As we get into the swing of the new year, you may have noticed more and more diet talk and diet culture swirling around you.  You may have seen magazine covers about “how to lose weight,” or “how to cut out sugar this year.”  Or, maybe you’ve heard your friends talking about their new gym […]

When in recovery from an eating disorder or healing from years of deprivation and dieting, your mind and body are starting to repair and restore. With that comes both physical and mental changes. The physical changes are a reflection of an increase in nourishment and your body restoring to a place where it can function […]

Diet talk is EVERYWHERE. It’s on television, in magazines, at the grocery store, the dentist, the hair salon…we can’t avoid it. We’ve written about diet talk in previous posts: here, here and here, but with the holidays now in full swing we wanted to expand on this topic and provide a little refresher to help keep you armed and ready for how to manage.

While I 100% agree that engaging in physical activity for internal, healthy-minded reasons is good for the body, mind, and soul. However, engaging in physical activity for external, not-so-healthy-minded reasons is not and can lead to increased stress, a weakened immune system and even depression.

Get started with Intuitive Eating and say goodbye to diets for good.

We are all born with the innate ability to be intuitive eaters. As babies, we cry when we are hungry. We purse our lips and shake our heads in disagreement when we’re no longer interested in food. We know when to start and when to stop eating. Over time, there are many factors that may interrupt this natural cycle of eating, such as parental influences, dieting beliefs, clean plate club philosophy, and cultural stigma placed on food. We begin to ignore those natural signals by avoiding or restricting foods or food groups; ultimately hindering our ability to listen to our bodies Intuitive eating focuses on nourishing your body and learning to reconnect with those natural signals to self regulate, allowing you to find a weight that your body is meant to thrive at (not just a number you are seeking).