat-out admired the crowd. Whoa! “Keep Portland Weird”, indeed! Ahhh, that all the world could be like Portland, and then when I clarify to myself, I mean, if all the world could have one tenth of the spark NoPo exudes. Because yesterday, … Read more

Emotional Eating: Stopping the Compulsion to Binge or Overeat

collaborative piece by  Kristen Maus, Anna Magruder and Devin Bernard

My clients inspire me. Namaste. I acknowledge the teacher in you as you acknowledge the teacher in me. To make sure I was using the term “namaste” correctly, though I’ve been using it for years, just this moment I looked it up in Wikipedia. This meaning, how I think of namaste, wasn’t quite there, but … Read more

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