Aug 12, 2019 | Eating Competence, Professionals
Newsflash! Woman breaks dieting cycle, discovers stopping point! Sally is a 28-year old, unmarried, professional woman who learned from her mom at a young age “how to diet.” She was a regular attendee at Weight Watchers meetings by the time she was...
Jul 19, 2019 | Eating Competence
Brenda is a 45-year old mother of four whose “eating-without-eating” consisted of finishing off her children’s plates of food while standing at the kitchen counter, bingeing on cookies while standing in the pantry where nobody was watching, and...
Jun 14, 2019 | Adult, Eating, Eating Competence, Weight
An all too typical first meeting with a new client struggling with eating, weight and with their relationship with food goes something like this, “I have issues and I’m so hoping you can help me. I’ve been trying to lose weight on and off for as long as I can...
May 5, 2019 | Family meals, Feeding, Pressure
Do you remember when you were a kid and your swimming teacher wanted you to jump into the pool from the high dive board? At every swimming lesson, the pressure just built up to jump off that board. It wasn’t even required to pass the class, but the other kids were...
Apr 24, 2019 | Eating, Joy
Canada, you’re the latest to acknowledge that pleasure in eating is not only okay, but important! You have left US behind. Our neighbors to the north have re-written their dietary guidelines to recognize the importance of joy in eating. That’s something...