A little while ago I wrote a blogpost about How Eating Sugar Made Me Healthier. It’s totally true! The interesting thing is that eating sugar was relatively easy for me compared to challenging myself to add dairy back to my meals and snacks. That was HARD. Really....
I talk a lot about giving yourself unconditional permission to eat. I believe strongly in that principle for food freedom and absolutely believe that TRUE unconditional permission to eat naturally brings unconditional permission to stop eating. I add the disclaimer...
Have you ever heard of or used positive affirmations? Basically you are confidently affirming a positive truth, which can be really helpful in reframing thoughts and beliefs about food and body image. They are often used in therapy to help let go of negative...
There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t hear a question about nutrition that makes me wonder…when did nutrition get so hard? We are putting butter in coffee, using pH strips to test our urine, meticulously combining foods, diligently tracking food and...
I remember when I first started eating “clean” – it was right after I had my first son, almost 11 years ago. I had just had a baby, and was having a really hard time adjusting to the physical changes my body had gone through. Instead of appreciating what a...
Orthorexia is not a clinically recognized eating disorder, but dangerous and life threatening all the same. It’s characterized by extreme obsession with eating perfectly and correctly, which leads to under eating resulting in malnutrition. While the physical effects...
