You emphasize the need for woman to bring masculine and feminine qualities into balance to recover from disordered eating. What does that mean?
I am referring not to men and woman, but to the masculine (logical, linear, action and goal oriented, outwardly focused) and feminine (emotional, intuitive, inner, relationship-oriented) aspects of ourselves and our culture. Eastern philosophies refer to this polarity as yang and yin. If there is an imbalance where, for example, the masculine qualities are valued over the feminine, this can lean to an emptiness that a woman tries to fill with food. back to top > Q: Women often discover that they have the most trouble with disordered eating when they are premenstrual and are going through extreme mood swings – a condition we may have mislabeled as PMS. If women are attuned to their body rhythms, can the mood swings and the compulsive eating be eliminated? A: If a woman is accustomed to eating compulsively when confronted with strong feelings, she may find herself eating more when she is premenstrual because this is the time when emotional sensitivity is the greatest. Once she learns to
