How to Reclaim the Hunger and Fullness Cues Diet Culture Stole from You
As a cute little baby (I know you were!) here's what happened when you were hungry. You cried or asked for food, you ate food, and then pushed the bottle/boob/food away when you’d had enough. Babies and toddlers don’t overanalyze their hunger and fullness. They trust,...
How to Create a Kickass Closet That Supports Your Intuitive Eating Journey
If you're feeling -no way- about tossing out those killer jean shorts from college and that you'd rather sandpaper your skin off than go shopping for clothes to fit your here and now body, WELCOME. This comes up with my clients ALL the time. Women's clothing, bodies,...
How to Get Beach Body Ready… Without Changing Your Body at All
It’s summertime, and we’re diving head first into how you feel about your body at the beach. It's the season of summer dresses, shorts, bathing suits, more skin exposure and the time of year when diet ads are usually at their peak. How do we approach body image during...
5 Ways Snack Plates Can Revolutionize your Relationship with Food
This post is long overdue. I’ve been talking to anyone who will listen (mostly my clients and followers on social media & of course my boyfriend Eric LOLZ) about how amazing snack plates are as a tool in your intuitive eating toolbox. Hear me out. Snack plates are...
Support Your Right to Wellness Focused Healthcare; Letter to Healthcare Providers and Helpful Phrases
So first of all, this post shouldn't even be necessary. You should be able to go to your doctor, tell them you've been having headaches (or back aches, or broke your foot, or skin issues or WHATEVER) and not have it blamed on your weight. You shouldn't be afraid to go...
Why Focusing on Weight Loss Could Be Bad for Your Health
I purposefully chose this surfboard-laden-California-coast-esque image because it made me think of my "why" behind posts like these. It's because - in my experience - when we can get badass women to turn down the noise on "my body's not good enough - ugh - lemme...
How to Develop a Healthy Relationship with Exercise
First of all, try calling it "movement" instead of "exercise": Just this simple, little shift in one word can create a more positive relationship with moving your body. I'll use these terms interchangeably throughout this post. What does a healthy relationship with...
Stop Letting the Food Police Ruin Your Life
Let’s talk about why you may find it hard to just eat f*cking food in peace. Enter... the FOOD POLICE. Who the f*ck are the food police? Basically, the oppressive voices in your head and in real life that judge, blame, shame, and guilt your food choices. They say...
7 Things I’ve Learned from Being Sober for 7 Years
7 years ago today I didn’t want to live anymore. Sharing some of the most vulnerable parts of my alcoholic journey to recovery to hopefully help break the stigma around mental health and alcoholism. I hope to encourage people to ask for help and hold on for dear life...
OMAD – Just Another Diet or Could It Be “The One”? ? A Dietitian’s Response to This Fad Diet
OMAD? More like WTAF? If you haven’t heard of it, OMAD stands for One Meal A Day. It’s a dieting method where you can eat whatever and however much you want for one hour a day and then eat nothing for the other 23 hours. I have to be honest, it really scares and...
Emotional Eating – Food is Your Friend and Other Things I’ve Learned
GUEST POST! Meet the author. Molly is a teacher currently tutoring privately outside of Boston. She loves working with kids and helping them build their confidence in and out of the classroom. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family and friends,...
The Only Diet You’ll Ever Need! JK, This is Why Diets Suck.
If you’re new around here, this is your crash course on the types of diets that this dietitian (Hi, I’m Lexy) recommends. And it amounts to exactly none of them. Diets suck. Can’t give it to you any straighter than that. Not only do diets suck, but wellness fads (aka...