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

