The most successful form of correction is when the "other" feels informed versus chastised.

You can't 'cope with' change anymore than you can 'manage' stress.

Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.

Worry, shame, and fear can't be the energy with which we deal with food and weight. It only spurs us to eat more food and produce more glucose/sugar which gets stored as fat.

We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.

We've all heard that in life, when one door is closed, another is opened. Unfortunately, many of us are so focused on the darkness left by what has been lost, we never see the light coming through the newly opened door.

Change isn't always easy, but with purposeful practice, any old habit can be replaced with a way of being we would recommend to those we love.