by Karen | Feb 19, 2026 | Body Image, Body Liberation, Fat Ally, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Weight loss, Weight Stigma
Weight Stigma Isn’t Disappearing — It’s Rebranding When I scroll my Instagram feed, I see: GLP-1 ads. Longevity hacks. “Metabolic optimization.” Before-and-after photos. And so on. Things are getting intense out there. It’s no surprise to me that when our world feels...
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...
by Karen | Jul 15, 2023 | Body Image, Body Liberation, Eating Disorder Recovery, Fat Ally, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Weight Stigma
Eating Disorder Prevention: Here’s 8 common mistakes parents make about weight, food and body image. Most of my clients have spent decades including their childhood at war with their bodies. They have been told by everyone around them that their appetites and...
by Karen | Jun 11, 2023 | Binge eating, Eating Disorder Recovery, Weight Stigma
It’s darn near impossible to go anywhere these days and not hear about Ozempic. It’s in our face everywhere thanks to large marketing budgets of big pharma. But is this new drug a medical breakthrough or just another fad that will just make big pharma even wealthier?...
by Karen | Sep 3, 2022 | Body Image, Body Liberation, Fat Ally, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Recovery, Weight Stigma
Say what? Yep, you heard me right. You don’t have to love or even like your body. There is so much pressure to “love your body,” that when you are not feeling good about your body, these messages seem way out of reach. It’s unrealistic to go from hating your body to...