Emotional Eating

Apr

Breathe: A Trauma-Sensitive Tool for Intuitive Eating

For many who’ve experienced childhood or adolescent trauma, food became your emotional life preserver, and it’s understandably hard to let it go. Perhaps you discovered...

Apr

Stress Eating: It’s About Your Brain (not the food!)

Diane Petrella

Do you compulsively overeat and struggle with your weight? And, were you abused and traumatized as a child? If you answered yes to both questions,...

Dec

This (Food Urge) Too Shall Pass

Diane Petrella

The 90-second rule is one of my favorite techniques to help my clients cope with stress and stop the urge to impulsively turn to food...

Dec

How Healthy Boundaries Lead to Healthy Eating

Diane Petrella

Do you say, “Yes” when you really mean, “No?” Do you agree to make a dish, attend a party, or have overnight guests when your...

Jun

Stop Numbing Your Feelings with Food, For Good

Diane Petrella

Successful weight loss is so much more than counting calories, drinking “craving-crusher shakes” and following the latest fad diet. Been there, done that, right? Contrary...

Dec

7 Signs You'll Keep Releasing Weight in 2016

Diane Petrella

As you reflect back on 2015, how do you gauge your weight-release progress? Do you look to your bathroom scale? Or measure success by how...

May

Name & Love Your Feelings to End Emotional Eating

Diane Petrella

Think back to the last time you overate—not because you were hungry—but because your feelings got the best of you. Maybe you impulsively grabbed something...

Mar