by Karen | Mar 12, 2024 | Body Liberation, Eating Disorder Recovery, Food & Nutrition, Intuitive Eating, Recovery
Can you imagine living a life free from dieting, food and body obsession? If this is a challenging notion, you’re not alone. It might even seem impossible given how insidious and normalized diet culture has become. Diet culture is pretty good at convincing us that...
by Karen | Oct 29, 2023 | Binge eating, Diet Mentality, Eating Disorder Recovery, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Overeating, Parenting
It’s that time of the year again, ahhhh, all the Halloween candy!!!! Here are five tips to manage all the Halloween candy while also fostering a healthy and positive relationship to food. If you are a parent, you know that kids will pick up on our beliefs about...
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....
by Karen | Jun 12, 2022 | Binge eating, Body Image, Body Liberation, Diet Mentality, Food & Nutrition, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Overeating, Pleasure
What comes to mind when you think about PLEASURE? Most of us get a little nervous around pleasure. We don’t really trust it. It feels dangerous or layered with conditions. Many people who struggle with disordered eating often have a disrupted relationship with...
by Karen | Sep 17, 2021 | Body Image, Diet Mentality, Food & Nutrition, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Weight Stigma
Do you feel pressure to live a “healthy” lifestyle? Do you feel guilty if you eat “junk” foods? What is your definition of “health”? Is it the mere absence of disease? Does it take into account the psycho-social determinants of health? What about our...
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. 
