More Than What You Eat

I had a Youtuber make a hate video about me and my account to his 60K+ subscribers.    People have said to me "I don't get why so many people follow you."   A family member told me I'm not a 'real' dietitian if I'm not helping people lose weight.    If you're scared people will not value your work as an Intuitive Eating Dietitian, I'm gonna shoot straight with ya - you're right.    That's no reaso...

If you struggle with mindful eating - this podcast episode will be a GAME CHANGER for you!   Chances are, if you've been on the dieting train for years, then everything you learned about mindful eating is wrong!    In fact, your attempt to eat mindfully might actually be fueling MORE food chaos.   In this episode you'll understand what true mindful eating should look and feel like and how to achie...

Do you feel like all of your struggles with food lead you to believing that you must have a food addiction?    I get it. For years I felt the same! I felt like I must be addicted to food because who else would eat copious amounts of food to the point of feeling physically horrible (and sometimes with foods that I wasn't even enjoying!!)   And with all the fear mongering media about how sugar is ad...

Do you worry that if you have any thoughts of desiring weight loss you will not be able to heal your body image?    Or worse, you might be undoing the progress you've already made?    This was the fear my client, Amy, shared with me in a recent session.    She was making great progress in stopping to binge eat and removing food guilt from her food choices. She was learning to accept that her body...

You may have heard this before about a million times: "It's NORMAL for your body to change!!"   But it also may not FEEL normal. Especially when your body is not only changing in its physical appearance - but also experiencing symptoms that leave you feeling like you are not yourself anymore.   Welcome to the journey of menopause.    And when I say welcome - I'm not just talking to the 45+ year ol...

Maybe you're not an emotional eater in the way that you thought you were...   I can't even tell you how many times a client comes to me saying she's an emotional eater only to discover through working together that it was a symptom of a different issue. When we work on that core issue, her "emotional eating" isn't a struggle anymore. Because we got to the ROOT of the matter.   Today, I'm sharing w...

How many times have you said to yourself…   'If I had more time I would launch my business' 'If I had more time, I would work out' 'If I had more time I'd prepare more nourishing meals' 'If I had more time I would start that instagram account' 'If I had more time I would go on date night'   I get it. Life can get BUSY! As a mom of 4 who is also running a business, don't I know it!    I often get a...

Past client Yael, shares her inspiring journey to food freedom and body peace!    The moment Yael realized that she was simultaneously obsessed with and afraid of food, and how unhealthy that was, was the moment that her life shifted for the better. She knew she couldn't tackle her food rules and fears on her own, so she reached out for help.   In this episode, Yael shares about growing up in diet...

If you've ever been curious about the power of manifesting (or doubting the concept, chalking it up to 'woo-woo' vibes), this episode is for you.    When you look for all the reasons that your dream won't work: that's what you will find.    There is strength to be found in continuing to follow your aligned path, even when you can find all the reasons that the timing isn't perfect.    You don't nee...

You are more than your job title. More than just what you choose to do. You have layers to your personality, struggles, and triumphs.   The question is… are you allowing ALL of you to be seen and expressed? Or are you keeping yourself locked inside of a box that you created for yourself?   Over the past year I have found myself craving MORE than being the "Intuitive Eating Dietitian", but kept mys...

If you've lived in diet culture for any length of time, then you are familiar with the yo-yo cycle.    Even though you know it's probably not the best thing for you (it hasn't worked the last 10 times, has it?), it's hard to resist when every turn you go you see promises of weight loss attached with the dream life you're made to believe you'll get as a result.    You might think… what's the harm i...

Even if you are doing your best to practice intuitive eating and reconnect with your body, it's easy to let the old mentality of "rules-based eating" slip back in and have that negative self-talk return.   It can be especially frustrating if you feel like you're trying to be 'mindful' of your food choices but keep failing and falling back to old eating habits.    But are you truly practicing mindf...

