Feb 16, 20203 minWhat To Do When You Hate Balance Does the word balance make you go blah? A client of mine felt even more strongly about it. "I've realized that I hate balance", she told ...
Feb 5, 20203 minDon't Judge Recovery By The Middle It can be tough to be in the middle. I should know, being a middle child and all. ;) But seriously. The middle of recovery isn’t very gl...
Jan 1, 20203 minIn 2020, I Will...Are you a "resolutions" kind of person? If so, I'm curious about what your resolutions might have sounded like in the past. Were they bor...
Dec 11, 20193 minThe Voices on the BusIf your mind is a bus, then the voices on that bus sure can go 'round and 'round! I first heard the bus metaphor from Thom Rutledge, LCSW...
Dec 3, 20191 minI Am Not a Perfect MomAnd it's ok. It took me a while to learn this, though. It was not an easy journey. Along the way, I realized that my struggle had many si...
Nov 4, 20193 minWill I Ever Recover?If you've asked yourself this question, rest assured. You aren't the first. I've heard it many times, and for good reason. Recovery is ha...
Aug 6, 20192 minWhere's My Period?Have your periods gone missing? Are you wondering why? If your doctor has ruled out another medical cause, you might have functional hypo...
Jul 16, 20191 minEating Disorders in the Orthodox Jewish Community What might make an individual in the Orthodox Jewish community more likely to develop an eating disorder? And what can be done to make th...
Jul 5, 20192 minWhy Eating Disorder Recovery is So ScaryThis is a shout-out to my brave clients and to all the courageous individuals out there who are doing the monumental work required in eat...
Mar 24, 20191 minExercising BalanceYou've been told a hundred times about that miracle drug called exercise and how wonderful it is. All the hype is based on something, bec...
Feb 22, 20192 minGuilty as Charged (Not You; Your Thoughts)Today I took my baby for a check-up, and thanks to the advances of Western medicine, my lucky girl received five (!!!) vaccines. Naturall...
Feb 12, 20196 minShame at Every Size If you are trying to escape the clutches of chronic dieting or in recovery from an eating disorder, you may have noticed that poor body i...
Feb 5, 20196 minThe Deal with Food AddictionSince you’ve probably heard the term “food addiction” thrown around at some point or another, I figured it’s time to shine some light on ...
Feb 4, 20192 minThe Power of PermissionThe other day, one of my daughters (aka Little A) had a dilemma. I've given her a chocolate pastry which she thoroughly enjoyed - but now...
Jan 30, 20194 minWhy Ignoring an Eating Disorder Doesn't Make it Go Away It's always difficult to tell parents that their child has a problem requiring treatment. Even when the problem is readily apparent. And ...
Jan 24, 20195 minEating A Rainbow: How Moving Away from Black-and-White Thinking Can Make You HealthierFor there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. To me it is a prison. - Hamlet Act 2, Scene 2 I love that line. Is it ...
Jan 21, 20196 minHow to Help Someone with an Eating DisorderThis is the second post in a two-part series about eating disorders. In the previous post, we highlighted some critical facts to know abo...
Jan 21, 20196 minEating Disorders: 3 Things to Know By Dina Cohen, MS RD CEDRD My job sounds like it’s about food, but it’s really about people. I am so fortunate to have a profession in wh...
Jan 29, 20184 minHow to Not DietWhen I ask clients to consider what their eating might look like if they weren’t dieting, some of them describe nightmarish visions of ea...
Jan 8, 20186 minMyth-Busting!To be blind is bad, but worse it is to have eyes and not to see. Helen Keller Below are some common myths that stand in the way of un-die...