Episode 11: How do you make healthy food choices? What makes food healthy? If you don't know me well enough by now, you should know that I'm a firm believer in the "all foods fit" model of eating. But I wasn't always. I graduated from grad school with a degree in...
Episode 13: Overcoming Destructive Eating Behaviors You've done it! You've made the big decision not to go on another diet, and you're loving how food freedom tastes! Until you see your body size change, feel guilty for eating too much (insert guilty food pleasure...
Episode 14: Eating Intuitively 3 Steps to Make Intuitive Eating Easy, Breezy Now that you've done all the diets. Lost weight. Gained weight. Tried to love and accept your body by squeezing into skinny jeans only to end up frustrated, bingeing on chips, and hating...
Episode 15 Why yoga isn’t about looking great in Lululemon leggings: How many times have you seen a picture on social media or in a magazine of a woman doing yoga and thought, "If only I looked like her; then I'd do yoga?" That's because all we ever see are photos of...
Episode 16 Culture Shock: "You know those scenes from My Big Fat Greek Wedding with all the crazy family members fussing over the bride and groom's big day? Yeah, that's pretty much my life." This is the first thing Malak Saddy said to me when I first met her in our...
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Episode 39 Being a runner over 40: What image comes to mind when you think of a runner? Try it. Close your eyes and imagine a runner. Did you see a thin, young, sleek, able-bodied person? That's what most of us envision because that's how we commonly see runners in...
I just got back from a solo Savor Food and Body Adventure (the pics are on Instagram @alpinenutrition), and as I climbed the trails and sat with the views, I was thinking about you. September has always felt like a turning point in the year for me - new season, new...
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If you feel off track with your health goals, here’s how to deal with emotional eating – or at least catch yourself in the act.
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.
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.
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