If you’re anything like me, you get a little nervous to go out and socialize. Parties are supposed to be fun, but if you suffer from even a tinge of social anxiety, things can get a little hairy leading up to the event. You may start worrying about what to wear, convincing yourself that you’ll…
If you assume that on January 1st you’ll automatically have weight to lose on account of holiday eating, think again. There is a way that you can enjoy the holidays — including great food — without going overboard. The most important thing to remember is that holidays are just days on the calendar. They aren’t…
Holidays are typically stressful everyone. Even if you boycotted the holidays, you’d still have to contend with the traffic, crowds and endless tracks of holiday music playing everywhere! While many of us enjoy and look forward to the holidays, it doesn’t make them much easier. Time with family, as loving as they might be, can…
It seems strange that so many people feel depressed during the holidays, when it’s a time is a time when we’re supposed to feel joyful. The experience of feeling down during the holidays is real for so many, however. So what can you do to avoid the “holiday blues” this coming season? If you want…
Whether I’m talking to clients or family members of clients here at Roy Nelson Healing, the issue of enabling always comes up. Wherever there is addiction and eating disorders, there always seems to be at least one person who is “enabling”. “Enabling” is a modern term used to describe when a loved one, co-worker or friend…
Addiction is no respecter of persons; it cares nothing of your bank account balance, your gender, how influential you are or how well you hide it. Addiction will warp your mind, ravage your body, destroy cherished relationships and ultimately, take your life. Yet no matter how destructive and powerful this force is, people still routinely…