by Karen | May 16, 2021 | Body Image, Fat Ally, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Recovery, Weight Stigma
Picture of my cousin Lee and I. I am 2 years old in this photo. Body hatred killed my cousin. I had a dream about it before it even happened. I felt it deep in my bones that something bad was going to happen. The last time I saw my cousin Lee, we hugged one another...
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 | Jul 30, 2020 | Body Image, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Recovery
How to measure progress without stepping on the scale. In my late teens and early twenties I was addicted to dieting, addicted to the scale. I even worked as a Weight Watcher “counselor” for a brief period of time. At my worst, I weighed myself daily, sometimes more....
by Karen | May 2, 2020 | Body Image, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Recovery
“Scales are for fish.” ~ unknown author ~ When it comes to intuitive eating, my goal as a nutrition therapist is to get you to become your own nutrition expert. I don’t tell you what you need to eat; I let you decide that. I encourage you to break your old...
by Karen | Oct 4, 2019 | Body Image, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating
If you are familiar with intuitive eating, then chances are you are also concerned with your weight. You have been on dozens of diets over the years and you may have even hit ‘diet bottom.’ You are sick of being caught in a vicious cycle of feeling out of control and...