Nina Ross, PhD

An overweight client of mine had a wonderful insight the other day. She realized that she eats more than she needs to when she wants to matter. She is wanting to give her self weight, in the sense of substantiality. She wants to be noticed and seen. As a child, and now in her adult marriage, she is not listened to or given enough attention for who she is and what she has to say.

Perhaps when some of us need to matter, when we need to feel weighty, when we need to connect to the earth, the mater, the Mother, we eat. Eating may be the only way we know of to feel connected in this way.