Escaping the Dieting Trap, Food Freedom & Trust, Intuitive Eating Basics:

“I Lifted All Food Restrictions and It Became a Free for All”

I Lifted All Food Restrictions and It Became a Free for All

A woman messaged me recently. She'd been dieting for thirty years. She'd tried lifting all restrictions, read the Lindo Bacon book, paid a small fortune to a coach who told her to release all restrictions. She gained weight, felt out of control, and ended up dieting again to lose it. She wanted to know...

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Becoming a Peaceful Eater, Body Image & Self-Compassion, Health Beyond Weight:

What If Your Best Self Isn’t What You Imagine?

What If Your Best Self Isn't What You Imagine?

Somewhere along the way, most of us absorbed a picture of our best self. It isn't always fully formed or consciously held, but it's there. A little lighter, probably. More in control around food. Less preoccupied. Someone who has it sorted in ways you don't quite yet. And almost everything, every...

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Becoming a Peaceful Eater, Escaping the Dieting Trap:

When You’re the Only One Who’s Stopped Fighting With Food

When You're the Only One Who's Stopped Fighting With Food

You are sitting at a table you have sat at a thousand times. Maybe it is Sunday lunch at your parents'. Maybe it is a birthday dinner at a restaurant where everyone is ordering and comparing. Maybe it is just a Tuesday with colleagues in the work kitchen, someone sighing loudly about their meal deal,...

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Binge Eating Recovery, Emotional Eating Solutions:

Why Distraction Won’t Help With Binges and Emotional Eating

Why Distraction Won’t Help With Binges and Emotional Eating

Do you ever try to distract yourself from binge eating or emotional overeating? I've read a lot of blogs and articles on the internet about emotional eating and how to overcome it. I'm so pleased to see that there are many helpful resources available to people – I wish that had been the case when...

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Escaping the Dieting Trap, Health Beyond Weight:

Why Aren’t You On Them? The GLP-1 Pressure No Woman Can Escape Right Now

Why Aren’t You On Them? The GLP-1 Pressure No Woman Can Escape Right Now

There’s a new question following women around. It isn’t always spoken out loud. Sometimes it’s just a look. But if you’ve been on the receiving end of it, you know exactly what it means. A client told me recently that she’d been out for dinner with a group of friends. Someone mentioned they’d...

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