Interview with Anchor Program Graduate

Interview with Anchor Program Graduate

The Anchor Program is an online program that offers a non-diet approach to treating binge eating, compulsive overeating, food addiction and emotional eating. The video below is an interview with a graduate from the Anchor Program (1 year after she completed both the...
I feel fat today!

I feel fat today!

Many of the people I work with – whether it be with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, food addiction or emotional eating – see their bodies as separate from their lives (and never the twain shall meet). Like the separation of church and state. They...
Overcoming body hatred

Overcoming body hatred

Many people with food and body image issues hold on to the belief that the only thing keeping them from being fat or fatter is having to whip themselves in shape periodically, or getting mad at themselves when they “make a mistake.” The negative self-talk and body...
Do I need to be thinner to be healthy? – PART 2

Do I need to be thinner to be healthy? – PART 2

Research from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study demonstrates that the true causes of diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other chronic diseases may be related to your childhood. Getting thin(ner) won’t fix your childhood experiences.  But healing from...
Do I need to be thinner to be healthy? Part 1

Do I need to be thinner to be healthy? Part 1

I have so many patients who come to me absolutely certain that they have to be thin in order to be healthy.  Usually these are women who have been dieting, hating their bodies, being obsessed with food, binge eating, compulsive overeating or who identify as emotional...