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Continue reading →: Rejection and Undoing the Worthiness Wound
It’s a universal experience, the painful sting of rejection. The hurt that comes from being left unchosen; unrequited love, break-ups, job loss, friendship reaches left unreciprocated. We have all been there. We have all tasted that bitter pill. We go around unconsciously searching for evidence. It started when we were…
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Continue reading →: You Are Not Your Body
You are not your body. You have a body, you use a body, you care for a body, you are entrusted with a body but you ARE not your body. This time of year the messages are everywhere to buy in to the “New Year, New You” fervour to change,…
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Continue reading →: Homecoming
This is one of the most beautiful times of the year no doubt but for many of us it can also a hectic time of incredible stress, toxic comparisons, feelings of inadequacy and deep loneliness. Listen to my conversation with Jon Dewaal host of the Life in Transitions podcast as…
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Continue reading →: Is it ‘selfish’ or is it SELF CARE?
Earlier this year I found myself in the middle of a delicious unexpected “me-time” opportunity, I was in my office when I had a couple of last minute client cancellations in a row, in the back of my mind I had remembered that just a couple of blocks away…
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Continue reading →: Feeling Resentment?
We all have had the experience of hanging on to resentment. It is a normal part of relationships but it is also a toxic dynamic that can cause unnecessary suffering. To be fully free in our personal relationships we must have the courage to move out of the victim stance…
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Continue reading →: Can’t Stop Eating? Get (mind)Full
Are you mystified with your inability to listen to your body and stop eating when you’ve had enough? For more than seven years in both my personal life and in my psychotherapy practice I have been studying the reasons why we reach for food when we are not hungry. The best…
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Continue reading →: Christmas Cookies – 3 Guidelines to Guiltless Indulgence
Truly my favorite time of year…I love the lights, the music, the evergreen garland, the parties and, let us not forget, the array of beautifully decorated cookies that only emerge for this tiny window in our calendar year. I couldn’t always easily include cookies in my list of holiday loves. For many years…
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Continue reading →: A Vote for Love
Today many hearts are broken, many hearts are grieving, many hearts are fearful, many hearts are celebrating, many hearts are relieved, many hearts are wrapped in hope. Today, we interpret our world from many different places but what unifies us is that at the center of ALL hearts there is…
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Continue reading →: Unpack the Shame from your Suitcase
It’s summertime and for most of us that means long-awaited vacations, time on the beach, family reunions, summer gatherings etc. What this also means is that there are millions of people out there who are letting the joy of their events be eclipsed by the shame they feel about…
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Continue reading →: Your Body: A Tumultuous Love Affair
You look in the mirror; you hate it. You give birth to your baby; you love it. You try on your bathing suit; you hate it. You finally feel better after a nasty flu; you love it. Your pants are too tight; you hate it. You feel proud of your…