Marriage and Family Therapist
Eating Coach
My name is Sheira Kahn, and I have been in the field of healing since 1989 as both a practitioner and a client.
“My faith in the Universe can waver, but when people meet each other with presence, vulnerability and courage, something calming and powerful happens that brings change. I believe in that, because I have seen it so much.”
To help you face your challenges, there is so much I want to share from my decades of experience —tools for working with the nervous system, information about how your psyche runs, and a healing, empathetic relationship.
Feel free to read more about my coaching, psychotherapy, and animal communication services.
Contact me for a 15-minute consultation at no charge to see if we would work well together.
Knowledge of the nervous system
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Self understanding
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Tools
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Empathy
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Inner-critic mastery
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Expressive arts therapy
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Attachment expertise
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Development of my own method
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Recovery from bulimia
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Knowledge of the nervous system • Self understanding • Tools • Empathy • Inner-critic mastery • Expressive arts therapy • Attachment expertise • Development of my own method • Recovery from bulimia •
Do you have a relationship with someone that leaves you feeling frustrated or unloved?
Do you have trouble getting your needs met or even knowing what they are?
Do you tend to blame and reject yourself?
Does it sometimes seem that things are not going to get better?
Featured Publications
Book
Erasing ED Treatment Manual
by Nicole Laby, MFT and Sheira Kahn, MFT
The Erasing ED Treatment Manual, a companion to the award-winning documentary aired nationally on PBS, provides a digest of information on the assessment, diagnosis, medical aspects, causes and treatment of eating disorders. It is written for mental and physical health-care providers, but clear language makes it accessible to non-professionals.
Podcasts
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Two Wise Women Talking
Would you like to learn how to love yourself more, to be truly kind to yourself, no matter what kind of stress or challenge is happening in your life or in the world? Would you like to get along better with your loved ones? Healers/teachers Diana Zaheer and Sheira Kahn invite you into moments of their lifelong friendship. With its deep conversations — blending ancient teachings, modern psychology and spiritual wisdom — this podcast breaks new ground by welcoming you into their relationship directly at the energetic and experiential level, to spark your own understanding and inspiration in daily life.
Listen on Spotify | Amazon | Buzzsprout
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Integrating the ‘Id’: The Pipeline to Your Life Force Energy with Sheira Kahn
In this episode, we’ll dive into:
Why it’s important to get to know our “Id”, our animal, instinctual nature What we weren’t taught in school about the “Id” How the “Id” interacts with the Superego and the Ego What the possibilities are for your life by interacting with the “Id” – magic can happAppleen! Which parts of the psyche correspond to life force energy Why we’re so afraid of our “Id” How the Wizard of Oz is a tale of integrating shadow And so much more!
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Conquering Your Inner Critic
What does it mean to live with an inner critic or any self sabotaging voice? How do we work with our own inner critic, that negative voice in our heads that tells us we can't do this or that we’re not enough? When the inner critic is too big, it can become tyrannical. And who can’t relate to that harsh inner self-critical voice?
In this episode, we discuss getting into your body and feeling contact with the present moment and with your circumstances to overcome the inner critic. We discuss the tools we use and share with others to move through the trauma that causes the “super ego” and work with yourself.
Listen on Spotify | Amazon | Apple Podcasts | LibSyn
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Feelings and Diet Thoughts
Diet thoughts are the kind of thoughts we’re having when we think we “should” only eat certain kinds or quantities of foods, count calories or fat grams, or other eating rules that are restrictive and based on losing weight. These thoughts are learned from our diet culture. Dieting is an obsession that allows us to focus on something very tangible and concrete, giving us the feeling that we are in control. When we understand that diet thoughts can sometimes be a response to underlying feelings we can begin to use diet thoughts as a red flag to explore these feelings.