Becoming a Peaceful Eater

Somehow we have an expectation that once we make the decision to never diet again, to drop diet mentality, make peace with food, start meditating, and take better care of ourselves - the journey will be smooth. When there's a blip it means there's something wrong - that you're doing something wrong or...

No matter how much work we do on our relationships with food and our bodies, since we live in a diet culture that values thin bodies, I think it's unrealistic to think you'll forever be free of negative thoughts about your body (until we eradicate diet and beauty culture!). Our environment is set...

When you're suffering, sometimes the process of healing can seem like a huge mountain to climb, especially when you're still mired in the dysfunctional behaviours and there seems to be very little if any progress. Today I'm going to teach you about something that isn't rocket science. But applying...

Our conditioning starts young! Very young! I was reminded about this when my daughter painted children's faces at a local event. She had also just completed a two-year high-school course in Sociology, so her awareness of socialisation and gender conditioning was in sharp focus. What stood out most to...

Our modern lives tend to be busy. Many of my clients seem to be in perpetual motion, perpetual engagement, perpetually being 'on.' Screens have sneaked their way into our lives to the point where the only time away from them is when we're sleeping, and for some, not even then. It's interesting: a...

I read a blog some time ago titled Are You Suffering From Decision Fatigue, by Todd who writes for a budgeting software company. He introduces the blog with a conundrum he and his wife had about what to make for dinner. They didn't have the ingredients for the meal they wanted, so they decided to eat...