Confessions of a Binge Eater

84% of emotional eaters overeat during the holidays. If you're tempted to give in to the ooey, gooey, chewy foods around you during the holidays, I want to help you avoid this trap. Take a TIME OUT and learn how to THRIVE instead. This episode includes all my holiday hacks for more happiness, sanity and freedom around food.

Do you have goals and aspirations, but let fear get in the way of achieving them? Do you wish you had more confidence to go after what you want? In this candid conversation with my good friend and colleague, Kerry Tepedino, you will hear about what it takes to walk through fear and live the life you were meant for. We all get afraid. The key is to know how to take bold action in spite of the fear...

Since I got COVID, I've been a hell of a lot more interested in knowing what can be done to prevent it, heal from it, and whether I'm in danger of getting it again! In this episode, I interview two holistic doctors who have actually had Coronavirus themselves, and how they guide their patients through the maze of information about prevention and healing. Get up-to-date information about this very...

I've told you everything else, why not this, too? I recently got COVID, and in this episode, I talk about what it's like to have it. (Spoiler alert: it sucks.) But I'm learning some things, so here's what's up.

Do moments of stress drive you to eat? Would you like to know what to do when you're at the tipping point so you don't tip over? In this episode, I interview my good friend, Ruthi Cohen-Joyner, who shows us how to use simple tapping (EFT) to alleviate stress and food cravings on the spot. Join me as Ruthi walks us through this simple process, so we can add one more tool to our self-care toolkit.

Episode 300! Wow, that went fast! Thank you to all who have listened to, shared, and reviewed this show… it's a labor of love that never stops fulfilling me. In this episode, I have the wonderful opportunity to interview one of my clients, whose life has been transformed from a hopeless eating disorder to a life of freedom from food obsession and emotional eating.

Do you believe in God but depend on food to get you by when feeling overwhelmed? Do you often worry about loved ones and circumstances in your life and therefore try to control situations more than you should? It's easier to believe in God than it is to trust Him, so in this episode, I talk about the ways that we can start to "Let go and let God" so we can feel more peaceful, and in the process, o...

Do a little digging into an emotional eater's past and you're likely to find trauma...of many kinds. But will trauma work release the shackles of food addiction? In my experience, it takes more than that. In this episode, I discuss my personal path of healing and how rooting out childhood trauma that has driven food obsession isn't always the most direct path to overcoming that obsession. There's...

If you've ever lost a loved one, you are no stranger to grief. And if you're an emotional eater, you're no stranger to stuffing the strong feelings of grief with food. In this episode, I talk about my own experience of grief as I am currently going through it. (Nothing like reporting from the front lines!) I share about how I'm moving through the stages of grief, what tools are proving useful, and...

Hot flashes, insomnia, and weight gain? Hormonal changes during perimenopause and menopause can make life hard...but it doesn't have to be that way. In this episode, I interview Dr. Kyrin Dunston MD, functional medicine OB/GYN, about how to enter menopause with more ease and grace than you ever thought possible. Girlfriends, we can do this!

If you have a tendency to get depressed, you may also find yourself burying your feelings, perhaps stuffing them with food, alcohol or T.V. Then you might isolate even more, feeling bad about your choices and shutting others off. But medication won't solve the problem. A recent heavy load of negative emotions reinforced the importance of expression, and in this episode, I lay out how I got through...

If you've ever gained weight without realizing it, guess what? It happens. But how did it happen? In this episode, I answer that question, based on my own personal experience of recently unconsciously putting on weight. Weight gain doesn't just happen, so it's important to do some sleuthing work and find out what thoughts and decisions have triggered the overeating that caused the weight gain. Aft...

Do you hide the "evidence" after a binge so no one will find out? Do you put on a happy face with others, never letting people know when you're feeling down? Secrets keep us feeling isolated and alone, and they perpetuate emotional eating. If you want to experience lasting weight loss, it's time to stop hiding and let yourself be seen. In this episode, I share about the kinds of secrets I lived wi...

