by Karen | Mar 14, 2025 | Diet Mentality, Eating Disorder Recovery, Emotional eating, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating
Did you know that there are 3 main reasons you feel out of control around food? Here’s my top 5 Tips to regain control over your eating and feel more at peace with food and your body. Can you relate to any of these statements: “Why can’t I...
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”...
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....