Aug 1, 2017 | Body Beliefs, Featured, Life Lessons
Whether it’s a wedding, a work event, a reunion, or some other special occasion, there’s this idea we can have when we aren’t 100% happy with our bodies: we think we need to lose weight for an upcoming event. There’s a certain seduction to losing weight or...
Nov 2, 2016 | Life Lessons, Nourishment and Self Care
Like all things food and weight loss related, every time you google something about exercise, there are a thousand different schools of thought about what you should do. Here is some of the advice I’ve heard: Exercise 30 minutes a day 5 times a week Exercise 12...
Sep 7, 2016 | Life Lessons, Nourishment and Self Care
So much of this food journey is spent beating ourselves up, berating ourselves for not being able to eat healthy (even when we know so much about nutrition), and living in this state of regret and guilt over failure around food. I used to spend days and sometimes...
Jul 20, 2016 | Body Beliefs, Life Lessons
I wrote a post a few months ago called Revealed: An Inside Look At How I Eat and received a ton of comments and emails about it, with so many woman saying it helped them to see what “normal” eating looks like. I wrote it because I wanted to give a deeper perspective...
Jun 30, 2016 | Body Beliefs, Life Lessons
When you’re battling your weight and body image, obsessively weighing yourself can actually do more harm than good in the quest for self-love and acceptance. I know because I used to be a slave to the scale. I weighed myself in the morning, after a big meal,...
Jan 12, 2016 | Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons
One of my favorite things is journal reflections. I know, I know…I’m a nerd 🙂 But as I reflected back on my own battle with food and weight, I realized there were some things I wish I’d known! Hence, this post 🙂 So, here you go… The 5 things I...
Dec 8, 2015 | Body Beliefs, Life Lessons
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC Are you afraid of people judging your weight? One of the big things I hear from clients all the time is this: What if people think I’m fat and gained weight? What if I go home and...
Dec 1, 2015 | Life Lessons, Nourishment and Self Care
For the millions of women who battle eating issues, body image is a huge part of the daily struggle. It can be terrifying to be in a relationship or to even think about intimacy when you absolutely hate what you see in the mirror. Enter today’s guest who is...
Sep 15, 2015 | Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons
This whole finding “normalcy” around food is a doozy sometimes. It’ s like you think you got it… You have a really good few days of no binging, eating healthy, and trying to listen to your body and then BAM…something happens and...
Aug 18, 2015 | Body Beliefs, Life Lessons
Have you ever been in a fine, normal, go-about-your-day mood and after taking a quick procrastination break on Facebook (or Instagram or Twitter), you see a new post by a friend posing in her bikini on the beach and it sends you into a tailspin of negativity and “I...
Jul 20, 2015 | Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons
For a good twelve years of my life, I was obsessively consumed with food. I had this unhealthy relationship with my body and my eating. I simultaneously loathed myself and desperately desired to be skinnier, while also compulsively binging until I couldn’t move. For...
Jun 3, 2015 | Body Beliefs, Emotions and Eating, Food 'n Stuff, Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons, Nourishment and Self Care
Here it is…the whole enchilada, the entire kit ‘n kaboodle. This is a compilation of every blog post ever written. Exactly 58 ways to help you find freedom around food, feel at ease in your body, and be at peace in your eating. Happy reading! (Want a...
