Self-compassion is acceptance Self-compassion has become a popular concept over the past 20 years and is encouraged as a means of enhancing overall well-being. The basic idea is that you should be as compassionate (kind) toward yourself as you would be toward another person you care about. When struggling with a difficult situation, self-compassion means […]
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I hate exercise! I really hate exercise! That’s what patients tell me when we start talking about managing their weight. And I tell them exercise is not what they think. Everyone knows that exercise is key to our physical and mental health but almost everyone has the wrong idea about what exercise is. And the misconceptions
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Did I cause my child’s Anorexia? Parents always ask if families cause eating disorders (EDs), did they cause the problem? I wish! That’s what I tell parents when they ask what they did to make their child develop Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, or Binge Eating Disorder. If worried parents caused EDs, the cure would be
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Are you good enough? Attractive enough? Smart enough? Fit enough? Nice enough? Are cognitive distortions messing with your head? Let’s start with easier questions. Is this dog cute enough? How about this baby? Now let’s move on to harder questions. Is the dog cute enough—for what? To be saved from the pound?
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What do goats have to do with nice girls and cognitive habits? Well, read on… A friend recently sent me the meme shown here. At first, I just laughed and replied along the lines of, “2020 the year that keeps giving,” and “Stop the planet I wanna get off.” And then I started thinking. I had
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Eating disorders are complex. Unlike conditions that mess with your head but leave your body out of the mix, and those that affect your body but not your mind, EDs involve both your mind and your body. The psychological piece interferes with your ability to adequately nourish your body, and its impact on your body
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As a psychologist, my job is to help people figure out what cognitive habits and what behavior habits they have developed that get in the way of their happiness, and then help them change those habits. In other words, I help them get a handle on their habits. Allow me to clarify. What Are Habits?
As a specialist in the treatment of obesity and eating disorders, my business skyrockets every year after New Year’s Day and every spring. And I hate it! Although great for business, this boom means all those ‘get in shape’ diet resolutions are falling by the wayside. And that translates into patients who develop or relapse to
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