"Normal" Eating by Karen R. Koenig

Feel, Then Think

Lucky us! We’re born with the ability to feel and think, and we need to use both wisely to manage life’s problems and resolve our eating issues. Some people get stuck in emotions and rarely call upon good judgment. Others think 'til their brain hurts, but hardly ever experience authentic emotion. Are you one of these types?

Reinforcing Beliefs

I cringe mentally when disregulated eaters reinforce their negative, limiting beliefs over and over, and don't even realize it. The worst offender is the word “can’t,” but many other words, phrases and ideas deter growth and prevent healthy thinking and “normal” eating skills from taking hold.

Getting out the word!

I now have a YouTube channel, a Facebook fan club page, and am on Twitter. I encourage you all to join my Facebook fan club, especially, and help it get off the ground.  Check me out through the links below: 

YouTube

Facebook fan club

Twitter

Best,

Karen

 

http://www.eatingnormal.com/

http://www.nicegirlsfinishfat.com/

Normal Eating talks and media events

Why Change Takes Time

Here’s a piece of wisdom which really resonates: You can only move ahead as fast as the slowest part of you can go. It was said by a friend struggling with a thorny personal decision who heard it from her therapist and I’m happy to pass it on. Try reading the statement again and let it sink in before continuing with this blog.

Stop Replaying Bad Memories

One of my goals as a therapist is to help clients unearth childhood memories so they can better understand themselves in the present. With other clients, especially those who’ve experienced trauma, my goal is to help them let go of powerful, hurtful memories. My focus depends on where they are in the emotional healing process

Recent interview

Check out my interview on cable TV.  Here's the link:  Alivelihood - Brookline Cable TV.

Childhood, Sexuality and Intimacy

We may assume that only clear cut sexual abuse in childhood can cause problems with sexuality and intimacy in adulthood. Although there’s a strong correlation (not a cause and effect) between childhood sexual abuse and eating disorders, this is not the whole story. Abuse, neglect, or any kind of mistreatment—overt or covert—all fall on a continuum and can shape your attitude and influence your behavior as an adult.

Waiting for Answers

Check out this quote: "...I would like to beg you dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer." Rainer Maria Rilke, 1903 in Letters to a Young Poet.