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...
by Karen | Aug 15, 2021 | Body Image, Diet Mentality, Food & Nutrition, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Recovery, Weight Stigma
Are you ready for Intuitive Eating ? Chances are, if Intuitive Eating has found you, you might be ready to learn a different way of relating to food and your body, a different way other than going on yet another diet. You are beginning to think: “I’m tired of counting...
by Karen | Jun 10, 2021 | Body Image, Fat Ally, Food & Nutrition, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Recovery
What is diet culture and do you have a diet mentality? Diet culture is defined as a system of beliefs, messages, and behaviors that places value and focus on weight, shape and body size over and above health and well-being. The message of diet culture is that weight...
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. 