What Would Happen If… You Ate a Vegetable for Breakfast?

Maybe that sounds really weird to you! I can understand, especially if I am standing in the cereal aisle at the grocery store, not too many vegetables there! Several years ago, I attended a short training at a therapeutic nutrition school on how nutrition can impact...

Emotional and Disordered Eating

Emotional and Disordered Eating There are a lot of reasons we get into the pattern of overeating and emotional or binge eating. I want to understand your experience. And I come from the place of ‘there’s a good reason you do the things you do’;...

Reflections On A Year

“So this is Christmas and what have you done? Another year over, and a new one just begun.” John Lennon The winter solstice and last weeks of 2022 may evoke many thoughts or feelings and perhaps reflection of how and who and what you have been this year. And maybe you...

Proactive Practice

In recent conversations with clients, I have become curious about something. There seems to be a perception that we don’t need to nurture ourselves or proactively do things that help our mental health or nervous system regulation. We should just be ok. So the...

Created for Connection

Recently on a cold, wet and snowy day, my little Westie, Winnie, came running inside to find me. I was busy but she wanted to be as close to me as possible. She scooted as close as she could, with her cute little face as if saying please pet me, cuddle me, see me. The...