These are strange times we're living in. It seems like the rug's been suddenly pulled out from under us and no one knows what to expect. Most people don't pa...

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 me. This announcemen...

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 glamorous. When you’re...

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 born from your own brai...

If 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, an awesome therapi...

And 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 similarities to eating...

Self-care has become a trendy concept; but what does it really mean and why is it important for our health?

“I think perfectionism is just a high-end, haute couture version of fear. I think perfectionism is just fear in fancy shoes and a mink coat, pretending to be...

Today I took my baby for a check-up, and thanks to the advances of Western medicine, my lucky girl received five (!!!) vaccines. Naturally, we both freaked o...

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 image was the first t...

For 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 entirely true? Of co...

Dear Dina, My son is six years old and has recently put on a lot of weight. Ever since noticing his weight gain, I haven’t been letting him have seconds at m...