Mar 22, 2023 | Body Beliefs, Nourishment and Self Care
You know that feeling you get when you’re antsy in your skin? It’s like you can’t quite feel comfortable in your body; you feel itchy/like nothing fits/like you want to escape into another body. It could be you’ve gained weight. Or maybe...
Jan 24, 2023 | Emotions and Eating, Life Lessons, Nourishment and Self Care
I was reading my book aloud for its Audible recording this weekend, and I got super in my head about it. (Mainly, it brought up some shame around food habits and what I used to do with food). Writing my story in a book was one thing; reading it out loud when a sound...
Oct 14, 2022 | Freedom From Dieting, Life Lessons, Nourishment and Self Care, Podcast
I’m going to Poland for 10 days (and am excited!) and was getting in my head about eating while I’m there. The “how will I feel in control around food when I’m eating out and staying in a hotel?!) I realized I was doing a bunch of things to...
Jul 25, 2022 | Body Beliefs, Life Lessons, Nourishment and Self Care
I just got back from a week with my extended family in the Outer Banks and was in a bathing suit much of the week. Now, as you know from my blog and podcasts, I’ve done A LOT of work on body image over the years. The one thing that can still trip me up?! Seeing...
Oct 10, 2021 | Emotions and Eating, featured, Freedom From Dieting, Nourishment and Self Care
I used to think that food was the only thing I could depend on. It was my go-to coping mechanism when I had to deal with anything. A bad breakup? Bust out the ice cream. Stretches of loneliness that seemed to last forever? Get out the jar of peanut butter. Anxiety...
Jul 29, 2021 | Body Beliefs, Nourishment and Self Care
You know when you are just having one of those bad body image days? It could be you caught a glimpse of your reflection in a window, saw a photo of yourself you hated, put on an outfit that didn’t fit or are just in your head about your body. Regardless of what...