As a friend or family member of someone who may be struggling with Binge Eating Disorder, you may be going through a range of emotions yourself from anger and frustration to feeling overwhelmed hopeless and helpless. You have tried really hard to show empathy, compassion, and support but some days it really feels like you […]

Asking for support from family and friends when you start your recovery from Binge eating can be filled with shame driven by your own negative self and body talk. These are some ways to help you get the process started and what to watch out for as you put together your support team. 1. Prime […]

So, I just went to see “Bad Moms Christmas” with my good friend and support mum, Sonal this past Friday. Managing  Holiday stress was one of the themes and we were in a movie theater full of women laughing hard. (I’m sure there was some stress relief going on there!) But I also came away […]

For many people Halloween becomes a challenge between “I don’t want to deprive myself but I’m afraid I might lose control of how much I eat if I start”. You may see yourself as an intuitive eater or an addicted eater or you may have kids or not. Putting aside the debate about which is […]

Channa Masala This is the time of the year, where as it gets darker and colder that we turn to our comfort foods. These comfort foods have the reputation of being high fat, high sugar, processed foods that often perpetuate the cycle of binge and compulsive eating. Making Channa Masala tonight at home, I thought […]

      During a recent the New Paradigms group, we talked about our worthiness for self care and positive self talk so we don’t have to turn to food to manage feelings. Such an intelligent and compassionate group of women! They could never have imagined using the same negative talk with another human or […]

Ideally, food and therapy strategies are among the first tools we want our patients to use to nourish themselves. However, uncontrolled binge eating behavior, and anxiety fed by sugar, caffeine and nicotine leaves both treatment professionals and patients alike just feeling“stuck”! But when a patient is feeling helpless and hopeless, a new tool like a […]

Recently, I have been watching seminars by Julia Rucklidge (See https://www.facebook.com/healthcounseling/) and William Walsh, both PhD scientists doing research using micronutrients to treat mental health disorders like depression and anxiety. Their research and that of others in the international community shows how high quality nutrition supplements are a key player on the treatment “playground”. In […]

After practicing for almost 30 years as a dietitian and 20 years as a therapist, its clear that not every strategy works for everybody all the time. Furthermore, these strategies are constantly challenged by shame and guilt related to binge and compulsive eating. These behaviors are entangled with anxiety and depression leading people to isolate […]