The Skinny by Amy Brunell

Helpful Criticism? “You didn’t do that quite right.” Helpful (?) criticisms are increasing lately. They come out of the woodwork from all sorts of expected and unexpected places. I’ve been working on handling people’s opinions …[READ MORE]

I’ve been thinking about levels of confidence. Why levels? Because it seems to me that the people I meet are on a spectrum of confidence based on their unique nature and their life experiences. I’ve …[READ MORE]

I am a BEING, not a DOING! Recently I went to a meditation retreat and really integrated into my heart that I am a being. I am not a doing. What does that mean? My …[READ MORE]

Look, I’m always hungry. I’m so relieved, yes, relieved when I’m not hungry. Hooray! What a moment to actually not be thinking about food. Researching what the experts say about emotional versus physical hunger, I …[READ MORE]

It’s a Matter of Time-Challenging Priorities — Whether you need to lose weight or not, deciding to live a healthy life takes an investment of time. No one who wants to maintain a balanced life, …[READ MORE]

Who is your Community? Who is your Tribe? I believe that after food, water and air, our basic human need is to feel included. What are the qualities that make a community? The anthropological reason …[READ MORE]

What is the “Math of Your Body?” For so long people with weight issues have been told that weight is simply a matter of eating less and moving more. It’s a matter of calibrating the …[READ MORE]

Kindness Without A Side of Guilt — I work with hundreds of people who suffer from guilt. It seems for some to be a natural state. To feel “guilty” feels familiar and then in a …[READ MORE]

Emotional Eating and Unmet Needs — Many people actually don’t realize that they eat emotionally. They don’t think of boredom as an emotion or eating out of happiness as Emotional Eating. But eating when you …[READ MORE]