From when we’re young, we begin to pick up on rules: Don’t touch the stove, look both ways when crossing the street, hands at 10 and 2 when driving. Some rules are designed to keep us safe and healthy while others can sometimes do more harm than good.  That’s right – we’re talking food rules. […]

When you go to the doctor, one of the things that is probably listed on your chart is your Body Mass Index (BMI).  Because it is talked about so commonly at doctors’ appointments and we see it all the time, it must be a super duper accurate, very scientific measure of health, right?  WRONG.  BMI […]

Three Ways to Feel Less Preoccupied with Food   In a society with such a strong emphasis on dieting and weight control, it can feel almost impossible not to feel preoccupied with food. I mean, we live in a world of “what I eat in a day” videos and a new diet creeping in around […]

Let’s say that you have been working with your dietitian for a while now… You have laid the foundation of recovery and treatment goals, you’re learning about normalized eating, but maybe you’re getting stuck when it comes to actually executing those goals. Maybe meal times are overwhelming, and when it comes to challenging those fear foods […]

So maybe you’ve started to incorporate joyful, intuitive movement into your life and are exploring how exercise feels in your body. This is a process that requires a lot of grace and self compassion. When healing from a disordered relationship with exercise, very similar to food, you may be stuck in the pattern of black […]