Holiday Trifecta

Holiday Trifecta

As far as I am concerned the holiday season starts October 1, which means holiday overeating start at the beginning of October. I call the last three months of the year the Holiday Trifecta: There are three major holidays in quick succession: Halloween, Thanksgiving...
Surviving the Holidaze

Surviving the Holidaze

I was in church last Sunday and the music minister said she had a term for the holidays: she calls them the holidaze. I resonated with the word holidaze and began to think of how much this season seems to leave me in a daze. The daze of shopping, eating, drinking,...
5 HOT Tips to Stop Overeating Halloween Candy

5 HOT Tips to Stop Overeating Halloween Candy

Are you scared of more than goblins and ghosts at Halloween? Many of us are scared of having Halloween candy around, because we are afraid we are going to eat too much. Truthfully, there is a lot of candy on Halloween. The problem is even greater because there is the...
Halloween Candy is Everywhere

Halloween Candy is Everywhere

Halloween candy is everywhere right now. Seriously.   Have you bought any? I posted a question on my Facebook page asking if people had bought candy yet. The answers ranged from “NO” to I can’t have candy in the house.” There are many...

Holiday Hungers

The holidays are a time where lots of hungers surface. I tell my clients that the time to start eating is when we’re experiencing physical hunger. This kind of hunger is where we feel physical sensations that lead us to need to eat. Other kinds of hungers that...

Emotional Eating on Brain Lady Speaks Radio Show

I had the great opportunity to talk to Julie (Brain Lady) Anderson about emotional eating. We talked over the holidays, but there are great takeaways for anytime of year where you are struggling with food. We talked about overeating, my story around overeating and...