In working with our clients on healing their relationships with food and body, body checking comes up frequently. So many want to be able to feel more neutral about their body shape and size – which is a reasonable and valid goal!  What many do not realize is that even though it may seem harmless […]

Our world is saturated with curated images and societal expectations about “the perfect” body. We are constantly bombarded with messages about what we should look like, as if this is something we can easily control (spoiler alert – it’s not!).  It’s all too easy to fall into a bad body image day after relentless negative […]

In today’s health-conscious world, self weighing is often seen as a crucial step towards maintaining a healthy lifestyle. However, the seemingly harmless act of stepping on the scale can sometimes do more harm than good. Let’s first dive into the idea that weight = health. It’s pretty commonplace in the medical world that your weight […]

We live in a world where all or nothing thinking has become so common. This may stem from a drive for perfectionism or growing up in hustle culture where if you are not “giving it your all” you might as well not try.  In many ways all or nothing thinking has good intentions of wanting […]

It’s that time of year again! The leaves are changing, the mornings are getting chillier and Halloween is right around the corner. While the start of Fall can be exciting for some, it leaves others feeling fearful of the potential treats that lay ahead. We know this first hand as a team of dietitians who […]