If you’re searching for a 1,700 calorie meal plan, you’re probably trying to feel better in your body — maybe lose weight, improve your health, or just feel more in control of your eating. And it makes sense. Meal plans feel clear. Reassuring. Like a step-by-step path...
When life feels out of control like it does now, it’s understandable for us to look for some predictability. One place our minds immediately go to is our bodies and their perceived faults. We think that if we can control the food we eat and our exercise, even in the...
Gentle nutrition is the principle of Intuitive Eating where taste meets how food makes your body feel. So, we’ve finally made it to the last principle of Intuitive Eating! If you haven’t read any of my prior articles on Intuitive Eating, I’d highly recommend that you...
Do you begin each January with a list of new year’s resolutions, only to find them tossed aside in a couple months? Let's Talk About New Year's Resolutions As the calendar brings us to a new year and new decade, we often find ourselves looking back over our...
So many women KNOW they are done with dieting. If diets have wreaked so much havoc in your life, why do you continue to feel pulled back to them? Let's face it: Diets are like an awful boyfriend you just can't get rid of. It's something that comes up A LOT in...
Can you even find joy in eating again? Diet plans strip away the pleasure from eating experiences, but you can find joy in eating again by working on satisfaction from food, a key element in Intuitive Eating. When you think about food, how often does your personal...
The Food Police rob you of your ability to choose and enjoy food that is physically and emotionally satisfying. Fight back against these harmful messages and tune in to what your body needs. Although each of us is born with the ability to eat when we are hungry and...
In honor of one of my favorite NPR segments/podcasts, I'm focusing my first blog post on my beliefs as they relate to food and balanced nutrition. 1. Food is Our First Medicine. Nature has provided us with most of what we need to keep our bodies healthy. We are...