Roadmaps to Discovery & Healing

To explore whether your relationship with exercise might be tiptoeing into this unhealthy territory, here are some questions to ponder.

Just as society has evolved in its understanding of drug addiction, it is crucial that we unlearn dangerous misconceptions about food addiction. The parallels drawn between the two often lead to harmful practices in our efforts to help people heal their relationship with food.

We're constantly bombarded with messages that tell us to love our bodies just the way they are, to embrace our flaws, and to strive for a positive body image. While these messages may seem well-intentioned, it's crucial to recognize that the concept of positive body image is a false goal, and here's why.

The pathology of desire in our culture is worth considering how that impacts your life, specifically the role of guilt and shame that might be hardwired in. It’s not uncommon for us to see compulsive behavior as an outcome of shame cycles when human desire is pathologized, not a sign of something deeply wrong with an individual person