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The Role of Bacteria in Weight by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I admit, I’m fascinated by the science of eating and weight and thrilled at how far we’ve come from the simplistic notion that slimness is merely a matter of self- ... Read on »

Emotional Wounding by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating If you were severely or chronically emotionally wounded in childhood or later life, you may fear “wounding” others if you say no, turn down advice, refuse to be th ... Read on »

Updated website and free eating tips sheet! by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Check out my updated website at Eating "normal" and sign up for my free eating tips sheet! Best, Karen R. Koenig Read on »

Chemicals and Overweight by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Was it really that long ago that experts insisted that weight maintenance was all about calories in and exercise out? That’s what I grew up believing. Now we know that t ... Read on »

Food as Fun? by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Growing up in NJ in the 50s, a special event was going to a diner called Holly’s to have a banana split. Although I looked forward to such a treat, I never classified it ... Read on »

Gratification versus Achieving Authentic Happiness by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Do you know what constitutes authentic happiness? After all, we receive a barrage of confusing messages on the subject throughout our lives. One of the loudest is that gratify ... Read on »

Beliefs about Success by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Nothing thwarts recovery from food problems more than not believing that it’s okay to succeed—not only that success is acceptable, but that it’s a good thing ... Read on »

Book Review: You Are Not Alone by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating As an author, I’m sometimes asked to write blurbs or reviews of books on eating, which is a wonderful way for me to keep abreast of what’s out there. For example, ... Read on »

Disappointment by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Let me get this straight. Many of you are afraid to try something because you might be disappointed, right? But so many disregulated eaters are already hugely disappointed in ... Read on »

Dieting versus Healthy Eating by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating My message board members ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foodandfeelings ) have once again raised an interesting issue, and I thank them for keeping my head well stocked with ... Read on »

Humiliation or Anger? by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I was reading a novel in which one of the characters (a female psychiatrist) wonders if she should be humiliated or angry about her husband taking up with another woman, and s ... Read on »

What You Can't Bear by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I hear clients say, “I can’t bear to think about it” or “I couldn’t bear to do that,” but I don’t always know what the word means. Wi ... Read on »

Notice to Readers by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I will be on vacation from 10/12-17 and my blogs will resume the week of 10/19. Do be sure to read my blog posted today, 10/9, "Something Useful to Rebel Against." Read on »

Something Useful to Rebel Against by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating For those of you whose eating problems stem largely from having an unbridled rebellious attitude toward anyone telling you what you should or shouldn’t eat, I have an ex ... Read on »

A Guide to "Normal" Eating by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Starting out on the path to “normal” eating, you may be uncertain about what the journey entails. You expect you’ll be changing attitudes about and behavior ... Read on »

Responding to Emotional Abuse by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Over the years, I’ve treated many individuals (mostly women) in emotionally abusive relationships, a major cause of food abuse, and have identified three stages of abuse ... Read on »

Book Review: The End of Overeating by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I highly recommend Dr. David A. Kessler’s new book, THE END OF OVEREATING: TAKING CONTROL OF THE INSATIABLE AMERICAN APPETITE. He was the commissioner of the U.S. Food a ... Read on »

Fear of Failure or Fear of Success? by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating When I started out as a therapist, I didn’t think much about what we call “fear of success.” I believed that the underlying problem—the real fear&mdash ... Read on »

Changing Behavior to Change Beliefs by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Most of the time I focus on helping people alter their beliefs to change their emotions and behaviors, but once in a while I’m reminded of how the belief/emotion/behavio ... Read on »

Structure versus Freedom by eatnormalnow Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating A problem that crops up frequently with clients is what I call the desires for structure versus freedom. You know, you love the idea of following a plan, having routine in you ... Read on »

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