Robin Maynard-Dobbs, Aware Eating

Being someone who frequently tells people that they shouldn't eat certain types of foods, you can imagine that sometimes there is resistance to this idea. This is natural, and most people discover that they feel much better when they avoid their food allergens. But that still doesn't always make it easy.

Food is a very powerful part of our life and often plays far more than just a nutritional role. This months guest speaker at our support group meeting, Robin Maynard-Dobbs, addressed this exact issue.

Robin likes to be referred to as an eating coach. Her focus is on helping people to identify emotional factors that are often related to the types of food that we eat and the way that we eat.

Her process is called "Aware Eating." Many people seek her out with regard to weight loss, but the principles apply to food allergies and food addictions as well. Her personal coaching helps people who struggle with emotional / compulsive eating learn to listen to their bodies and eat in harmony with their unique nutritional needs.

At our meeting last week Robin led us through some exercises to help us begin to identify some of the feelings that we hold in conjunction with our food. The comments from the people who attended were very interesting and enlightening, both for them and the rest of us.

Robin has a passion and a gift for helping people to be more mindful eaters. If this is something that you struggle with then I encourage you to contact her. She works with people in person and over the phone if you are from out of town, and she offers a free half hour first session to anyone interested in her coaching service. You can learn more at www.awareeating.com.