You've probably heard this common diet advice a million times "it's all about calories in, calories out".    You go on diet plans that give you an allotted calorie amount you can eat, and then you obsess over nutrition facts labels and find you've turned into a human calculator adding up numbers all day and spending your energy making sure you don't go over that number.   It's quite exhausting, is...

The athlete world is FULL of disordered eating advice! But if you're an athlete you may not know that. You may be thinking this advice is normal.. And then be judging yourself for not being able to adhere to that advice.    Or maybe you were 'strong enough' to stick to your regimented (and often unhealthy) way of eating as an athlete but feel completely lost on what life with food and your body 's...

Do you feel like diet culture has stolen a part of your life?   Do you believe that if it weren't for a certain person in your life who made comments about your body size and food, or perhaps certain experiences that made you feel like your body is wrong or you aren't 'good enough' for not having more self discipline to stop 'eating so much', then you would not have had to deal with your current s...

If you've been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes, you may have found yourself in a "pressure cooker" situation if you've never had blood sugar issues before.    Now you have to quickly learn all about blood sugar and how to manage it while under the pressure of higher risks not only to your own health but to the health of your child.    Add to that the nutrition misinformation out there and fear...

You may have been led to believe that increased weight is the cause of increased pain. You repeat to yourself what you may have been often told by others and even medical professionals: "If I could only lose weight, then I would be pain-free. It's my fault and I can change this by just losing the weight if I try hard enough."    But is that really the truth?   We dive into this struggle in today's...

Many of our interactions and experiences in childhood contribute to the body image we have as adults. In today's episode, Pediatric Registered Dietitian Riley Peterson joins us to share her advice on raising body-positive kids. Riley fell into her line of work after her experience working with children during her time as a clinical dietitian in a hospital. She noticed that a lot of parents & docto...

How many times have you mentioned "Intuitive Eating" and the response was "that doesn't work for me! I'd just eat cakes and cookies all day. No thanks!"? Or maybe you're reading this as a newbie to IE feeling like it just doesn't add up to living a healthy life…  Whichever it is, this is a common response - and misconception! - from anyone who doesn't actually understand what Intuitive Eating is!...

Family gatherings and holiday celebrations can be a very difficult time, especially if you're newly navigating your journey through intuitive eating.   Not only do you have a spread of food triggers in front of you, but you might also be surrounded with loved ones who hold on to generational beliefs regarding body image. In this episode, Robin Gutman, a licensed mental health clinician who special...

I find that many entrepreneurs, especially in the online space, tend to share the shiny, glittery moments of entrepreneurship. When in reality, there were a lot of trials and tribulations that made up this journey.    5 years ago, on this exact day, I launched my website and started my private practice. In honor of that I've decided to get real, pull back the curtain on what my entrepreneur journe...

One of the most common questions I receive is "how do I eat intuitively while managing my GI issues?" Maintaining food freedom while figuring out your GI and IBS symptoms can be very tricky.    In today's episode we dive into this topic with Registered Dietitian, Alyssa Lavy who specializes in IBS and GI management and has helped many clients manage their IBS symptoms while maintaining food freedo...

What is Baby Led Weaning and how can it help prevent picky eaters and encourage your child to grow up to be a healthy balanced eater who has a healthy relationship with food?  We answer all of this and more in today's episode with Registered Dietitian Nutritionist,  Megan McNamee who specializes in maternal and child nutrition. Megan shares what baby-led weaning is, some of the common misconceptio...

Making assumptions about a person's health based on their body size can be incredibly harmful. Not only are these assumptions based largely on weight stigma, but they ignore other health struggles an individual might be dealing with.   Dr. Gregory Dodell is a board-certified endocrinologist who joins us today to help us understand why taking a weight-neutral approach to endocrine issues is so impo...

Several weeks ago, I was a guest on my friend and therapist, Rachelle Heinemann's podcast, Understanding Disordered Eating, where she presented common client struggles and questions for me to address.   We also dive into various topics like why personal experience isn't enough to become a registered intuitive eating dietitian. We talk about why intuitive eating is an evidence-based practice, why i...