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 […]

Prepare yourselves!  We are entering the “diet culture danger zone” as the New Year approaches.  I’m sure you’ve noticed by now that there are an abundance of articles and ads that are promising that “this is the year to finally [insert diet-y, body changing resolution here].”  That call to begin a new diet or join […]

When’s the last time you asked yourself, “what do you feel like eating? or “what food(s) sound good to you?” To be satisfying, a meal should include foods that you genuinely enjoy and that “hit the spot.” And for many of our clients, feeling a sense of satisfaction in a meal decreases their yearning for […]

In our diet-focused society today – the idea of enjoying foods can sometimes be seen as bad or wrong. Diet culture tells us that food is meant to be portioned out, “clean” (whatever that even means), and perfect but no mention of satisfaction or enjoyment. Sometimes diets will even claim “and the food tastes good, […]

We’ve touched on unconditional permission before when we’ve chatted about why “cheat days” are problematic, but we wanted to give you some concrete steps to get there. When we give ourselves full permission to eat all foods, we eliminate that “forbidden fruit” factor, thus enabling us to have a much more fluid, relaxed relationship with food.