Stories and perspective to help your food life thrive.
Eating doesn’t have the be complicated or intimidating.
Becoming Foodtuitive means embracing a healthier perspective and embarking on a journey to unlock freedom and care for your body in a natural and healthy way. This is a place to find advice, inspiration and tools to make positive changes in your life, starting today.
“Hi, I’m Emily, When I’m not busy working with clients, I enjoy spending time with my family. I am married to my biggest supporter and mom to four fun and busy kids. We enjoy sports, being outdoors and getting creative in the kitchen.”
Truths about eating
Nutrition opinions get thrown around everywhere. Social media, your family reunion, the break room at work, morning news, random conversations with other parents at school pick-up… you get the idea. The truth is that they are just that, opinions. On the other hand,...
Clearing up misconceptions about Intuitive Eating
While Intuitive Eating is relatively new, it has over 200 studies showing its positive impact on a wide variety of health outcomes, including improvements in body image, healthier metabolic profiles, decreased disordered eating behaviors and an increase in...
Behaviors that undermine your eating disorder recovery
In order to recover from an eating disorder, you have to engage in behavior change. In fact, behavior change is THE way you heal. It's common to want to change how you think or feel before you change how you behave, but the opposite is actually true. You change your...
Eating Disorder Recovery Q&A: prioritizing recovery and improving body image
This is the 6th article in my Eating Disorder Recovery Q&A blog series! In case you missed the first 5, I’ll link them below: Eating disorder recovery Q&A: How do I stay hopeful in recovery? Is full recovery even possible? Eating disorder...
Eating Disorder Recovery Q&A: how to seek support and give support in recovery
This is the 5th article in my Eating Disorder Recovery Q&A blog series! In case you missed the first 4, I’ll link them below: Eating disorder recovery Q&A: How do I stay hopeful in recovery? Is full recovery even possible? Eating disorder...
Eating disorder recovery Q&A: recovering from diet culture, and building a healthy relationship with exercise
This is the 4th article in my Eating Disorder Recovery Q&A blog series! In case you missed the first 3, I’ll link them below: Eating disorder recovery Q&A: How do I stay hopeful in recovery? Is full recovery even possible? Eating disorder...
Eating disorder recovery Q&A: Intuitive Eating in postpartum and for digestion concerns
This is the 3rd article in my Eating Disorder Recovery Q&A blog series. In case you missed the first 2 I'll link them below: Eating disorder recovery Q&A: How do I stay hopeful in recovery? Is full recovery even possible? Eating disorder...
Eating disorder recovery Q&A: How do I stay committed to recovery? What do I do when I’m triggered?
This is the 2nd article in my Eating Disorder Recovery Q&A blog series. In case you missed the first one, I’ll link it below: Eating disorder recovery Q&A: How do I stay hopeful in recovery? Is full recovery even possible? Let’s dive right into the next 2...
Eating disorder recovery Q&A: How do I stay hopeful in recovery? Is full recovery even possible?
A few weeks ago on my Instagram I asked people to submit questions they have about eating disorder recovery. I received SO many great questions, so this blogpost is the first of many Eating Disorder Recovery Q&As. Let’s get to it! Question 1: “Is recovery even...
Gentle nutrition principles for managing Type 2 Diabetes
For about 5 years I saw patients at an Internal Medicine office. The majority of patients I saw had been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. While each patient was unique in their experiences, concerns and goals, during that time I found a lot of commonalities. I want to...
How to talk to your kids about nutrition
A lot of parents shy away from talking to their kids about nutrition, especially those who struggle or have struggled with food themselves. The intention is often to avoid doing harm, but as I’ve mentioned before, if we aren’t intentional about teaching our kids...
How to talk to your kids about diet culture
All too often diet culture becomes synonymous with health and nutrition. Unfortunately, we learn a lot about food, eating, nutrition, health and weight through the lens of diet culture. There's a lot of passive programming that happens to all of us, and it’s important...
How to encourage a loved one to seek help if you suspect an eating disorder
As an eating disorder specialist, two of the questions I get more than any other are: "How do I help a loved one who I suspect might be struggling with an eating disorder?" and "How do I encourage them to get the help they need?" Those are great questions that deserve...
How to quit counting calories
A few months ago, I wrote a blogpost about the calories in vs calories out myth where I outlined the drawbacks of that theory as well as the risks of calorie restriction. Head HERE to read that! But a natural follow up question is HOW. In this previous blogpost I...
The best holiday eating advice you’ll ever get
The holiday season brings an abundance of food. For some, especially those who struggle with food, this can feel overwhelming. It can be difficult to know how to navigate so many food situations. If you are struggling with an eating disorder, I'd encourage you to...
10 things Registered Dietitians wish you knew about nutrition
Nutrition may be one of the most confusing and overwhelming topics. There are a lot of opinions, ideas and personal experiences shared between people — whether in conversations, at gatherings, on social media or elsewhere. It may seem like there are a lot of...
Raising Confident Eaters
Feeding kids is hard. Some don't like what you cook, some complain about what they're served, sometimes you worry about how much or how little they eat. Kids also seem to always want a snack but never want dinner or always want candy but never want vegetables. But...
Lies your eating disorder tells you
Your eating disorder lies to you. It does so out of fear and self-preservation, especially when it feels threatened. The biggest lie your eating disorder tells you is that you are unique or different enough that proven recovery strategies and treatments don't apply to...
Challenging all or nothing thinking: what’s the 3rd option?
I very hesitantly sent out a newsletter to my email list at the end of June. I had put it off for awhile because I wasn't certain I wanted to say what I had planned to say. But I choose to share and had such an incredibly positive response of people saying, "me too"....
How to head into summer with a positive body image
Here we are heading into summer! I'm not sure any of us know what to fully expect over the summer months with all going on in the world. But we can expect the weather to warm up (which means wearing less clothes than you've been used to lately), and maybe more trips...