
Category: An End to Emotional Eating & Desperate Dieting


Emotional Overeating and Emotional Maturity
Anyone ever tell you that you need to do a better job of managing your emotions….and your immediate reaction is to explode? Then, do you

A Tale of Two Dieters
Where are you in your journey to quit dieting and become an attuned/intuitive eater? As you read the following vignette, imagine that you are in

Emotional Eating, COVID-19, & NO Transparency Required from Mom’s Nursing Home!
Like almost everyone in the world right now, I’ve been dealing with isolation, social distancing, and fear of COVID-19. My emotions and risk of emotional

How to Self-Soothe without Leaning on Food
Light bulbs went off when I finally understood that I was using food to SELF-SOOTHE! I had always thought (and been told by others) that

Holidays Eating is Over. Whew! Happy New Year!
Wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy and less stressful New Year! Warmly, Ellen

Truth About Binge Eating Recovery; Insights from the Field
Note: Earlier this year, I was pleased to say “yes” to Green Mountain at Fox Run’s request for an interview with me. I was asked

Common Binge Eating Triggers and What To Do About Them
Here’s what I have learned over the years about my own most common binge eating triggers. Often, when I found myself food focused, I was

Anti-Dieting Coming of Age
Have you read this past Sunday’s article in the New York Times Magazine Section about dieting, Losing It in the Anti-Dieting Age ? Writer Taffy
Embrace; A New Documentary About Body Diversity
I’m hearing really good things about this new documentary, EMBRACE. Have you seen it? God knows we need more opportunities to spark discussion about body