Roadblock #2: Eating Without Enjoyment This is a topic that is dear to my heart. You see, my mother, Marion Kane, is a food writer. In fact, she was the Food Editor of two major Canadian newspapers for a total of 20 years. So while most kids spent their evenings playing outside, I was busy dining in the … [Read more...] about Mindful Eating Roadblocks #2: Eating Without Enjoyment
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Mindful Eating Roadblocks #1: Distracted Eating
Time to face the music people- the winter holidays are creeping up on us and you know what happens every year: we overeat and regret it come the New Year and end up going on another bloody diet that ends up in disaster. To prevent you from doing this in January 2021, read this article I wrote last year. To … [Read more...] about Mindful Eating Roadblocks #1: Distracted Eating
How to Heal Trauma: Dr. James Gordon and The Transformation
If you haven’t noticed yet, I’m a voracious reader. I generally have four books on the go simultaneously and read strictly two genres: self-help books and biographies (autobiographies are my favourite). I recently wrote a piece which highlights some of my favourites which include reviews you can check out if … [Read more...] about How to Heal Trauma: Dr. James Gordon and The Transformation
Highly Sensitive People (HSP) Yoga Series
As you probably are aware, I specialise in working with Highly Sensitive People (or HSPs). I’ve become increasingly more passionate about helping HSP’s navigate this non-HSP world successfully as we are the minority and often feel like there is something wrong with us because we are different. Here are a … [Read more...] about Highly Sensitive People (HSP) Yoga Series
Therapeutic Letter-Writing Part 2- The Sweet Release of Writing a Rant Letter
As promised from last week’s post, The Magic of the Unsent Letter, I am following up with Part 2- The Sweet Release of Writing a Rant Letter. Every time I give this letter-writing homework, I send them the links to two of my blog posts I’ve written on the subject. The second of these posts explains how … [Read more...] about Therapeutic Letter-Writing Part 2- The Sweet Release of Writing a Rant Letter
Therapeutic Letter-Writing Part 1- The Magic of the Unsent Letter
I’ve decided to write a two-part series on the magic of a form of homework I give to practically ALL of my clients at one or more points on their healing journeys- THE UNSENT LETTER. Every time I give this letter-writing homework, I send them the links to two of my blog posts I’ve written on the subject. … [Read more...] about Therapeutic Letter-Writing Part 1- The Magic of the Unsent Letter
How to Deal with Postpartum Depression
Many of my clients are new mothers. I can’t count how many sessions I’ve sat with a new mom with a baby on her lap (who is busy breastfeeding or napping). These sessions are a wonderful experience for me because I absolutely LOVE babies, but unfortunately, for my client, are often rough because new mom is … [Read more...] about How to Deal with Postpartum Depression
How to Know if You’re Ready for Therapy: Stages of Change
I felt moved to write this piece because many people who contact me to learn more about doing therapy struggle with knowing when they are ready to make major changes in their lives which they are often terrified of doing. This often creates the emotional state of ambivalence- something I have to navigate … [Read more...] about How to Know if You’re Ready for Therapy: Stages of Change