Dr. Anita Johnson, in her classic book on eating disorders in young women, Eating in the Light of the Moon, writes, "It needs to be...

A couple years ago I started sharing a personal story in a shadow psychology workshop I’d been teaching because of it’s relevance to the...

One evening on a Thursday not too long ago, my partner was at the office until about 9pm. I had no clients scheduled that particular...

Today we’re exploring a very specific pattern I see with clients. Women who take pride in getting things done, often report a habit of...

Not long ago, I almost passed this tiny creature on a rainy stroll through country roads near my home one evening. I assumed it was just...

Truth be told, I don’t have a grand story about waking up one morning feeling like a new woman eating fully free. But I will say, quite...

When I was a child I learned how to play the organ. I learned how to make my mom laugh really hard. I learned how to swim underwater. As...

As I’m writing I’m about halfway through an immersion in the Mesoamerican healing tradition of Curanderismo in sunny,...

Last July, two of my girlfriends and I went for a skinny dip in Lake Michigan on the evening of the full moon. We were the only 3 people...

This, my dear women, is the “after” picture from my sweet little niece Jade’s (okay almost-neice’s) 1st birthday party last weekend....

This past Saturday was my final workshop for the year, teaching part IV of my Fall series, The Healthy Woman. For a portion of our time...

“I want to feel sexy.” Rarely does a woman come in for a first session listing this as the reason she’s meeting with me. Most initial...

Think “food rules” always means forcing and gripping? Think “permission” always means throwing in the towel and eating large or frequent...

When I was a child I was a SLOWWWW eater. So slow, my brother would often come back into the kitchen to try and help me finish eating so...

Here’s a personal share: Not long ago it became abundantly clear that I was getting caught in social media spiral. I was getting into a...

On Saturday I taught the final module of my 4-month workshop series, The Healthy Woman. During this workshop, we discussed the importance...

Food is not just food. If it were, the act of eating would be a passing detail in life that wouldn’t have much impact one way or another....

I sit here writing to you on June 11th, a few short hours before I take off for a solo retreat in Northern MI for several days. I am...

Winter is a wise season. She invites us to the places we would rather not go and beckons us to stay in and hunker down. We often resist...

Feeling a sense of urgency…shallow breathing…tension…muscle contraction…knotty stomach. Anxiety Anxiety can be described as feeling...