Something I’ve seen a lot in women I’ve been coaching lately is fear of success.
Seriously. Fear of actually becoming the better version of yourself, not just because you’re getting thin and healthy, but because it can seem scary to step into your own greatness. (Yes, greatness. I believe we each have greatness within us.)

If you deal with a powerful emotional eating habit, you’re not alone. For many years I did as well, and I work with plenty of women who come to me for help with their own emotional eating battles.
This may seem harder to manage than other aspects of weight loss quickly, creating a healthier lifestyle and [...]

Hi folks!
Just a quick note to let you know I’m back and will be blogging regularly again after a great holiday break spent enjoying having my husband home for a blissfully long and well-deserved few weeks off.
I don’t know about you, but my 2009 was challenging. We moved into a new house (our first), which [...]

When you’re working on changing your lifestyle, you often end up peeling away behaviors and things one by one that you used to use as rewards for yourself. (I’m not suggesting I believe that junk food is a healthy reward, but it’s something you might have thought of as a “treat” or “indulgence” and it [...]

Halloween gets a bad rap sometimes because for kids, it often seems to be all about the candy, and how healthy is that? But we forget sometimes that we moms can change the tenor of pretty much most events — for younger children at least — simply by changing some of what goes on on [...]

If you’ve been reading my blog or newsletter for a while, you probably know I’ve been working hard on a new coaching program. And while I’ve shared a few details here and there, I haven’t sat down and shared the “whys” behind it.
When I opened my BodySoul Balance Coaching practice last year, I immediately began [...]

I just came across a truly fabulous quotation, and I wanted to share it with you. I’ve made it pro-woman, though, because like so many older quotes, it focuses on men’s accomplishments, and I think we need pro-feminine language to keep us focused and encouraged to do the tough things, to fight the good fights.
Here’s [...]

Weird title, I know. But this is perhaps a weird post too.
Lately I’ve been giving a lot of thought to this idea of what fuels some people to stick to their guns and some not to when it comes to how they eat, and a lot of it comes down to, well, spunk, gumption … [...]

I got lots of comments from you privately and here on the blog about my “Decisions, Decisions” post, and it occurred to me after I posted that decisions are really what drive us to reach our goals. Even tiny decisions matter.
A couple thoughts:
1) Today I was at the grocery store loading up on healthy stuff [...]

Just a couple quick thoughts on a big question I get asked by clients on a regular basis: How do I finally lose the weight? How do I finally commit to eating healthfully?
In essence, it comes down to:
a) making the decision
b) taking actions in line with your decision
Yes, I’m oversimplifying a bit here because making [...]