Mindful Living isn't just a way of eating, it's a way of living. Mindful Eating actually exists in a much wider context that includes the ways in which we may harm ourselves both physically and emotionally. Additionally we will examine the ways in which we speak about our food that may be ungrateful and even morally incorrect. How honest are we about how we use food to dampen emotions or use food as a weapon against ourselves? And of course, there are the ways in which we may use food as an intoxicant. This teleconference focuses on the ethics of mindful eating and the impact they have on both sabotaging and enhancing our relationship to food, our bodies and our relationships.

Participants will:

• What does it mean to have an ethical commitment to mindful eating?
• How does non-ethical eating sabotage mindful eating?
• How does ethical eating enhance our relationship to food, our bodies and relationships?

Ronna Kabatznick, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, a writer and editor. She has been specializing in mindful eating since 1984 when she began working as a behavioral weight management consultant for Weight Watchers International for nine years. She wrote two best selling books, The Zen of Eating: Ancient Answers to Modern Weight Problems and Who by Water: Reflections of a Tsunami Psychologist. Dr. Kabatznick also helped edit one of the Dalai Lama's international best-sellers, The Art of Happiness. She served on the Board of TCME and is now an advisor to TCME. She works with clients remotely throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. She lives in Berkeley, CA and has been committed to working with clients dealing with eating, depression and relationship for the past thirty years.