How Mental Restriction Interferes with Practicing Intuitive Eating

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How Mental Restriction Interferes with Practicing Intuitive Eating

Whether you are new to intuitive eating or have been practicing it for some time, the notion of giving yourself permission to eat foods that are generally thought of as “unhealthy” is likely something you’ve heard before. This concept is part of the third principle of intuitive eating, Make Peace with Food, and allows for freedom to explore and choose foods based on whether you actually like them, versus whether or not diet culture has deemed them to be “good.” 

But what if you’ve stopped dieting and your brain hasn’t?

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How to Make Meal Prep Fit Your Life (& Not the Other Way Around)

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How to Make Meal Prep Fit Your Life (& Not the Other Way Around)

Over the past few months, I’ve found myself having a lot of conversations about meal prepping with clients. Something that struck me as a common experience when talking with folks was that most felt meal prepping was the key to eating “healthier” and making the “right” food choices. The other thing I noticed was that meal prep in general felt for many like a huge (and daunting) undertaking due to the time it took, and because it brought them little joy when they were actually doing it. And most, if not all, felt their inconsistency with meal prep was a shortcoming of theirs and didn’t question whether the ways we’ve been taught to think about and do meal prep were maybe part of the problem.

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We’re Over “Clean Eating”

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We’re Over “Clean Eating”

We’ve all heard the term “clean eating” before. Maybe you read about it in a blog, or saw someone post about their clean eating routine on social media, or have found yourself in a conversation with a coworker or friend who has decided to start eating clean.

When we speak with our clients about concepts like food flexibility and the permission to eat all foods, it’s not uncommon for us to hear that yes, they like the sound of that, but shouldn’t they also try to stick to clean eating for their health?

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30 Anti-Diet Practices to Try this Month

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30 Anti-Diet Practices to Try this Month

If you’ve had thoughts about wanting to make changes to your eating or exercise behaviors this month– you’re not alone! The beginning of the year is prime time for businesses to market products, tools, memberships, and experiences geared towards helping people meet their new years goals or resolutions. As such, you may be seeing an increase in emails or ads on social media encouraging you to take steps to improve your health or to focus on prioritizing your wellbeing, by way of purchasing their products or participating in their programs. This is all fine and good, except when “health” and “wellbeing” gets boiled down to weight, and the goal is always weight loss.

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Holiday Q&A: How Do I Manage the Urges to Use Eating Disorder Behaviors to Compensate for Holiday Eating?

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Holiday Q&A: How Do I Manage the Urges to Use Eating Disorder Behaviors to Compensate for Holiday Eating?

It can be stressful to have multiple challenge meals close together. If you’re noticing higher urges to engage in restriction, exercise, or other behaviors in the days following, or even just thinking about these meals for a while after you’ve eaten them, consider focusing on the following…

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