Ronna is a Social Psychologist in private practice and Vipasanna (Insight) meditation teacher with special focus on eating disorders. She also teaches as an Assistant Clinical Professor at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF).

Compassionate and Mindful Eating
Compassion is one of the key nutrients for the heart. Compassion is as essential to the spirit as water and food are to the body. There are two aspects to compassion. The first is the capacity to feel pain and suffering without fear and with an open heart. The other is a quality of wisdom that sees this pain and suffering as a natural part of life. Both aspects of compassion help relieve pain and suffering, which otherwise can weigh us down.
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Food and Feelings
The magnetic relationship between feelings and the mismanagement of food is quite well known. “Emotional eating” is the label that is often used to describe this challenging connection. Some people eat when they’re miserable, others lose their appetite. There are those who forget about eating when they’re feeling over the top. And there are those who try to sustain pleasure through food. The variations are endless.
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The Dynamics of Craving
Wanting – whether to acquire something or avoid something – is the fuel behind every action. If you think about it, everything from drinking a glass of water to binge eating is the result of wanting. Sometimes the feeling of “I want” is subtle and barely perceptible. Other times, the wanting becomes craving – a feeling of desire that is so demanding and overwhelming that you feel driven beyond reason to get what you want.
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