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If you’d like to read about intuitive eating, diet culture, normalizing the downsides of dieting and down to earth wellness ramblings, you are in the right place.
Is It Really Self-Sabotage? Or is it just Self-Care?
Do you think you self sabotage your healthy eating efforts?
Are we merely being “silly” and lack willpower to get the body and health we have been told we want or need? I do not think so. Normal human needs protect us from the harm that dieting does.
Can intuitive eating help me?
The concepts of intuitive and mindful eating have grown enormously in popularity in the last few years.
The terms intuitive eating and mindful eating are not very descriptive. So using words and terms that we use every day to describe our difficult relationship with food is helpful to understand how they can work for us.
Intuitive eating is more than savoring every bite.
You've probably heard about intuitive eating or mindful eating. Unfortunately, since they are hard to describe in a sound bite, you likely have been given the overly simplified version or worse, an inaccurate one. To make matters worse, these now popular terms have...
Let Kids be Kids at Halloween
Halloween and the upcoming holiday season can send anyone who is vulnerable to body hate and emotional eating screaming. There is also a lot of pressure in messages from our family, friends and the media to fear Halloween treats and make sure they are immediately...
Like Bullying, Let’s Ban Food Shaming in Schools
Co-written with Naureen Hunani, RD The school year has been underway for almost 2 months. How are you coping with school lunches and snacks? If you are feeling stressed, frustrated and overwhelmed by the food rules, you are not alone. I am not talking about banned...