How Intergenerational Trauma Impacts Physical Health, Eating Disorders, and Substance Abuse

Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross is an internationally known author, speaker, expert, and pioneer of intergenerational trauma's effect on one's body, brain, and beliefs. A graduate of Andrew Weil’s Fellowship Program in Integrative Medicine, Dr. Ross is the CEO of The Anchor Program™, online coaching for food and body image issues including binge eating, substance use disorder, … Continue reading How Intergenerational Trauma Impacts Physical Health, Eating Disorders, and Substance Abuse →

Mental Health Solutions: Where Are We Now?

We are in the middle of a serious mental health epidemic (I feel like a broken record when I repeat that statement). More and more people are suffering from anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses that ever before. We have medication and talk therapy, but how many people are actually receiving relief from their symptoms … Continue reading Mental Health Solutions: Where Are We Now? →

The Stockholm Syndrome of Dieting

It's a high in the beginning, isn't it? Making lists, planning it out. Calculating the numbers. Feeling in control. But then...the hunger hits. The panic sets in. Do I eat when it will put me over my limit for the day? Do I choose celery when I really want guacamole? Do I sit there at … Continue reading The Stockholm Syndrome of Dieting →