Sep 24, 2024 | Emotions and Eating
Does Anger Affect My Eating Habits!? If you’ve ever found yourself reaching for snacks or overeating when you’re upset, you’re not alone. But how can anger affect eating habits? Anger is a powerful emotion that can disrupt your eating patterns, driving you to crave...
Jul 9, 2024 | Emotions and Eating
For many women who struggle with food, overcoming emotional eating is a key component in overcoming their battle. Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC My Emotional Eating Story In my own journey, learning how to...
May 27, 2024 | Emotions and Eating, Freedom From Dieting, Nourishment and Self Care
First, what IS food guilt? Food guilt refers to the negative emotions and feelings of remorse or shame we feel when we eat certain foods. In this post, I’ll cover how to stop food guilt so you can truly enjoy your meals. Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic...
May 14, 2024 | Emotions and Eating, Nourishment and Self Care, Overcoming Overeating
I used to think about food A LOT. like 24/7. I remember thinking that if I took all the time and energy I spent thinking about food, I’d be able to come up with a cure for a rare disease. THAT was how much it occupied my brain! Here are some of the things that helped...
May 13, 2024 | Body Beliefs, Emotions and Eating
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach & Binge Eating Coach, NBC-HWC I spent many years in a battle with my body. For 13 years I was trapped in the binge-restrict cycle and struggled with our my body looked as I...
May 13, 2024 | Emotions and Eating, How to Stop Emotional Eating, Nourishment and Self Care
I’ve been a coach for a decade now and there is nothing that surprises me around food. I’ve either done it (picked brownies out of the trash to eat), thought it (schemed on who to blame for the binges I didn’t want to admit to), or seen it (night eating included!)....
Apr 18, 2024 | Emotions and Eating
Meditation and Mindfulness for Binge Eating: Does It Really Work? When I first started getting help with my food struggle, mindfulness was the last thing on my mind. Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach & Binge...
Apr 10, 2024 | Emotions and Eating, Nourishment and Self Care, Overcoming Overeating
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC Why I Used to Always Think About Food One of the things I desperately desired when I struggled with food was to NOT think about it all day. Late at night when I...
Apr 9, 2024 | Body Beliefs, Emotions and Eating
Releasing Shame and Finding Emotional Freedom I want to share with you how to release shame based on my own experience of overcoming feelings of guilt and shame. You don’t have to stay stuck in a cycle of shame. I hope my story helps you to release your own...
Mar 11, 2024 | Emotions and Eating
Warm weather is starting to hit and those sneaky little thoughts can creep back in… “I’ve gotta lose weight FASTER” “Summer is coming–you better get in shape” “This isn’t happening fast enough–should you go...
Feb 20, 2024 | Emotions and Eating
I often talk about the diet pendulum in relation to dieting and bingeing. The analogy being the Law of Dieting: for every equal and opposite diet, there is a binge (hence the pendulum swinging back and forth.) But how do we stop the swing? And how can we apply this to...
Jan 22, 2024 | Emotions and Eating, Freedom From Dieting, Holistic Weight Loss
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC My philosophy is always to ditch the diet. Diets are restrictive, rigid, and set up for us to fail. If you go on something, inevitably, you go off, left wondering what was wrong...