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My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 1: Food as a Symbol of Love

This is part-1 of a 6-part series on emotional eating, the perversion of food in our society today, and how to overcome it.

  1. My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 1: Food as a Symbol of Love
  2. My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 2: Deep Entanglement
  3. My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 3: Becoming at Peace with Food
  4. 12 Indicative Signs of Emotional Eating (and 7 Reasons Emotional Eating is Bad For You)
  5. How To Stop Emotional Eating: A Crucial Guide, Part 1: Tackling the Causes of Emotional Eating
  6. How To Stop Emotional Eating: A Crucial Guide, Part 2: Rebuilding a Healthy Relationship with Food

Relationship with Food

How would you describe your relationship with food?

I would describe mine as a highly unhealthy one. For a very long time up until recently, I had the worst possible relationship one could ever have with food.

My Journey with Emotional Eating

For the longest time, I was very, very heavy emotional eater. I would eat based on my emotions (be it happy, sad, or boredom), not physical hunger. While not a definite consequence, it resulted in my tendency to overeat compulsively, also known as bingeing.

My emotional eating issues formed when I was a kid, as a result of societal conditioning, media conditioning, and the way food was used as a…


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Published Dec 20 2011
Filed: About Celes, Awareness & Growth, Cultivate Habits, Emotional Mastery, Family & Friends, Healthy Living, Series
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Ask Celes – Is there anything you want to ask? Fire away!

As some of you may vividly recall, last month was a month of intense character development. Through Be a Better Me in 30 Days Challenge, many of us addressed deep-seated issues, achieved new insights, and came to new breakthroughs.

I thought part of what made the experience so amazing was the opportunity to engage on a level we normally don’t at PE. This is why I love the challenges so much – be it 30DLBL, 21DHL, BIB, MDC or 30BBM. Each challenge has provided me with the opportunity to know you better. The connection with all of you is what drives me to keep writing and to keep sharing at the blog, on top of my passion to grow and help all of you grow.

In line with that, I thought I’d do something fun with you guys for the upcoming week. :D
For those who have been reading the blog for a while, you might know of the Ask Celes section. It was an aunt agony-esque section I used to have on PE, where I would address reader questions via the blog posts.

While it was a great way for me to connect with all of you, it was short lived though, because (a) I was getting…


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Published Sep 22 2011
Filed: Series, Updates
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How I Found Peace in My Relationship with My Parents, Part 1: A Child’s Wish

This is part-1 of a series on parents and understanding our relationship with them.

  1. How I Found Peace in My Relationship with My Parents, Part 1: A Child’s Wish
  2. How I Found Peace in My Relationship with My Parents, Part 2: A Pervasive, Widening Gap
  3. How I Found Peace in My Relationship with My Parents, Part 3: Revelations and Happiness
  4. How To Improve Your Relationship With Your Parents: A Delicate Guide

Forenote

(Jul 12, ’11) – Some of you may have noticed that I’ve never written about my parents or my relationship with them. It’s not by intention; just that there’s never been a reason to write about it.

That is, until recently, as I start gaining resolution in new areas of my life. Today’s post marks the first post where I share in detail about this as-of-yet unknown side of my life.

I foresee this to be the first in many posts to come where I share more of the inner sides of my life. With PE, I want to create a common, safe space where every single one of us is free to openly discuss about our vulnerabilities, our deepest desires, our fears, and our passions, without judgment or discernment by anyone. I want all of us not to…


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Published Jul 13 2011
Filed: About Celes, Family & Friends, Love & Compassion, Relationships, Series
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Insights on Holland – View from an Outsider’s Perspective (Series)

This is part 1 of a 7-part travel series on Holland, including how to travel to Holland, the Dutch culture, dutch lifestyle, Dutch environment and essential things to know about the country.

Schiphol International Airport in Holland
At Schiphol Airport, which is also Netherlands’ main international airport (at Amsterdam)

Welcome to Holland, Amsterdam
Welcome to Amsterdam, capital of Holland! One of the first things you see when you exit Schiphol airport (in Holland, Amsterdam)

Hi everyone! :D So I’m here in Holland now (Amsterdam, to be exact), and it’s been over a week. Very eventful week too – it feels as if I’ve been here for a long time, because I’ve been exposed to so many new experiences every day.

My 1st week in Holland

For the past week I’ve been immersing myself in as many new experiences as possible – including moving in/out of 3 different accommodations in 3 different cities! Part of the reason is because I wanted to cover quick breadth within my first week, and I’m glad to say this has been achieved.

I was in a seaside hotel in touristy town of Noordwijk in Days 1-3 (where my speaking engagement was held); after which I moved…


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Published Jun 30 2011
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