How to Overcome Fear of Gaining Weight
Whether you’re new to learning how to eat normally or have been on this path for years, inevitably the fear will arise: what if I gain weight? Typically, when we’re focused on dieting it can seem to give us a sense of control around food. We feel “safe” knowing we are following something.
How to Know When to Stop Eating
When we are trying to let go of dieting and be more "normal" around food, it can be verrrrry challenging to know when to stop eating. Are you supposed to listen to your body? Measure or count something? Get specific portions? When we're left with just ourselves...
Does the Scale (or Mirror) Ruin Your Day? 4 Thing to Help!
Have you ever gotten on the scale or glanced at your reflection in the mirror and have it completely ruin your day? Maybe you've had a few days where you feel pretty good and decide to "check in" on your progress. One glance or hop on the scale and BAM, it sends us...
What’s Your Relationship to Exercise?
A quick check in question: what's your relationship to exercise? For some women, exercise can mimic the diet mentality. (AKA the all or nothing type of thinking) Some women are in the "excessive, use it to burn something off, to not feel guilty" place with exercise. ...
3 Tips to Let Go of Holiday Food Guilt
It is hard to let go of holiday food guilt. We have it in our heads that we have to be really "good" around food. But enter the holiday Trifecta of dessert overload and it can be challenging: Halloween + Thanksgiving + December holidays = lots of sweets. I went to...
If Eating is Your Only Excitement
If eating is your only excitement (and what you really look forward to), dive into today's podcast (below) In honor of my brand new offering, we're exploring filling the void without food 🙂 So often in the world of weight loss and diets, we get seduced into the...
When Food Feels Like the Only Thing You Can Depend On
“Eating is the only thing I enjoy!” I used to think that food was the only thing I could depend on. It was my go-to coping mechanism when I had to deal with anything.
Embracing Your Imperfect Self
When we are afraid of not being perfect, we often... ...are afraid to fail ...don't always try new things (because we may suck at it) ...hide our bodies ...mask our true feelings ...stay where we are--even if it isn't working ...say yes when we want to say no ...can...