Sofia Bothwell

Food is taken care of by eating when hungry and stopping when full - end of! Our weight is taken care of by eating when hungry and stopping when full.  Food is a source of nourishment. Now how come food got mixed up with emotions?  Food when full suppresses emotion. The minute you eat when full you have crossed the line from food being nourishment to food being linked with emotion. Linked in a dysfunctional way. Linked in a way that makes it an addiction.   Addiction is any activity that suppresses your emotions. You are angry - you eat when full. You have just had a difficult day - you eat when full. You are stressed - you eat when full. You are bored - you eat when full. Eating when full has become your way of coping with your unresolved emotional stuff.  So inherent in becoming and staying slim and free from all  addiction is the resolving of our emotional stuff.  My workshops, self-help support groups and one to one sessions over the years have foc...

Coming out of addiction entails tapping into your intuitive guidance. That simply means knowing what to do instead of indulging in addiction.  We find out what to do instead of indulging in addiction by first of all noticing the cravings and then stopping them in their tracks by asking - What feeling is this? Now this question alone is starting you on your journey to your intuitive guidance because feelings or emotions are an intrinsic part of that intuitive guidance. Feelings of joy = yes go this way. Feeling of fear = no, be cautious. Feelings of interest = yes explore this. For more on healing addictions and eating disorders see my books Addiction Demystified, True Slimness and Simply Full. Skype, fb video calls, Zoom Sessions £45 for 1 hour Session. Email:Sofia 2227@gmail.com

A Healing Balm I  wrote in my previous blog about the emotional pain and unresolved emotional issues that underlie all cravings. The pandemic of addiction, in my opinion, effects and has effected more people than the Plague, Spanish Flu and Corona all put together. Of course I don’t have the figures to back this up – look it up if you are interested – I am hazarding guesses here for dramatic effect, nonetheless I am sure there is  more truth in there than meets the initially unbelieving eye.  Let's explore it. Count it up - people who are heroin addicts, cocaine addicts, pot heads? How can we have numbers or accurate statistics on that, when essentially it is a secretive behaviour? Only those involved in it reveal it to each other. They do not reveal it to sober folk or people asking them to fill in a questionnaire – Do you do heroin? So we do not have accurate data on how many people are illegal drug users. We have numbers on people who are medically prescribed antidepre...

Awareness is a key word in giving up any addiction. Being aware you have a 'problem'. Being aware of your 'triggers'. Being aware of your patterns of behaviour. Being aware of when you are strong in the face of cravings, and when you are weak in the face of cravings.  And ultimately, in giving up any addiction one has to be aware of the underlying emotional issues that cause you to jump into that dysfunctional and dangerous habit of drink, drugs, even 'food when full' is dangerous when you observe the huge amounts of excess weight that is, quite frankly, now common to see people carrying. Susie Orbach (author of Fat is a Feminist Issue) said that overeating was of epidemic proportions in the 1970's. And have things got better? No. Now we can easily and accurately say overeating and other addictions are a very real pandemic today. It is also accurate to say that society is okay with addiction. Drinking and smoking are ''normal''. Carrying a fe...