If You Love It This Much It Must Be Obsession — The Rule That's Still Running Your Life
Japan brought my tea obsession back and with it a memory I hadn't thought about in years. The belief I'd planted without knowing it: that loving something meant I'd eventually have to give it up.
Nostalgia Romanticizes the Prison and Calls It the Good Old Days
I found an old photo of myself in Germany and felt that familiar pull — she was so thin, she looked so good. Then I remembered what that body actually felt like to live in. Nostalgia is selective amnesia.
Gratitude and Aching at the Same Time — Both Are Allowed
I was surrounded by beauty and love in Germany and also deeply homesick. Both were true at once. What I learned about letting all your feelings exist without making any of them wrong.
Healing Didn't Happen in One Big Moment — It Happened in the Small Ones
I kept waiting for the shift with Food that would finally set me free. It never came as one big moment. It came quietly, in small choices that were accumulating into something real without me even knowing it.
Why You're Still Struggling With Exercise (It's Not About Discipline)
If exercise has ever felt compulsive, punishing, or something you couldn't stop even when your body was begging you to — this is for you. Real talk about what it actually looks like to heal your relationship with movement, from someone who has been there.
When Your Body Pulls the Rug Out Right After You Finally Trusted It
I was finally proud of my body. Then I felt terrible in Japan and the old story rushed back. What I did differently this time — and the shift that changes everything with food, your body, and yourself.
Is Food Your Drug of Choice? What Emotional Eating Is Really About {Short Video}
Emotional eating isn't a failure — it's using a tool that wasn't designed for the job. A story about what food is really substituting for and what becomes possible when you heal the root.
A prayer walk in Kyoto— Where God Spoke
A pilgrimage to Mount Kurama in Kyoto, where Mikao Usui discovered Reiki. A reflection on prayer, presence, listening to God, and what healing really feels like when we finally get still.
What Slowing Down in Japan Taught Me About Food, Rest, and My Body
A letter from Hokkaido, Japan about what happens when you finally stop moving — the restlessness, the nervous system adjusting, and what Japan's relationship with food quietly revealed.
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What happens when you finally stop moving? A letter from Japan about rest, restlessness, and what food looks like when you're not rushing.
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My Mom, the Prayer Warrior— What She Taught Me About Healing and Love
My mom starts every morning praying for others by name. It's taught me everything about what it means to hold someone in the light — and it's the same energy I bring to every healing session.
When Family Tells You Who to Be — And How to Stay Rooted in Yourself
The tension between belonging and losing yourself is real. A reflection on reclaiming your voice, your choices, and your truth — without fighting or conforming to who others think you should be.cepted, but not wanting to lose ourselves in the process.
Dismantling the Stigma Around Men’s Body Image and Food Struggles
A conversation with health coach Carlo Petrini about why men struggle in silence with body image and food — and how healing, vulnerability, and self-compassion can change everything.
Why "Just Stop" Never Works — And What Actually Does
Telling yourself to stop eating fast, stop worrying, stop rushing never works. Here's what actually helps — getting curious about why the pattern exists in the first place.
The People Around You Either Heal You or Keep You Stuck — Choose Wisely
When I came home from Pittsburgh five pounds lighter after the flu, my husband's response reminded me why the people around you matter so much in healing your relationship with food and your body.
I Was Disappointed by My Own Book — And Then It Taught Me Something
When my publisher sent me a copy of BE-Friend Yourself I thought it looked too small. Then I realized I needed to read my own book. A reflection on size, worth, and body acceptance.
12 Insights I Wish I'd Known Sooner in discovering Food Freedom
From eating enough to trusting your body to letting go of shame — 12 honest insights from someone who found freedom with food after years of struggling. These are the things I wish I'd known sooner.
What Food Freedom Actually Looks Like — It's Not "Eat Whatever You Want"
Food freedom isn't about eating recklessly. It's about making choices from self-love instead of self-punishment — and learning what actually feels good in your body. Here's what that looks like for me.
Eating Ice Cream and Thinking About Food Guilt — A Honest Moment
Food guilt still shows up sometimes even after years of healing. Here's what I do when it creeps in — and why feeling guilty doesn't mean you have to let it control you.
YOU are LOVABLE -No Matter What You Were Told Growing Up
Can you really unlearn years of self-criticism and learn to love yourself? Yes. Here's how to gently turn toward the parts of yourself you've been hiding and let love in.
"Hurry up and Heal-Why Pushing Through Recovery Never Works
I kept trying to rush my healing so I could get back to my full-throttle life. My body had other plans. What I learned about slowing down, nervous system regulation, and what healing actually requires.