by Paula Coleman | Jul 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
You’ve seen and heard those commercials – body sculpting through plastic surgery (i.e., liposuction) or “cool sculpting,” herbal supplements and fiber wafers guaranteed to reduce hunger and give you that “full feeling,” and all the diet plans. (My favorite is the one...
by Paula Coleman | Jun 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Feeling blue? Eat comfort food. Want to celebrate? Eat chocolate. Sexually frustrated? Eat ice cream. Stressed out? Eat anything in sight. As one woman recently asked, “What do you do when you have all these feelings if you can’t eat?” For many women, turning to food...
by Paula Coleman | Jun 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
The class reunions, the family reunions, the vacation at the beach, the afternoons at the neighborhood pool – and all those judgments you’re imagining are taking place in the heads of onlookers or in their conversations behind your back! “Wow, she’s really gained...
by Paula Coleman | Jun 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
In the face of some troubling coping behaviors, a friend recently told me, “I need to get right with God again.” I winced because I knew such a statement came from pain and shame. I also knew it came from a misunderstanding of justification versus sanctification....
by Paula Coleman | Jun 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
A friend emailed me today about something she’d done that resulted in her feeling as though she needed to binge-eat and “beat myself up and be mean to myself.” She was ashamed that she’d communicated in anger and said things she felt were more than the other person...
by Paula Coleman | May 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Many women are extremely concerned with—even panicked by—the negative judgments they perceive are directed their way by what I think of as two overlapping categories of people: the people whose opinions do not matter and the people whose opinions are wrong. The people...