How (lasting) Lifestyle Change is Like a Glacier
Last night on our final Super You Mindset Group call one of the participants shared this "aha" with the group. I'll paraphrase for confidentiality... I've come to recognize that when it comes to shifting my habits I move glacially, and that's ok. I wanted to shout...
Sugar isn’t Addictive, or Evil (an opposing viewpoint)
Well, it's Halloween week and I'm stirring the pot talking about sugar. Really? I know. Not sure if you saw it...but yesterday I created quite the hubbub with a post (shared below). My intent in sharing the post was to help people. In my personal and professional...
Ditching the labels, eating the food, discovering freedom (and true belonging).
Why is it that as a culture we seem so bent and determined to declare and talk about our style of eating? So much so, that it's common to know how your friends, work colleagues and even strangers approach to food. Oh, he's keto, or they're vegetarians. I mean sure, if...
Clean Eating, a Diet by Another Name.
Truth alert. I was wrapped up in Diet Culture more recently than I'd care to admit. In my most recent (and last) stint with dieting I would have classified what I did as "Clean Eating." I mostly ate foods I viewed as healthful and was covertly restrictive when it came...
Body Respect: Listen, honour and challenge your (awesome body)
At the beginning of each class I teach I invite my participants to Listen, Honour and Challenge themselves. I also remind them to meet themselves where they are today. It's not just a catchy phrase or something I say light-heartedly. Body respect is essential if we...
You might need to hit “Diet Bottom” (and that’s ok)
Sometimes when you begin explore Anti-Diet, Health at Every Size (HAES®) and Intuitive Eating it's like the curtain got pulled back on Oz and you simply can't go back. You see Diet Culture for all it is (and all the damage it does) and you simply don't understand how...
Thin Privilege or Thin Shaming: why normalizing normal bodies isn’t the whole picture.
Recently I shared an Instagram post that resonated with me. It was from Fat Activist and Clinical Social Worker Lisa DeBreuil. Here's what it said: "Newsflash: if you have sit or contort your body in certain ways in order to have "fat rolls," then you don't actually...
It isn’t Peri-Menopause, is it?
There's an awesome Baroness Von Sketch segment with the title "It isn't Peri-Menopause, is it?" that nearly had me in stitches. They completely nailed the mystification and utter disbelief that shroud's Peri-Menopause (both culturally and seemingly the medical...
It’s not binging, it’s Primal Hunger (and it’s not your fault)
For years I just thought I didn't have enough self-control. I'd be so "good" all day, then come the afternoon or evening, I'd LOSE it and eat all the things. And then I'd feel the tremendous guilt for eating all the things, so I'd re-commit and dive right back into...
Eat the banana: how to break past (unfounded) food fears and nourish your body (and mind).
"Where do you stand on carrots?" This is a legit question a client asked me once. My response? "They're a great vegetable, why?" The client responded with some concerns about their high glycemic index, their sugar content and how sugar is evil, sure to be the source...