Could Your Cravings Begin in Your Heart?

What does hunger mean to you? Could your cravings, your longings, your yearnings, your emotional starvation actually begin in your heart? We know something is missing but what it is remains elusive. So we compensate for this lack of fulfillment with self-sabotaging substitutes such as emotional eating, drinking, substance abuse and spending.

Cracking the code to our inner feelings is a lifetime pursuit. It seems that personal breakthroughs happen when experience, self-compassion and shared information converge. Huge strides toward understanding ourselves are possible when we open up and talk with others. Although they say “misery loves company” for most, misery isolates and polarizes, pushing solutions further away.

At noon this Saturday, author Billy Sunday Mars will present “Our Emotional Hungers” at in Novato. He will discuss the root causes of emotional hunger, why starting or sticking to a program is hard, and why we make bad decisions, backslide or relapse. Teaching self-compassion, empowering rebound and recovery tips, this talk is designed to help.

His personal story is powerful. Burdened and blessed, Mars’ life is one of healing and helping. By age 15, Billy was alone. His father died when he was a small boy and his mother lost the battle against cancer as he entered high school. He was left to assemble his life with people and experiences that became his teachers. He had to overcome bulimia, witnessed his brother’s alcoholism and death as well as a cousin to drug addiction.

Out of these difficulties Billy developed an indomitable courage, a physical and spiritual muscle that took him around the world researching movement, neuroscience, physiology, evolutionary psychology, anthropology, spirituality, and sexuality. This bright, funny and movingly compassionate speaker is a trained athlete, boxer, exotic dancer, trainer, and student of martial arts. He is an expert on the powerful link between movement and the intimate relationship with oneself, a partner and a community. His book, Fit for Love, is recommended by John Gray, author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Gray wrote:

“Billy Sunday Mars is an amazing blend of East meets West. He combines Spirituality, Science and Sexuality in a master mix that is sure to get you fit for love!”

“Our Emotional Hungers”

Date: Jan. 28, 2012

Time: 12 - 1 pm Q & A follows

Location: Body Kinetics Health Club & Spa, 1530 Center Rd., Novato

Cost: $5 Club Members, $15 Public