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...
by Karen | Apr 10, 2021 | Body Image, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Recovery, Weight Stigma
“Never ever let somebody stop you or shame you from being yourself.” – Lizzo Our culture is steeped in dieting and while intuitive eating (IE) is gaining traction in main stream media and is now more recognized than it was in previous years, IE is still misunderstood...
by Karen | Oct 4, 2020 | Body Image, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Recovery, Weight Stigma
Weight stigma is also known as weight bias or weight discrimination. Discriminating or stereotyping based on a person’s size. Weight stigma also manifests in fat phobia: the dislike or fear of being or becoming fat. Examples of weight stigma: Assuming someone in a...
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....