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Emotional Eating #9: Injuries, illness and food

This week, it’s hard to write a newsletter, especially one about heart hunger emotions.

You might recall that heart hunger is often related to a need for nurturing and comfort. Right now I could use a little of both. [Read more…]

Book review guide

How to post a book review on Amazon:
(Note: In order to post book reviews, Amazon requires that you have
spent at least $50 on Amazon.com in the past 12 months, using a valid credit or debit card.)

1. Log in to your Amazon account.

2. Go to this page, then select the book format (print, or ebook) you purchased. You can also go to “your orders” to view the book.

3. Scroll down to the Customer Reviews section and then click on the “Write a customer review” button.

4. On the next screen you will see the title of the book you want to review and next to it, five light gray stars.

Rate the book by clicking on the appropriate number of stars you want to give the book. Your selection will turn the stars blue.

Here is a guide to the number of stars you can give.

1 = I hate it.
2 = I don’t like it.
3 = It’s okay.
4 = I like it.
5 = I love it.

5. A text box will appear below the stars. Here you will write or paste in the text of your book review. Then you can also add a headline for your review, if you wish.

When you’re done, press the “Submit” button.

6. You will see the message “Thanks for your review of Acts of Compassion. We’re currently processing your review and we will email you at as soon as this is complete.”

Once Amazon lets you know your review is complete or your review shows on Amazon, send me an email telling me the date of your review and the name you used to post it. Also tell me whether you purchased the print book or the ebook version.

Email me: lmspangle@gmail.com

As soon as I can see the review, I will email you an Amazon gift card equal to the price you paid for the book. That means you get the book for free.

Emotional Eating #8: When Your Heart is Hungry

It’s been one of those days!

You’ve peeked into the refrigerator three times since lunch. You want something to eat but you can’t figure out what you want. [Read more…]

Emotional Eating #7: Head Hunger Emotions

Gail was disappointed.

She told me, “On our family trip to Disneyland, I was determined to stay away from snack foods. But two hours into the first day, I’d already eaten a bunch of tortilla chips and a bag of caramel corn. [Read more…]

Emotional Eating #6: Head Hunger

It’s a simple question… WHY DID I EAT THAT?

You knew you weren’t physically hungry. Instead, you just started wanting something to eat.

Marty works at a large corporation where the staff are constantly being pressured to make more contacts, increase their sales, and produce more revenue. The threat of layoffs has been hanging in the air for weeks. [Read more…]

Emotional Eating #5: WHY did I eat that?

Some years ago, I worked in a challenging job as a hospital health educator. During that time, nearly every afternoon I would get an intense craving for a cookie.

So on my break, I’d walk to a nearby bakery and buy a couple of chewy oatmeal raisin cookies.

It bothered me that I couldn’t break this habit. But no matter how hard I tried to resist, those cookies would occupy my thoughts until I got out to the bakery for my “fix.” [Read more…]

Emotional eating #4: My own story

Today, I’m sharing my personal story about emotional eating.

It’s not easy for me to do this because it reminds me of sadness in my life that never goes away completely. But as a way to help you understand emotional eating, I’m opening my heart to show you my own struggles toward a healthier relationship with food.

My journey began after nine years of silence, a time in which I never spoke of my personal pain, and instead used food to push my feelings far away. [Read more…]

Emotional Eating Help #3: Food is my comfort!

Don was not making any progress with losing weight. It seemed that food always filled in for what was missing in his life.

He told me, “On Friday night, I planned to go to a movie, but when I got to the theater, the show was sold out. So I stopped at the video store on the way home and rented a movie instead.

It turned out to be horrible– not the slightest bit entertaining or enjoyable. But the evening wasn’t a total loss. I had my pint of Häagen-Dazs, so that became my fun.” [Read more…]