Helpful Blogs

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...

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...

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...

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...

Every year on May 6th, International No Diet Day offers a moment of pause in a world that’s constantly telling us to shrink, sculpt, and control our bodies. The day was originally created to challenge the harmful effects of diet culture and promote body acceptance. But this day is more than just...