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Release these beliefs, transform your eating
A toxic belief is a long-held belief that is disempowering and tends to provoke shame and a sense of disconnection from Life and other...
Laura Burkett
Dec 31, 20213 min read
2021 In Review
Hi everyone, I have a ritual in December around the Solstice to set aside some not-too-formal time to get a larger feel for the year that...
Laura Burkett
Dec 18, 20213 min read
Weird Holiday Eating?
If you find that your eating gets pretty derailed around the holidays or your mind suddenly fills with more eating negotiations this time...
Laura Burkett
Dec 6, 20211 min read
Body Care (Nov-Feb)
With the seasonal change here in Michigan, I've been waking with dry eyes and nostrils these past weeks. One of my own routines this...
Laura Burkett
Oct 31, 20211 min read
The "Holy Land" of Eating Psychology
While working with the most common patterns that perpetuate women's struggles around food over the years, I've become aware of a...
Laura Burkett
Oct 31, 20212 min read
8 Layers of Confident Eating
Many women I talk to just want to learn how to heal nagging problem areas around eating, feel their best, and move on with their...
Laura Burkett
Sep 30, 20212 min read
Some light on Binge Eating...
If you've ever experienced a food binge you know what a powerful experience this can be, one that can feel nearly impossible to resist...
Laura Burkett
Aug 27, 20211 min read
When "lazy" might be something else
Though the eating/nutrition spectrum is wide, one popular issue that presents in sessions goes something like this: "I used to be able to ...
Laura Burkett
Aug 1, 20212 min read
What your Eating will Teach You (if you let it!)
There's an incredible amount of learning and growth that can you can experience while working with your diet and body. But if you simply...
Laura Burkett
Jun 19, 20212 min read
Deeper perspectives on “sugar problems”
It’s said that the desire for sweet food can mask a deeper desire for “sweetness” itself. But what is this sweet? Without consciously...
Laura Burkett
Jan 31, 20211 min read
Keys for a strong winter body
Ayurveda is one of the beautiful ancient and healing philosophies from the East that honors the poetic nature of the body and diet. As...
Laura Burkett
Jan 31, 20212 min read
Some love these coming weeks (recommendations)
For those of you living in cold winter regions (like me in the Midwest), these next few months could impact you a bit more than our...
Laura Burkett
Dec 31, 20202 min read
2020 year-end review (and photos)
Around the 15th of December every year, rather than send a typical newsletter, I share some reflections for the year gone by and glimpses...
Laura Burkett
Dec 1, 20204 min read
Some encouragement (if the old way isn’t working)
One toxic belief related to the body, is that the body is just a dumb lump of matter; Some strange and suspicious physical mass with no...
Laura Burkett
Oct 30, 20202 min read
Nutrition meets soul (does this speak to you?)
For women, learning how to care for the body is not just practical work. It’s soul work. Our challenges with eating, weight, and health...
Laura Burkett
Sep 14, 20202 min read
The Ketogenic Diet & Personal Power
One of my clients was sharing an experience she had at a wedding she went to. During the cocktail hour a friend of hers refused to eat...
Laura Burkett
Jul 30, 20203 min read
On vulnerable eating moments
Have we not all experienced things in life that prompted us to say, “That was not my proudest moment” …or something similar? Here, I’ll...
Laura Burkett
Jul 30, 20202 min read
What I’m eating (and why)
If you haven’t already noticed from my posts, I rarely share what I actually eat in a day. It’s not by accident. I learned long ago that...
Laura Burkett
Jun 29, 20202 min read
Eight “c-words” we need
In Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, we draw on the healing energy of 8 “C-words” that often organically “come alive” when a person...
Laura Burkett
Jun 13, 20201 min read
On Healing the Split
There you are eating “clean” by day, and stuffing the body with food by night. Or perhaps you live out the “clean” side for weeks or...
Laura Burkett
Apr 29, 20203 min read
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