Escaping the Dieting Trap, Health Beyond Weight:

Why Weight Control Fuels the Struggle with Food

Why Weight Control Fuels the Struggle with Food

For many people, the pursuit of weight loss - or just the fear of gaining weight - feels like the only way to feel safe around food. It’s the frame that shapes their choices, thoughts, and self-talk: “Will this help me lose weight?” “I shouldn’t eat that – it’ll make me gain.” “I’ve...

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Escaping the Dieting Trap, Health Beyond Weight:

Health Is Not a Personal Project: Unpacking the Myth of Control

Health Is Not a Personal Project: Unpacking the Myth of Control

It’s normal to want to feel well in your body. To have energy. To move freely. To live a life not dictated by pain or illness. The desire to be “healthy” is deeply human. But somewhere along the way, that desire got tangled up in a cultural narrative that says: “Your health is your...

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Becoming a Peaceful Eater, Escaping the Dieting Trap, Food Freedom & Trust:

When Thoughtful Becomes Overthinking: The Coffee & Walnut Cake Conundrum

When Thoughtful Becomes Overthinking: The Coffee & Walnut Cake Conundrum

Sometimes, in the world of attuned eating, we can be so thoughtful about our choices that we talk ourselves out of the very experiences we long for. A client once shared a scenario that will feel familiar to many: She had a craving for coffee and walnut cake. But instead of simply noticing the...

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Escaping the Dieting Trap, Health Beyond Weight:

The Wellness Industry Told You to ‘Listen to Your Body’ – But Then Told You What to Hear

The Wellness Industry Told You to 'Listen to Your Body' – But Then Told You What to Hear

For years now, “listen to your body” has become a kind of mantra in wellness circles. On the surface, it sounds empowering - a reclaiming of intuition, a turning away from rigid diets and toward something gentler. But for many people I work with, that phrase has quietly become yet another trap. “If...

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Becoming a Peaceful Eater, Escaping the Dieting Trap, Health Beyond Weight:

What I Wish I’d Known About Diets and Weight Loss

What I Wish I’d Known About Diets and Weight Loss

If I could sit down with my 12-year-old self, the girl on the brink of a decades-long battle with her body and food, I would take her hand and tell her what I now know: Diets won’t bring you peace. They won’t make you feel safe in your body or at home in yourself. I wish someone had said to...

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