Blog Topic: Weight

Tension, Stress and Trauma Release (TRE)

Tension, Stress and Trauma Release (TRE)

There are many different and effective ways to support people after they have had a traumatic experience.  This technique is an interesting way for groups of people to discharge after a stressful event, based on Peter Levine's work on trauma. Levine noticed that once...

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Eating and Breathing Tips for the Holiday Season

Eating and Breathing Tips for the Holiday Season

Everything in life has a rhythm. And the rhythm of the season is about moving towards each other in celebration, connection and in sharing food and gifts. If we are fortunate enough to have an abundance of food all around us, how do we take care to enjoy, but not...

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Self-Compassion: A Tool for Body Image and Eating Issues

Self-Compassion: A Tool for Body Image and Eating Issues

By Dr. Stephanie Diamond, PhD, CEDS, BEDA 2015 presenter and Oliver-Pyatt Centers Clinical Director Think about your own inner dialogue. Is it kind, gentle, friendly? Is it aggressive, rejecting, demeaning? Both? Neither? For the less fortunate among us,...

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Happiness

Happiness

This beautiful collage was created by artist Johanne Galipeau and illustrates an important core message in Mindful Self-Compassion Training about how to cultivate happiness with the following practices: 1.  Taking time to savour the little and big moments of life....

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