Eating Well in the Holidays

Easter used to be a very stressful time of year for me. First, there was all the special chocolate around and I didn't know how to handle it. Second, it involved seeing people which was hard if I was heavier than the last time I saw them. And third, it marked a turning point for me in terms...

Have you ever said to yourself while on holiday "I'm on holiday!" which is a euphemism for "I'll eat and drink to excess because that's what we do on holiday and when it's over I'll get back on the wagon," which, in turn, is a euphemism for dieting or restricting? This is Diet Culture! Why does being...

Here we find ourselves at Halloween, which tends to be complex for people with disordered eating. For some, it’s frightening. For others, liberating. And then still others find themselves somewhere in the middle, or swinging between restriction and permissiveness. So, how to approach Halloween in...

The holiday season is almost upon us. For those in the US it starts earlier than the rest of us because of Thanksgiving (but only just!). Here in the UK, Christmas preparations seem to start earlier and earlier. I'm not quite sure how it will go this year with Covid, but given how damaging it's been...

Here we are near the end of the year, still in the ‘middle’ of a pandemic. I wonder why we say that? How do we know we’re in the middle of it? We don’t. We could be at the beginning.. Maybe we’re near the end. We just don’t know. If the pandemic has reinforced anything for me, it’s this:...

The holiday season is about to begin. Christmas decorations are already in the shops (seriously!) - thankfully I haven't yet heard any Christmas jingles. I actually love Christmas carols, just not for months on end. The holiday season can be a fraught time for many people. It's busy. There's a lot...