by Andrea Amador | Nov 29, 2010 | Power of Role Models, Raising Body Happy Kids, Self-Compassion As Strength, Setting Boundaries, Supreme Self-Care, Tame Your Inner Critic
Are you the mother of a child who is becoming an emotional eater? Are you seeing signs of food sneaking, closet eating, plate envy or any other shame-filled food related behaviors in your kids? Do you feel helpless and hopeless standing by watching them abuse...
by Andrea Amador | Apr 10, 2010 | Binge-Busting, Bust Out of Body Shame, Coaching, Creating Confidence, Depression, Food, Health At Every Size, Inspiration, Intuitive Eating, Make Peace with Food, Mind/Body Connection, Raising Body Happy Kids, Self-Compassion As Strength, Setting Boundaries, Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care, Tame Your Inner Critic
How many times do you eat automatically without thinking, just because the clock tells you that it’s meal time? As a mother, raising kids, it’s necessary to have some type of schedule. Without it, a mother’s life would be chaotic, with everyone...
by Andrea Amador | Dec 16, 2009 | Coaching, Creating Confidence, Power of Role Models, Raising Body Happy Kids
Can’t thank my friend Peggy enough! An SOS note last night from her telling me about a challenge that she’s having with her pre-teen daughter, Olivia who’s starting to think that she’s fat. You could say it was a real wake up call that...
by Andrea Amador | Nov 20, 2009 | Binge-Busting, Bust Out of Body Shame, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Coaching, Creating Confidence, Make Peace with Food, Mind/Body Connection, Power of Role Models, Raising Body Happy Kids, Self-Compassion As Strength, Setting Boundaries, Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care, Tame Your Inner Critic, The Power of Forgiveness
On certain occasions, especially big holidays like Thanksgiving everyone tends to overeat. That’s no big deal. But here are a few ways to stay in touch with your natural hunger signals and honor your appetite so that you can enjoy this day to the max: 1) Eat...
by Andrea Amador | Sep 15, 2007 | Bust Out of Body Shame, Inspiration, Power of Role Models, Raising Body Happy Kids, Sexy At Every Size
Several months ago I cleaned out my closet and was amazed to find that in it, I had clothes that I hadn’t worn for nearly 20 years. Now wearing a size 14/16, I had to come to grips with the fact that the size 6 Betsey Johnson black and purple mesh slip dress wasn’t...
by Andrea Amador | Feb 13, 2006 | Coaching, Creating Confidence, Neuro Linguistic Programming/NLP, Raising Body Happy Kids, Self-Compassion As Strength, Supreme Self-Care
NeuroLinguistic Programming, or NLP, is a much used tool in many coaching practices but the tool can, and should, be applied to situations in our every day lives as NLP has several techniques for diagnosing and intervening in certain situations. In this story, I would...
