by Karen | Nov 13, 2024 | Diet Mentality, Eating Disorder Recovery, Emotional eating, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Overeating, Weight loss, Weight Stigma
Forbidden foods are a problem for most dieters. Dieters tend to view “forbidden” foods as “bad” foods which are avoided or restricted when dieting. Avoiding and restricting these foods actually causes an increased desire to want those very foods. When the dieter gets...
by Karen | Sep 10, 2024 | Binge eating, Body Image, Body Liberation, Diet Mentality, Eating Disorder Recovery, Emotional eating, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Overeating, Weight Stigma
Binge eating for most folks typically looks like eating larger quantities of food (and usually not celery sticks!) in isolation, in a rapid fashion and with intense guilt and shame. It is marked by a sense of feeling ‘out-of-control,’ as if someone has hijacked...
by Karen | Oct 29, 2023 | Binge eating, Diet Mentality, Eating Disorder Recovery, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Overeating, Parenting
It’s that time of the year again, ahhhh, all the Halloween candy!!!! Here are five tips to manage all the Halloween candy while also fostering a healthy and positive relationship to food. If you are a parent, you know that kids will pick up on our beliefs about...
by Karen | Feb 4, 2023 | Binge eating, Diet Mentality, Emotional eating, Food & Nutrition, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Overeating, Recovery
What is Intuitive Eating? Intuitive eating is a non-diet approach to eating that emphasizes tuning in to one’s own hunger and fullness cues, and allowing oneself to eat what they truly desire and need, rather than following strict diets or external rules....
by Karen | Oct 7, 2022 | Binge eating, Body Image, Body Liberation, Diet Mentality, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Recovery, Weight Stigma
The Importance of Speaking your TRUTH. Assertiveness is an essential skill for achieving sovereignty in one’s life. In becoming assertive, we find ways to express who we are and what we need and want. We can learn how to communicate without being passive and...
As a Nutrition Therapist and Certified Intuitive Eating Coach with a background in both nutrition science and psychology, I guide people to find their own philosophy of eating which results in freedom and empowerment around food and weight issues. 
