Dec 29, 2022
Esther Kane, MSW, RSW, RCC, has been an Eating Disorders
Psychotherapist for 25+ years. She lives in Victoria BC but works
all over Canada. She is the author of "It’s Not About the Food: A
Woman’s Guide to Making Peace with Food and Our Bodies". She is
also the host of the Compassionate Conversations Podcast & YouTube
Channel, where she has recently done a series on food and body
image. She can be found at:
https://www.estherkane.com
Todays Topics:
Her personal journey to recovery from eating disorders to food
addiction
What is a Highly Sensitive Person?
The connection between HSPs & Food Addiction
How to take care of your HSP-specific needs
What she has found in the difference between men & women when
it comes to FA
How she differentiates between food addiction & eating
disorders
The intergenerational transmission of disordered
eating
How she helps clients with emotional eating
Her thoughts on volume
Her audio program: Making Peace with Food & our Bodies
The obstacles she finds working with clients
The pushback she’s received from colleagues about her
perspective
Follow Esther:
Instagram: @estherkanemsw
Facebook: Esther Kane, MSW, RSW, RCC
Twitter: @estherkane
For a free copy of my book in e-book format, email me and I
will send you a copy: esther@estherkane.com
We hope in 2023 you will continue to choose your own path to
recovery and take your time. Whatever way YOU choose, complete
abstinence, harm reduction, or just eliminate added sugars……know
that HERE you are loved, respected, and supported in your journey.
Recovery is a slow, beautiful, messy, unfolding process. Just keep
peeling back those layers and getting closer to your authentic self
and what that self needs!
The CRAVINGS workshop is hosted by Jennifer Bradley. It
addresses why we have cravings, how to tell the difference between
physical and psychological cravings, and what can we can do to take
back our power over them.
Here you will learn the difference between cravings, hunger,
and insulin spikes, how to identify YOUR personal cues, triggers,
and temptation zones, the food substitutions that can work you
during cravings &some actionable ways to build coping skills
for immediate & future cravings.
You will also receive downloadable worksheets for cravings and
triggers, weekly Journal Prompts, daily practices to implement at
home, a Recovery Maintenance and Safety Management Plan & 4
Live 1-hour weekly support meetings! With recorded REPLAYS.
The workshop is $50 USD and will be Saturdays at 12 pm EST / 5
pm UK starting January 7th. You will receive the first week’s
lesson on December 31st! Perfect timing! www.sweetsobriety.ca
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.