Some Loving Inspiration
I’ve been doing nutrition counseling work for almost 10 years now and one thing that almost always come up – whether in my 1:1 work or through one of my group programs – is the issue of comparison. Usually, it’s about comparing body size or “attractiveness” to someone else’s body size or level of conventional attractiveness. But since you’re a human and I’m a human, we both know that comparison doesn’t stop there. We compare ourselves to others happiness, income, relationship status, professional accomplishments, material possessions and the list goes ...
I’m officially 38.5 weeks pregnant, as I’m writing to you, and I’m a feeling it. I also can’t remember the last time I washed my hair (so that’s likely a sign to wash it – HA! – you think?!)… And I just had this “growth” frozen off my face the other day that’s now starting to blister. SO… Let’s just say I’m not feeling so hot and am officially ready (as ready as I’ll ever be that is) for baby M to come out, and every Mom out there, I ...
Have you ever experienced really wanting pizza? But you make yourself eat a salad? And then you find that there’s pizza sitting there on the countertop – late – after everyone has gone to bed and no one’s really around? If you’re anything like most humans I know, if you ate the salad and really wanted pizza and the pizza is sitting there, you’re going to eat some of the pizza… Or, maybe all of the pizza… And can I just say that that doesn’t mean there is anything wrong ...
Is letting go of dieting and the relentless desire to look a certain way giving up? Let me explain. The other day, a client asked me if the non-diet approach is giving up? Is it just a new trend? A new set of rules for women to follow? A new way for folks to “eat Oreos and feel good” about it? Ahhh…. I LOVE this question! It’s SO real and raw and honest and important to address. Those deep dark lurking questions (and fears) in the back of your mind… ...
Over the last 8 years, as a registered dietitian + food and body image coach (and more recently, as a successful ex-matchmaker turned dating coach), one of the most damaging things I see in the world of healing, coaching, programs, and so on is the belief that there’s something wrong with you because “you’re not there yet.” The belief that feeling pain, suffering, guilt, shame or whatever uncomfortable emotion means that there’s something – again – not right about what you’re doing. BUT… What if the uncomfortableness was a part ...
What does connection mean to you? More importantly, what does a connection with yourself mean to you? Connection – or rather the lack of it (not only with others but with ourselves) – has been a running theme this week with clients and in my group programs. We all want more of it… But, we all have a hard time feeling it and finding it… While I don’t have all the answers (who does?), I do have some thoughts on how we can get more of it. But first – ...
As women, we’re taught or rather conditioned to believe that being smaller is better. That the smaller we are, the happier and more fulfilled our lives will be. But when you begin to peel back the layers, I mean really peel back, the above ideal is something to question. Is the size of your body – something that is literally designed to change as you age and move through different stages of life – really going to determine your happiness? And if that’s the case, are the controlling, obsessive food ...
Can I share something with you? Well, if you’re here (and I’m so happy you are), you kinda have no choice … So here it is… I have a hard time trusting new people. Well, not every new person. Only those who come in to help me with my business. This likely goes back to some underlying belief, but we won’t go there. For now, all you need to know is that I generally have some anxiety whenever I bring on someone new to help me. For example, my web ...
As a Registered Dietitian and food and body image coach, a huge part of my work is helping women feel confident in their clothes, eat what they want without guilt, and begin to reconnect with the beautiful soul they are. I love what I do. Part of why I do what I do is because I get what it feels like to be an obsessive calorie-counter and yo-yo dieter, who thinks once she gets to a certain size she will be happy… Well, I got to that size and was ...
When I was 18, I used to have this pair of jeans. It was my favorite pair of jeans. Sadly, it was my favorite pair of jeans not because of how they were cut or how they made me feel, but for the simple fact that they were the smallest pair of jeans I owned that I could literally squeeze into. In my disordered eating and self-loathing body image days, these jeans were my badge of honor. Of course, no one knew that they were my smallest pair of jeans, ...