When food binges get so bad that we swear off sugar and carbs "for good", then what do we do? We want to be done, but we still feel a sense of loss and emptiness. When comfort eating has been our #1 way of coping with life, we need a new way to cope, or we'll turn back to the food, just like returning to the familiarity of an abusive relationship. Join me as I explore how to break up with food...a...

Struggling with anxiety? Panic attacks? Feelings of hopelessness? You're not alone. More than any other time in history people are feeling anxious and lost. But medication isn't necessarily the solution because it doesn't address and heal the underlying causes. In my talk with Dr. Tracy McCarthy, psychiatrist and functional medicine physician, we discuss the various causes and simple solutions tha...

Do negative thoughts about yourself, your past, and the injustices of life bog you down? Do you sometimes feel pessimistic about the state of the world and fall into a slump as a result? Having recently caught myself feeling a little "slumpy", I employed some of my best tricks for pulling out of it. In this episode, I talk about those tricks and how you can pull out of a slump, or avoid falling in...

My good friend Robin Nielsen is a Hormone Expert and knows what it takes to get our bodies back in balance. Robin is a Functional Clinical Nutritionist and specializes in helping women grow younger, no matter what their age! Tune into this fun discussion and learn how you can eliminate anxiety, lose weight, and boost immune function in only 15 days!

Do you crave certain kinds of foods repeatedly or do you have cravings at the same time each day? Did you know that as a food-craver, your brain can be generating up to five different types of cravings, simultaneously! In my super enlightening interview with Julia Ross, author of the Mood Cure and now, the bestselling Craving Cure, we covered the five ways that your brain may be hungry and exactly...

Do you often feel irritable around others? Are you filled with judgments of people you love, in spite of wanting to be loving, kind, and patient? Do you sometimes feel like you have a split personality, smiling and accommodating on the outside, but annoyed and intolerant on the inside? Does the tension seep out as critical comments, snappy answers, and mean remarks you wish you could take back? In...

Keto, Intermittent Fasting, Paleo, Plant-based, Whole30...if you've tried six ways from Sunday to lose weight, and yet you still continue to struggle...you may be in luck! Using the apt example of Jeff Bezos, I have a message for you...your weight loss success isn't out of reach. In fact, it may be closer than you realize. Those who have failed to lose weight are actually the ones who are closest...

Self-sabotage: It's the Achilles' heel of every dieter on the planet. How do you lose the weight and keep it off, without falling down the rabbit hole of overeating and gaining all the weight back (and then some)? In this episode, I address the single most common downfall for those who struggle with food and weight. It's just a four-letter word...but there's nothing that causes more pain for the e...

Have you been in the weight loss game for years, or decades? Are you tired of never reaching your goal weight? In this episode, I share the seven practices of champions that are just as apt for achieving weight loss success and ending emotional eating. Do these things and you will reach the finish line in record time!

Food...it can either nourish us, enrich our connections with family and friends and deepen our experience of cultures and life itself, or, it can torment us, making us feel separate, alone and self-loathing. In this episode, I have a delightful conversation with Dana Rizer, Executive Director at FEAST, a non-profit dedicated to promoting wellness and enriching lives through the power of healthy fo...

Do you feel like you have gifts trapped inside of you because you let fear and self-doubt get in the way of letting them out? In this episode, I interview Marcela McBride, a high priestess who guides women to express their spiritual authenticity. This is for you if you feel stuck in unhealthy patterns, relationships, and life situations that don't reflect the essence of who you know you were creat...

Do you feel like you can't show up "as is" because of how you look? Do you only see your flaws and fear that you aren't "good enough" to be accepted by others? As women (and emotional eaters), we are hyper-critical of ourselves, and it keeps us hiding out. In this episode, I talk with renowned photographer, Siddiqi Ray, and how she helps women show up and be seen so they can truly shine their ligh...