by Karen | Feb 19, 2026 | Body Image, Body Liberation, Fat Ally, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Weight loss, Weight Stigma
Weight Stigma Isn’t Disappearing — It’s Rebranding When I scroll my Instagram feed, I see: GLP-1 ads. Longevity hacks. “Metabolic optimization.” Before-and-after photos. And so on. Things are getting intense out there. It’s no surprise to me that when our world feels...
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 | 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 | 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. 
