For years now, I have touted the beautiful, undeniable truth that anyone struggling to overcome an eating disorder has the ability to achieve full, sustainable recovery. While it seemed like a gutsy move in 1998 to announce such a contrary to popular belief sentiment on our A New Beginning website, so firm was I in…(Read More)
The irony of my role as a psychologist, who works primarily with adults, is that I spend the majority of my days “re-parenting” clients, due to deficiencies created in childhood! Nothing could be truer than with my beloved obese and eating disordered clients. Problematic eating practices are all-too-often inadvertently created in childhood…(Read More)
We all enter this world as a beautiful, unshaped, and wonderfully open spirit. A blank screen of sorts, emotionally unaffected by prior experiences and with a liberating absence of preconceived notions, we know no limits to our personal potential, value – or worth. For those of us who are told (and shown!) that we…(Read More)
“For so many, the holidays are a painful, difficult season. What do you see your clients struggling with most during this time of the year?” The interviewer was Dr. Connie Mariano, former White House Physician and my esteemed colleague, her sensitive question posed during a recent taping for her new Dr. Connie Radio Show. Over…(Read More)
If I eat the cake, won’t it make me fat? Her struggle played out palpably across her young face, and I found myself stirred with a mixture of empathy — and sorrow. “No, honey, the cake won’t make you fat. Just eat what you’re hungry for, let yourself enjoy it, and stop when…(Read More)
