Should You Eat What You Want or Follow a Rule
This is the million dollar question in our day to day lives: should you eat what you want or follow a rule? You may think I'm a big advocate of "eat what you want, screw the rules!" but it's not quiiiiiite as simple as that 🙂 Because food is complex and how minds are...
Part Two: 40 Lessons Learned at 40
I turn 40 today and for some birthday reflection this is part two of the "Decade of Reflection: 40 lessons learned at 40" blog post series. 😉 Part one is here. Part two is below. (If you prefer the “extended” version that’s more in depth, check out the podcast below)...
40 Lessons Learned at 40 (A Decade of Reflection):
I turn 40 in two weeks and with that comes much reflection 🙂 For whatever reason, this birthday is making me think and reflect on my life more than ever before. It may be because my life looks different than I thought (more on that in perhaps a different post!), but...
Struggle with Overeating in Social Situations? 4 Tips to Help
If you struggle with overeating in social situations, you are not alone. I was recording my book for Audible and so many of my stories involved food anxiety and fear around upcoming events, dinners out, happy hours and other social situations where there's food...
How to Release Shame Around Food Habits
I was reading my book aloud for its Audible recording this weekend, and I got super in my head about it. (Mainly, it brought up some shame around food habits and what I used to do with food). Writing my story in a book was one thing; reading it out loud when a sound...
Filling the Time Between Work & Bed (Without Food)
Have you ever had a really solid day around food, you're feeling positive and then BAM...it all falls apart in the evening? I call it the witching hour. (Witching hour=the time after work (5pm ish) and before bed) How does one actually fill the time between work and...
5 Non-Traditional Holiday Tips
What contributes to overeating during the holidays? Stress, financial anxieties, saying yes when you want to say no, too many obligations, and/or _______________ (fill in the blank with whatever sends you to the food). So we're going the non-traditional route this...
You Know What To Do But Can’t Make It Stick
You what what is SO mind numbingly frustrating?! When you know what to do but can't make it stick... I had a long list of things I knew I "should" do: Don't turn to food when I'm stressed Stop myself after one bowl of ice cream Eat vegetables with every meal Don't eat...