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2 Key Principles in Creating New Habits

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery April 2, 2012 April 2, 2012 15 Comments

This is Part 3 in a 3-part series on Habit Eating. (1) How Habits Can Control Your Eating (2) 3 Proven Strategies for Breaking Habits (3) 2 Key Principles in Creating New Habits Habits are automatic behavior cued by context (where you are, what you’re doing), performed without intention, and …

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3 Proven Strategies for Breaking Habits

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery March 16, 2012 April 2, 2012 11 Comments

This is Part 2 in a 3-part series on Habit Eating. (1) How Habits Can Control Your Eating (2) 3 Proven Strategies for Breaking Habits (3) 2 Key Principles in Creating New Habits In Part 1 of this series, I described what habits are, how they are created, and how …

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How Habits Can Control Your Eating

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery February 27, 2012 April 2, 2012 20 Comments

This is Part 1 in a 3-part series on Habit Eating. (1) How Habits Can Control Your Eating (2) 3 Proven Strategies for Breaking Habits (3) 2 Key Principles in Creating New Habits Sometimes you eat because you’re hungry and the food tastes good. But often you eat because it’s …

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The Link Between Shame and Intimacy (VIDEO)

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery March 28, 2011 March 28, 2011 3 Comments

This wonderful talk is by Dr. Brené Brown, a researcher professor at the University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work. It’s entertaining (you won’t be bored!) and touches on some profound truths. Very worth watching!

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Eating Out of Loneliness and Low Self-Esteem

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery February 14, 2011 February 14, 2011 40 Comments

From the moment you are born, being fed is strongly associated with comfort and love. For infants, food and hugs go together, and that emotional imprinting stays with you for life. Cooking for someone is a way to show love. A box of chocolates is a traditional gift of love …

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Are you a fast eater? Slow down naturally.

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery January 31, 2011 February 1, 2011 14 Comments

A lot of emotional eaters eat fast – not just a little bit fast, but extremely fast, minimally chewing their food, and raising the next bite to their mouth before the bite they’re chewing is swallowed. Everybody knows the reasons not to do this: You barely taste your food or …

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Come Back to Normal Eating for the Holidays!

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery November 30, 2010 November 30, 2010 3 Comments

It’s holiday time. Those of us in the U.S. had our Thanksgiving feast just a few days ago. Jews around the world are about the celebrate the first night of Channukah, and then right after that is Christmas. No rest for the weary tummy! There is no better time to …

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Phone Coaching for Emotional Eating?

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery September 30, 2010 September 30, 2010 1 comment

I found out recently that the counseling degree I received in 1980 became licensable in New York State in 2005. Had I learned this when it first happened, I could have been grandfathered in and my services would have been eligible for insurance reimbursement. But unfortunately, I found out only …

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Stopping When Full

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery April 30, 2010 May 1, 2010 17 Comments

There are many reasons that people continue eating after they are no longer hungry. Here’s the short list: You don’t recognize satiation cues. You don’t recognize that you’re no longer hungry until you are past full. It bothers you to leave food on your plate. The reasons for this can …

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Eating at Meal Times and Eating from Habit

Sheryl Canter Social Eating / Tools for Recovery January 31, 2010 January 31, 2010 15 Comments

Do you eat because it’s time to eat, whether you’re hungry or not? A lot of people do, and then feel crappy afterwards. If the goal is to eat when you’re hungry, does that mean regular meal times are out? No, it doesn’t mean that at all. But figuring out …

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