For many, the period of festive celebration can also be a landmine of overwhelming food situations, triggering social or family dynamics, and feelings of sadness or loneliness that lead to working out our emotions through food (and other self-sabotaging behavior).
Read MoreIn my last article I explained that restricting food leads to food guilt and overeating, what it means to give ourselves unconditional permission to eat (i.e. the Permission Paradox), and why permission is essential for making peace with food.
The idea of permission is scary for emotional and restrictive eaters. In this article I answer the three most common questions I get from clients when they begin this work.
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