Google “Emotional Eating” and you will be presented with a page full of articles detailing the horrors of emotional eating, most of which are laced with toxic diet culture messages (for the record, we don’t actually recommend doing this). Certainly not helpful if you’re looking to heal your relationship with food and are working on […]

By now, I am sure you have heard us talk about the infamous “diet culture”. But what exactly does that mean? Well, as simple as it may sound, diet culture is not only a multifactorial part of our society but also a part of history. With pervasive messages about weight loss, the new “superfoods”, and […]

Diet culture wants us to believe that food must be perfect. Made with perfect ingredients and diligent portions in order for it to be considered “good”, while all other experiences are subsequently deemed “bad” or “not good enough.” This reliance solely on external labels or rules disconnects us from being able to trust that our […]

Movement (in all forms) is an important piece of our overall health and well-being, but, unfortunately, too many workouts are pitched as the means to a “perfect” body or permission to eat the foods you crave. News flash: you have permission  to eat ALL foods and this idea of perfection doesn’t actually exist. Unfortunately, the […]

So maybe you have just engaged in binge eating behaviors or are feeling guilt that you have broken one of your food rules. It’s in these moments that diet culture creeps in and has you thinking the best next step is to go on a new, shiny diet, right? Or that drastically changing the way […]