by Andrea Amador | Dec 19, 2012 | Setting Boundaries, Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care, Tame Your Inner Critic, Your Thoughts Count
Feeling overwhelmed at the idea of facing the fam, food and celebrating festivities too? You’re not alone. I, too have my own dramas that often butt their heads in and threaten to mess with my day. My advice to you. Be gentle with yourself, and let those...
by Andrea Amador | Dec 13, 2012 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Inspiration, Intuitive Eating
Tomorrow evening, 12/14 at 8 p.m. Eastern, I’ll be one of the featured experts in a live discussion on Seasonal Eating on Huff Post Live. To get in on the action go to: http://live.huffingtonpost.com The topic we’ll be discussing is why we stuff ourselves and how we...
by Andrea Amador | Nov 22, 2012 | Coaching, Depression
Happy Thanksgiving to you. I hope that you and your family are all happy together spending this wonderful day being grateful for one another. But many times our lives are not the picture perfect image you see in a Norman Rockwell painting. For many people, the...
by Andrea Amador | Nov 19, 2012 | Binge-Busting, Health At Every Size, Make Peace with Food
How many times during the day do you eat automatically without thinking, just because the clock tells you that it’s meal time? You’re not alone. Automatic eating is a habit engrained in many of us, and it comes from our upbringing. Eating on a Schedule: A...
by Andrea Amador | Nov 10, 2012 | Stress-Relief, Tame Your Inner Critic, The Power of Forgiveness
I’ve often said that when you take a gentle approach to overeating, your body will naturally begin to make different choices. That happened to me recently. During the 7 days of having no power, the second day my family and I went out to get warm. We headed to...
by Andrea Amador | Nov 9, 2012 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Health At Every Size
This morning a member of my Lovin’ the Skin You’re In Facebook group contacted me with this question: Q. While waiting for election results, I got so anxious, I found myself eating out of control and going back and forth to the fridge about 5 times. What...
by Andrea Amador | Nov 8, 2012 | Creating Confidence, Inspiration
With the recent hurricane that slammed so many of us, we’re seeing more and more signs that we have to change our ways in order to survive. I’ll admit. Living in New York and being raised in the city, I never once considered that weather was anything to worry about....
by Andrea Amador | Oct 12, 2012 | Body Respect, Bust Out of Body Shame, Coaching, Creating Confidence, Depression, Health At Every Size, Inspiration, It's All Just Energy, Law of Attraction, Mind/Body Connection, Neuro Linguistic Programming/NLP, Power of Role Models, Self-Compassion As Strength, Setting Boundaries, Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care, Tame Your Inner Critic, The Power of Forgiveness, Visualization, Your Thoughts Count
If you’re struggling with a fat and ugly self image, dieting is not the solution for you. Unless you change the way that you see yourself first, you’ll always think of yourself as being cursed. Your change must start in your head before it can manifest in...
by Andrea Amador | Oct 6, 2012 | Power of Role Models, R.E.C.L.A.I.M. System
If you’re looking for no kidding, no matter what role model for strength and tenacity, look no further than Joan Rivers. Although she may fool you with her flamboyant ways, this woman has been through the ringer and back. Lots of wisdom to be gleaned from her...
by Andrea Amador | Sep 29, 2012 | Health At Every Size
Recently I enjoyed an incredible eye-opening interview with Linda Bacon, Ph.D. She is the creator and scientist behind the Health At Every Size Program. I had mentioned her work in a previous broadcast. The basis behind Health At Every Size is that you are the best...