Sep 28, 2023 | Emotions and Eating, Freedom From Dieting
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC “How can I stop obsessing over food and weight!?” In the throes of my battle with bingeing and dieting, there is one thing I desperately wanted: learn how to stop...
Sep 28, 2023 | Binge Eating, Emotions and Eating
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC Wondering how to have “willpower” with food? In my 13 year battle of relentlessly starting and stopping 116 diets, I convinced myself that all I needed was more willpower. It’s not...
Sep 28, 2023 | Binge Eating, Emotions and Eating, Freedom From Dieting
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC How to deal with food guilt in recovery? Food guilt is a real thing! When I was working to get out of the binge cycle, I tried to ease some of the guilt I felt over eating all the...
Feb 22, 2017 | Body Beliefs
We’ve been having a lot of discussion lately in The Normal Eater’s Club around body acceptance. And some of the ladies have been asking, “but HOW do you actually accept your body?!” We know we’re supposed to work on body acceptance if we...
Dec 3, 2014 | Body Beliefs, Life Lessons
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC What’s your reaction when you look at yourself in the mirror? I’m guessing it’s not a big smile radiating love for your amazing body, acceptance of all your “flaws” and admiration...
Jun 18, 2014 | Body Beliefs, Emotions and Eating, Life Lessons
This week I was putting the final touches on my flagship program, Healing From Within, and was battling crazy critical thoughts… What if it’s not perfect? What if there are mistakes? What if it’s not good enough? What if it doesn’t help...
Mar 5, 2014 | Life Lessons, Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking lately about the desire to “escape”. You know, the thought you have when life gets tough, change is swirling all around you, worst-case scenarios fill your mind, and you think, if only I could escape to a tropical island for a month and come back to...
Feb 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
I remember my obsessive affair with the scale. Every morning, I would hop on the scale to weigh myself. And every afternoon, I would weigh myself again after working out. If that number went up even a half a pound, it sent me into a self-induced panic. Irrational...
Feb 7, 2014 | Body Beliefs, Uncategorized
I read some staggering statistics yesterday. 50% of commercials aimed at girls spoke about physical attractiveness. Each year, the average adolescent sees over 5,260 advertisements mentioning attractiveness. Four out of five women in the US are dissatisfied with their...
Nov 13, 2013 | Body Beliefs, Life Lessons, Uncategorized
After ranting about a friend who seemed to “have it all”-the perfect life, great friends, a flawless figure, a fabulous mate, and a wonderful job, a wise mentor put her hand up to stop my blabbering and told me, “Never compare, or you’ll always despair”. The more I...
