Are you tired of dieting and curious about a different approach to life long healthy and conscious eating? This free seminar will introduce you to some of the basic principles of mindful eating. Celebrate International Mindful Eating Day on January 26th by sampling mindful eating for yourself!
Thursday, January 26th, 6:00-7:00pm
Natural Grocers
3750 South Staples
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Mindfulness provides us with opportunities to notice our experience and respond with kindness. It is through this mindful awareness that we are able to tune into our body, heart, and mind and discern what we need in the present moment to truly nourish ourselves. How would you describe your relationship with your body, food and eating? Mindful eating can give us tools to heal our relationship with food and connect with a kind and nurturing inner ally.
Do all your healthy eating intentions disappear when you are surrounded with holiday treats? Do you find yourself overeating and then feeling guilty and stuffed? Join me for a free Mindful Eating for the Holidays seminar today!
Saturday, November 19th, 1:30-2:30pm
Natural Grocers, 3750 S. Staples Street, Corpus Christi, TX
Do you find yourself reaching for food to cope with stress? Do you overeat and then feel stuffed and guilty? Do you need to adopt healthier eating habits for health reasons? Are you tired of dieting and curious about a different approach?During this four week class, we will explore how cultivating self-compassion, making mindful food choices, and slowing down and savoring your favorite foods can transform your relationship with food. You will learn strategies for tuning into your body to gauge your true hunger and to guide you in choosing when, what and how much you eat. These simple but powerful tools can help to curb mindless eating and manage cravings and overeating.
A Month of Mindful Eating
Thursdays (10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17), 6:30-8:00pm
South Texas Counseling Services
5337 Yorktown Blvd, Suite 4A1, Corpus Christi, TX 78413
Treat yourself to this special mini-retreat and spend an afternoon discovering the joy and freedom of mindful eating. We will explore how cultivating self-compassion, making mindful food choices, and slowing down and savoring your favorite foods can transform your relationship with food. The emphasis will be on learning mindfulness tools which will help you to eat and drink what you love while tuning into your body to know when you are truly hungry and full. These simple but powerful tools can help to curb mindless eating and manage cravings and overeating.
Saturday, October 15, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
The Soul Center at Magnolia House
801 North Magnolia Street, Rockport, TX 78382
Contact me for more information about my upcoming Personal Renewal Groups, a structured life coaching workshop program for women, which meets one night a month for six months. We will use the award winning book, The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Rebalance Your Life by Renee Trudeau, as a framework for our exploration of creative ways to bring more balance and joy to our lives. Topics will include: Strategies and insights for balanced living, managing your stress, energy boosters, setting limits, mini self-care breaks, and navigating multiple roles. Give yourself the gift of one night a month to connect with other women and yourself.
MEETINGS: Once a month for six months. Dates and times TBD.
LOCATION: South Texas Counseling Services,
5337 Yorktown Blvd, Suite 4A1, Corpus Christi, TX 78413
COST: $ 150 for the six-month program
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
Interested? Contact me for more information. A personal renewal group for mothers, a group for mid-life women, a group for helping professionals, and a group for cancer survivors will be starting soon.
This four week class builds upon the mindful eating tools introduced in ” A Month of Mindful Eating: Part I” and provides on-going support for incorporating these tools into your daily life. Special topics will include coping with cravings, satisfying heart hunger, and mindful eating during the holidays. A wonderful class for students who have completed “A Month of Mindful Eating” or an equivalent course.
DATE AND LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED
A few months ago, I was talking with a few people and one woman remarked, “Mindful eating is hard.” Afterwards, I found myself pondering that statement. There is no question that it can be challenging to adopt and consistently use mindful eating strategies. We forget, we get distracted, we default back to automatic “mindless eating” habits. Sometimes we are so hungry that we don’t care about anything but just filling our empty stomachs as quickly as possible. Other times, when we feel stressed or frustrated, the immediate instinct is to reach for food to soothe ourselves. Certain foods may seem irresistible even when we don’t feel physically hungry. Mindfulness allows us to become more aware of these patterns without judgment or criticism or guilt. We can choose to eat mindfully or mindlessly. Neither choice is right or wrong, it is simply a choice. You might say, “But I don’t choose to eat mindlessly, it just happens! I start eating a bag of M&Ms and before I know it, the bag is gone!” Learning and practicing mindfulness helps us to become more aware of that tendency to slip into auto-pilot mode which can curb overeating and enhance our enjoyment of food. If you’re going to eat those M&Ms why not really taste and enjoy them? Labeling mindful eating as “hard” suggests that it is difficult and arduous and a chore or an obligation. Mindful eating can be a lot of fun and an amazing journey of discovery. Ready to have some fun? There’s still time to register for my four week class, “A Month of Mindful Eating” which starts on Thursday, April 7th.
During this four week class, we will explore how cultivating self-compassion, making mindful food choices, and slowing down and savoring your favorite foods can transform your relationship with food. You will learn mindfulness strategies for tuning into your body to gauge your true hunger and to guide you in choosing when, what and how much you eat. These simple but powerful tools can help to curb mindless eating and manage cravings and overeating.
Thursdays (April 7th, April 14th, April 21st, April 28th), 6:30-7:30pm
Treat yourself to this special mini-retreat and spend an afternoon nourishing your body and soul. The retreat will feature:
• a sampler of creative journaling techniques to release stress and connect with joy and gratitude
• the Minute Method meditation practice –simple and profound
• the “Magic Four,” a gentle yoga sequence suitable for most fitness levels
• a peaceful walk through a beautiful labyrinth
• a guided mindful eating exercise with delicious tea and cookies
Saturday, March 5th, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 3026 S. Staples, Corpus Christi, TX
Your guides will be Mary Carpenter and Theresa Sharpe. Mary Carpenter is a certified yoga instructor, meditation guide and owner of Heart-in-Soul Yoga. She delights in sharing the joy she experiences from these life giving practices. Dr. Theresa Sharpe is a licensed psychologist with specialized training in mindful eating and a passion for journaling.
Theresa Sharpe, Ph.D. 