As the psychologist for Weight Watchers International, she brought mindful eating concepts to their behavioral weight management program in the 1980's, along with the first Dieters Feed the Hungry Program to the Company. She is the author of the international bestselling book, The Zen of Eating: Answer Answers to Modern Weight Problems and more recently Who by Water: Reflections of a Tsunami Psychologist. In Berkeley, CA where she lives, she sees clients struggling with eating issues and works with clients nationally and internationally via SKYPE. She also Wrestles with Desire daily and can attest to the power of working mindfully with them based on her own experiences of working daily with food and eating challenges.