Replace judgment with compassion

I've been participating in a food compulsions group led by Mary O'Malley (http://www.maryomalley.com/), and it's opening me up, allowing me to experience life on another plane. Instead of worrying about food, sitting in deprivation or "I don't care" mode, I'm much more present to myself. Mary says that when we are gripped by food compulsions, what we're really hungry for is our own attention. She teaches a process of returning to ourselves.

One of her key messages is replacing judgment with compassion. Notice the judgmental voice that rises up in you, give it a name so that you can recognize it, and then just sharpen your awareness. "Ah, there is is again." Without attachment. In this way, we relate TO the judgment rather than operate FROM it or being lost in it.

Her concepts and her words are simple, and they touch me so deeply.