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Filed in Freedom + Autonomy by on May 17, 2013

Most of my life, I believed that something was wrong with me. That I was inherently bad, flawed, broken, a mistake. That I shouldn’t have been born. And that I was a burden to those around me. As a spin off to these beliefs, I never really believed in possibility. I always thought “what you [...]

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{Your Self-Love Adjustment} Episode 3: Food and Guilt

{Your Self-Love Adjustment} Episode 3: Food and Guilt

In this episode of the Your Self-Love Adjustment Podcast, Mara and I discuss the common issues women face in feeling guilty about food. We offer some mindset shifts that will help alleviate this guilt as well as some practical tools to apply in your day to day life. You can either listen to or download [...]

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You are a water pitcher.

Filed in Self-Love and Self-Acceptance by on April 29, 2013
You are a water pitcher.

Imagine that you are a pitcher that holds water. When you take care of yourself, you are filling the pitcher with water. When you are taking care of others, you are pouring water out. You cannot pour water from an empty pitcher. You can only pour out what has previously been filled by you. Fill [...]

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How it Works

How it Works

We tend to believe that being mean to ourselves is how we achieve the things we want. That only if we are just mean enough, we can whip ourselves into changing and getting the outcomes we want. It doesn’t work. Ever. You might get a temporary hit of motivation but in the long run, beating [...]

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{Your Self-Love Adjustment} Episode 2: Laziness, Rest, and Guilt

{Your Self-Love Adjustment} Episode 2: Laziness, Rest, and Guilt

In this episode of the Your Self Love Adjustment Podcast, Mara and I discuss the common issues that women face when it comes to rest. We offer some insights into the mindset side as well as offer some practical tools to apply to your real life! You may download or listen to the episode here. [...]

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{Your Self-Love Adjustment} Episode 1: Your Getting Ready Routine

{Your Self-Love Adjustment} Episode 1: Your Getting Ready Routine

In this episode of the Your Self-Love Adjustment Podcast, Mara and I discuss the issues that women face in their getting ready routines and with self-care in general. We share some mindset shifts as well as some practical, everyday tools for you to use in your life. You may download or listen to the podcast [...]

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What My Self-Care Really Looks Like

Filed in Self-Love and Self-Acceptance by on February 7, 2013
What My Self-Care Really Looks Like

Self-care goes much deeper than taking bubble baths and reading good books. As humans, we have a diverse set of emotional, spiritual, mental, and emotional needs. In essence, every action we take is an *attempt* at self-care. Some of our behaviors (overeating, drinking, drugging, facebooking) miss the mark and leave us, quite literally, hungry for [...]

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The 3 Reasons I Don’t Tell My Clients to “Eat Whatever They Want”

Filed in Peaceful Eating by on January 7, 2013
The 3 Reasons I Don’t Tell My Clients to “Eat Whatever They Want”

The 3 Reasons Why I Don’t Tell People to Eat Whatever They Want It often comes as a surprise to people when they find out that I don’t recommend that my clients (or anyone wanting to be at peace with food) “eat whatever they want.” There seems to be a huge misconception in the world [...]

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The Story of Tom

Filed in Stories and Metaphors by on December 21, 2012
The Story of Tom

When I was going through the divorce from my first husband, I met a man named Tom. I met Tom in a bar. I was wild and crazy back then and the only time I knew how to let loose and let my personality really show was when I was completely and utterly drunk. My [...]

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The Dichotomy of Too Much and Not Enough

Filed in Self-Love and Self-Acceptance by on December 6, 2012
The Dichotomy of Too Much and Not Enough

The Dichotomy of Too Much and Not Enough The way we do food is the way we do everything. ~ Geneen Roth This is on one of those quotes that burned into my mind the moment I heard (read?) it. Something in my soul said: YES! while other parts of me simply didn’t understand. So, [...]

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