by Karen | Jan 19, 2025 | Body Image, Diet Mentality, Eating Disorder Recovery, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Weight loss
Is it okay to want to lose weight in the New Year? The short answer is yes. It’s natural to feel the pull toward weight loss, especially in the age of Ozempic, where there’s lots of new diet plans, gym specials, and other social pressures at the start of the year. It...
by Karen | Nov 26, 2024 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating
Intuitive eating is a transformative approach to food that encourages a shift from restrictive diets and rigid meal plans to a balanced, mindful relationship with eating. Rather than following external rules or calorie counts, intuitive eating empowers individuals to...
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 | Apr 4, 2024 | Body Image, Body Liberation, Fat Ally, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Uncategorized, Weight loss, Weight Stigma
First off, I LOVE me some Lizzo. I’m a fan and I’ve watched her reality show called, “Watch out for the big gurls” and literally wept tears of joy for her affirmation of diverse and bigger (fat) bodies. I love how unapologetic she is and how she emphasizes physical...
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. 
