by Karen | Apr 9, 2025 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery, Intuitive Eating, Weight loss
For many people, the journey to healing from food and body image struggles begins in the same place: a world filled with messages that thinness equals worth, health, and happiness. From a very early age, we’re taught to mistrust our bodies, moralize our food...
by Karen | Jan 19, 2025 | Body Image, Diet Mentality, Eating Disorder Recovery, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Weight loss
Is it okay to want to lose weight in the New Year? The short answer is yes. It’s natural to feel the pull toward weight loss, especially in the age of Ozempic, where there’s lots of new diet plans, gym specials, and other social pressures at the start of the year. It...
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 | Apr 4, 2024 | Body Image, Body Liberation, Fat Ally, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Uncategorized, Weight loss, Weight Stigma
First off, I LOVE me some Lizzo. I’m a fan and I’ve watched her reality show called, “Watch out for the big gurls” and literally wept tears of joy for her affirmation of diverse and bigger (fat) bodies. I love how unapologetic she is and how she emphasizes physical...
by Karen | Dec 2, 2023 | Body Image, Body Liberation, Emotional eating, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating
We are living under stressful times and this time of the year in particular, stress often is amplified. The title of this blog was originally, “HOW TO HANDLE STRESS EATING DURING STRESSFUL TIMES.” Truth be told: we don’t ever “stop”...
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. 
