Author / Rena
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Forgiveness, Perspective, and Guilt with Our Eating
There was once a rav who was on his way to an important event wearing a freshly laundered suit. He was walking hurriedly through the busy streets and as he passed under a balcony,…
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Intuitive Eating — Tishrei — Principle #2 Honor Your Hunger
Tishrei – Principle #2 Honor Your Hunger By Rena Reiser and Elisheva Blumberg Can You Feel Your Heart Beat? At this very moment your heart beats—can you feel it? This miraculous organ…
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How NOT to be Mechanech Your Body
It was another 6 p.m. battle of wills. Tomorrow was going to be an early morning, so bedtime needed to be on time. But there were art supplies everywhere and two mischievous…
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GPS vs waze
As vacation rolls around we venture away from our safe abode and explore other parts of this beautiful country. That means renting a car so we get to places that are otherwise…
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Intuitive Eating — Elul — Principle #1 Reject the Diet Mentality
Elul – Principle #1 Reject the Diet Mentality “They would coddle [the food] like a baby or handle it and look over it as they would some gold. They played with it…
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Sugar obsessed… or are you just stressed?
Dassy has had a long day at work. When she returns home, as per her ritual, she goes straight to little Nachi. She scoops him up into her arms, takes a deep…
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Intuitive Eating: How To Drop Your Diet And Make Food Your Friend
Have you ever seen a kid push away a plate of the most luscious chocolate dessert because she is full? What seems to require superhuman effort to us is completely natural to…
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A fress-mess…or a dance-fest?
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of “Intuitive Eating”? For many people, they think it means eating whatever you want, and that they’ll be stuffing their…
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Tisha b’av and your relationship with food (and yourself)
It’s about an hour before Tisha B’av and I have been wanting to write something to you for the last few days, and haven’t had the chance. Here’s what I wanted to…
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days when you’re feeling down about your body
I posted the following question about body image in the Intuitive Eating for Jewish Women group yesterday. “What do you do on those days when you’re feeling down about your body? If…
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