Ending self-criticism

It’s not affirmations. It’s not guided journeys. It’s not cognitive behavioral therapy. It’s not binging, or nude meditation, or sewing, or EFT, or NLP, or scream therapy.
It may be all of those things and none of those things, but the bottom line is I’m changing the way I think, and it’s changing my life.
Beating myself [...]

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Learning to prefer healthy eating

Last night’s guided journey was about the conflict I lived out last evening. While reading and watching TV, I knew I wanted to snack. First I compensated at dinner by keeping it lighter. Later for my snacks, I ate some leftover guacamole and chips, and later enjoyed my dessert, a small portion of ice cream.
My [...]

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“Sabotage Self-sabotage” guided journey update: yinyang

Every time I do this conflict resolution journey, it’s different. The conflicts I’m resolving are pretty much all around eating habits. In the journey itself, Renee talks about resolving the conflicting desires to stay fat versus releasing excess weight.
In this morning’s journey I learned that one way I benefit from staying fat is that the [...]

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Inside Out Weight Loss Guided Journey: Sabotage Self-Sabotage

Renee Stephens has a highly recommended podcast about creating your intuitive eating self. It’s called Inside Out Weight Loss, and is subscribable through iTunes.
Being a consultant, she of course offers product for sale. Since I’d found the guided journeys that she’s used in the podcasts to be helpful, I decided to buy a commercial one, [...]

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Stop getting what I always got

“If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you always got.”
It’s clear to me that I’m ready to make a new kind of change, and this change consists of many bab steps. Multiple times a day, I  don’t make a tiny decision until I’ve asked, “Can I do this better for [...]

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Repetition builds new beliefs

I keep seeing a gap between my rational thoughts about normal eating and the ability to actually do it consistently. After reviewing my history, I see that I believe academically that normal eating is best, and will help me get to a normal size, but I still experience those moments (many of them) in which [...]

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Living a Great Life! (not a meme, but fun)

Dr. Annette Colby is a counselor in Texas. She specializes in helping people transform difficult emotions. She just started a new blog that is inspiring to me. I love this quote: ” lead with my true nature instead of my fears”
That’s something I intend to do as much as possible.
Here’s a list of questions from [...]

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Don’t need this in my life

Moving from emotional eating to intuitive eating requires a big change in thinking.
For me, food was punishment and comfort at the same time. I would whip myself into an anxiety frenzy, then turn off my brain and start eating. The eating was accompanied by thoughts like “Why are you doing this? You’re so fat – [...]

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Stop figuring things out

Figuring things out sounds like an admirably intellectual thing to do, right? “Once I figure out why I overeat, I’ll be fixed. Once I figure out why he said that, I’ll get over it. Once … Once… Once….”
It’s a trick. Your critical voice wants you to keep figuring things out because constant “figuring out” lets the critical [...]

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Stop overeating by building more happiness

When I feel good and occupied with my life, I don’t overeat. Therefore, the more good feelings I can bring into my life, the easier it will be for me to eat intuitively.
Here’s a list I just made of things I like and do not like. My intent is to recognize the Do Not side, and [...]

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