by Karen | Oct 4, 2020 | Body Image, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Recovery, Weight Stigma
Weight stigma is also known as weight bias or weight discrimination. Discriminating or stereotyping based on a person’s size. Weight stigma also manifests in fat phobia: the dislike or fear of being or becoming fat. Examples of weight stigma: Assuming someone in a...
by Karen | Sep 6, 2020 | Body Image, Food & Nutrition, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Pregnancy and Intuitive Eating, Recovery
Pregnancy Hunger & Intuitive Eating You’ve heard the joke about pregnant women, eating for two, right? While this is a funny notion, it’s not entirely true, at least from a calorie standpoint. Breastfeeding actually requires more calories compared to...
by Karen | Jun 12, 2020 | Body Image, Food & Nutrition, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating
“ Diet culture and white supremacy say that the ultimate aim is thinness and whiteness. The opposing truth says that we need to fight for safety, autonomy, and justice for every body that is not thin or white.” Corrie Van Horne Diet culture is a system of...
by Karen | May 14, 2020 | Body Image, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Recovery
Anatomy of a Fat Thought: How to Decode Feeling “Fat” You wake up one morning feeling good. You put on your favorite jeans, you know the ones that you would avoid wearing on a ‘bad’ day. And, then suddenly, out of nowhere, you feel FAT. You feel like your thighs...
by Karen | May 2, 2020 | Body Image, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Recovery, Uncategorized
What is the set point theory of weight? We all have an internal thermostat that regulates our weight. This “thermostat” works by increasing the metabolism when the body begins to gain weight or when we eat excessive calories. When we lose weight, this...
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. 