Unlearning Shame

By Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC I didn’t know that what I was feeling was shame. It was so old and familiar; seemingly rooted in the very foundation of my being.  I took shame’s presence to mean that I had perpetually had more “work to do”, more to fix (and hide...
Weighting

Weighting

You have a reunion coming up. There is a friend’s wedding in the near future. Your family’s beach vacation is around the corner. Your intention is to “lose a few.” Time passes. You go to visit your family. They say “You look great.”...

Open Letter To Dr. Oz

Hi Dr. Oz- Yesterday morning, in the column you write for my newspaper, “Link between a jelly belly and brain drain”, you warned me, as someone with belly fat, that I could be headed for dementia (based on research of course) if I don’t get rid of my...