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Resources to help you undiet your life. Find strategies, podcasts, and inspiration to reclaim your health from diet culture with intuitive eating practices.
How to make holiday baking healthier
Episode 59: Baking is the one area of cooking that takes the biggest hit from diet culture. During my disordered eating days, I had piles of recipes with scratched-out ingredients. After MANY batches of hockey puck cookies, crumbly brick-like cranberry bread, and sad, soggy pumpkin pie, I realized that trying to make holiday baking healthier doesn’t work. Here’s why.
How to calm your nerves during the holidays
Stress during the holidays is as common as holiday cookies. The holidays are full of opportunities for nervous system dysregulation. Get 3 tips to calm your nerves during the holidays or any time of year!
How to reclaim happiness and joy when life feels hard
Episode 103: Holidays are a time for happiness and joy. But they’re also a challenging time if you experience stress and anxiety around food and your body. Here are a couple of tips to help.
How to use mindful eating during the holidays; 3 ways to avoid burnout
Episode 102: The holiday season is a busy time of year. There are plenty of ways to distract you from taking care of yourself. Here are 3 ways to use mindful eating during the holidays to stay attuned to your physical and emotional needs.
How to avoid weight gain over the holidays
Episode 101: If the fear of holiday weight gain stresses you out, here are 4 tips to help you undiet your holidays and savor more of what matters most – delicious food shared with friends and family.
Nutrition and Body Positive Resources
HEALTHY AT EVERY SIZE
Satisfaction vs. Fullness: How much should I be eating?
Episode 20: Are satisfaction and fullness connected? One of the most common questions I get from new clients when it comes to eating carbs, protein, fat, or anything, is "How much?" If you've been trying to follow a healthy eating lifestyle for any length of time, and...
6 Strategies to Undiet Your Life After 40
Episode 17: Are you starting to feel the effects of perimenopause and finding that diet-wellness culture is no longer helping you? Ready to undiet your life? Now is an excellent time to let go of anything that's not serving you - especially when it comes to food and...
INTUITIVE EATING
Carbs and insulin resistance for women over 40: busting myths
What women over 40 need to know about carbs and insulin resistance. Which are the good carbs? Are there any bad carbs? Let’s busts some myths
How to stop generational dieting
Generational dieting: What was your Mom's relationship with food and her body like? Did you ever see her measure out her food, hear her say X food has Y calories in it, or X food isn't healthy? Or that she'd need to go for a long walk or spend more time at the gym...
PODCASTS
How to avoid weight gain over the holidays
Episode 101: If the fear of holiday weight gain stresses you out, here are 4 tips to help you undiet your holidays and savor more of what matters most – delicious food shared with friends and family.
The Best Diet for Women Over 40 Has No Restrictions
Episode 100: The best diet for women over 40 is one that gets you through the “messy middle” of intuitive eating using an expansive mindset.