Author Archives: Fessup

De-Stress Your Self-Talk

“Oh my God, now I have to put up with this too. I can’t believe the nerve. What does he expect?! He never thinks of anyone else. It’s damned if you do or damned if you don’t.” Feeling better after reading this? Of course not. But each day many of us inflict barrages like thisContinue reading “De-Stress Your Self-Talk”

The 1-5 Food Plan

I am a believer in the idea that what we focus on increases. What we are thankful for increases. And that our attention creates our intention.    What if I applied this to my food choices each day? I challenged myself recently to try an experiment. If after a week  it didn’t help me feelContinue reading “The 1-5 Food Plan”

The Courage To Be Willing

I am pleased that my new book, The Courage To Be Willing, is now available on Amazon and Kindle.    Anyone struggling with chronic illness seeks comfort from their pain. Sometimes that search can lead to disordered food behaviors. “The Courage to Be Willing” allows the reader to walk with a woman who found herContinue reading “The Courage To Be Willing”

Lighting the Mother Shadow

For some women Mother’s Day is not an easy day. Daughters of mothers who could not nurture them experience emotional fallout that casts a shadow over this day and indeed their lives. Clarissa Pinkola Estes writes about the Stone Child, stories and myths of the unmothered child. As women, we experience “collapsing” and a wildContinue reading “Lighting the Mother Shadow”