What if trying to lose weight feels easier than body acceptance?
Why can it sometimes feel easier to just keep trying to lose weight than it is to accept your body as it is? Here are some reasons why you can be exploring, even practicing, intuitive eating and body...
View ArticleHow can self-compassion help ease body dissatisfaction?
When you’re moving away from a history of dieting and body dissatisfaction toward a future of intuitive eating and body respect, appreciation, or liberation, self-compassion can be a powerful tool. The...
View ArticleAre we encouraged to make health part of our identity?
Health may be a personal value, but it’s also become a yardstick by which to measure other people’s value and worthiness. Are we encouraged to have a health-based identity, to think of ourselves as...
View ArticleMindfulness is here to stay, and that’s a very good thing
When you think of mindfulness, do you dismiss it as a trend? It’s true that mindfulness is trendy, but it also has deep, traditional roots that are backed by modern research in the fields of psychology...
View ArticleWhy weight stigma awareness? Because it’s not a personal problem
You know what bothers me? The idea that anyone needs to change their body to meet someone else's ideals. That "someone" could be a spouse/partner, a friend, a stranger, or society at large. The post...
View ArticleMy thoughts on that anti-dietitian Washington Post article
As a registered dietitian and journalist who used to write for The Washington Post, I was deeply dismayed by the clickbait “gotcha” journalism of their September 13 article, “The food industry pays...
View ArticleWhat do you have to do before starting intuitive eating?
If you’re intrigued by intuitive eating, or at least heard of it, you might wonder what you need to consider, or perhaps do, before giving it a go. Here are three factors that I think are important....
View ArticleWhere are the missing bodies in that new WeightWatchers study?
What's wrong with the latest study supposedly showing how "successful" WeightWatchers is? So, so much. Let's start with the missing people. The post Where are the missing bodies in that new...
View ArticleHow to get more pleasure in your life (and why)
Why is it important to get more pleasure in your life? One, because you deserve it, and two, it can help your relationship with food. The post How to get more pleasure in your life (and why) appeared...
View ArticleAnxious about holiday eating? How to reduce the stress
If you already tend to have anxieties about food, holiday eating can make you especially anxious. Here’s some food for thought about how to approach holiday eating that brings you joy and leaves you...
View ArticleHow intuitive eating can help make the holidays brighter
Once upon a time, holiday foods stood out as highlights in a year of relatively simpler fare. But in today’s food environment, with its year-round access to delicious and even indulgent foods, it’s as...
View ArticleThe futility and peril of food and body shame
Food and body shame is futile, because it's not motivating, and perilous, because it does real harm. What to know if you're struggling. The post The futility and peril of food and body shame appeared...
View ArticleHow to start shedding diet culture thoughts and words
When you’re charting a path away from diet culture, it helps to be mindful of your thoughts and words. Are they still reflecting diet culture? The post How to start shedding diet culture thoughts and...
View ArticleIdentify your values to build better habits
Do you find it challenging to form habits that last? It may be because you haven't identified your values. And if you haven't, then you're not using values to guide your daily actions. The post...
View ArticleHow to NOT celebrate weight loss for health
If you’re not celebrating intentional weight loss for any other reason, and you know that weight doesn’t equal health, should you congratulate someone for losing weight for "health reasons"? In a word,...
View ArticleHow Intuitive Eating helps you find authentic health
What's authentic health? Authentic health happens when you weigh any external health advice against your own experience before deciding whether to incorporate it. This supports health while helping you...
View ArticleThe lasting harms of early life non-consensual dieting
There are many things kids have to do that they may not consent to (like homework). But those things don’t do damage the way non-consensual dieting does. The post The lasting harms of early life...
View ArticleAnxious about holiday eating? How to reduce the stress
If you already tend to have anxieties about food, holiday eating can make you especially anxious. Here’s some food for thought about how to approach holiday eating that brings you joy and leaves you...
View ArticleThe futility and peril of food and body shame
Food and body shame is futile, because it's not motivating, and perilous, because it does real harm. What to know if you're struggling. The post The futility and peril of food and body shame appeared...
View ArticleHow to start shedding diet culture thoughts and words
When you’re charting a path away from diet culture, it helps to be mindful of your thoughts and words. Are they still reflecting diet culture? The post How to start shedding diet culture thoughts and...
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