Jun 10, 2020 | Featured, Food 'n Stuff, Nourishment and Self Care
I know I talk a lot about letting go of dieting and eating for satisfaction. And I’m all about learning the whole “eat intuitively” and trying to figure out how to listen to what your body really needs and wants. But what happens when eating what...
Jun 4, 2019 | Emotions and Eating, Nourishment and Self Care
I just got back from ten days in Belize and I thought I’d be helpful to share the 3 things I do before any out of routine eating (meaning anything where I’m not at home making my own food 🙂 ). Vacations, trips, long weekends, parties…anything that I...
Apr 6, 2019 | Nourishment and Self Care
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC For those of us who’ve struggled with body, eating, or weight issues, food can become our comfort. We turn to food in times of sadness, to soothe our souls, to make us feel better,...
Jan 17, 2018 | Body Beliefs, Nourishment and Self Care
Written by Jenn Hand, Holistic Nutritionist, Board Certified Health Coach, NBC-HWC We’ve all had that moment: when our mom, relative, or grandma glances curiously at us and says, “Do you really think you need that 3rd cookie?” Or our partner tells us, “You know, you...
Jan 10, 2018 | Life Lessons, Nourishment and Self Care
At some point along this road, we get super annoyed. It’s been weeks, months, or years and we STILL are struggling with the same damn thing? When you’re super frustrated about your lack of progress, remind yourself of these 4 things! 1. The Purpose...
Aug 21, 2017 | Freedom From Dieting, Nourishment and Self Care
Do you swear to yourself you won’t finish everything on your plate but at the end of the meal realize that you inhaled all your food yet again? Welcome to the “Clean Plate Club” 🙂 (One that most of us don’t really want to be a part of!) So many...
Jun 14, 2017 | Body Beliefs, Nourishment and Self Care
Are you plagued by the “I hate seeing pictures of myself” syndrome?? Today, I’m diving into how to stop criticizing yourself in photos. Do you look at every single picture you take and scrutinize your flaws, analyze your imperfections, criticize your faults,...
Nov 2, 2016 | Life Lessons, Nourishment and Self Care
Like all things food and weight loss related, every time you google something about exercise, there are a thousand different schools of thought about what you should do. Here is some of the advice I’ve heard: Exercise 30 minutes a day 5 times a week Exercise 12...
Sep 7, 2016 | Life Lessons, Nourishment and Self Care
So much of this food journey is spent beating ourselves up, berating ourselves for not being able to eat healthy (even when we know so much about nutrition), and living in this state of regret and guilt over failure around food. I used to spend days and sometimes...
May 24, 2016 | Body Beliefs, Nourishment and Self Care
Every single woman I work with is afraid to accept her body. (And I was terrified to accept my body for a long, long, long time). Why is this? We have this belief that if we accept our bodies, it means that we’ll never lose weight and we’re giving up on ourselves. It...
Apr 5, 2016 | Body Beliefs, Nourishment and Self Care
Acceptance is a huge topic. One that I could spend hours and hours talking about (and one almost every women I know struggles with). Having been on the journey to accept myself for over 15 years, here are the 3 things I’ve learned about self-acceptance: It’s a...
Mar 15, 2016 | Food 'n Stuff, Nourishment and Self Care
Mindful eating is one of the fastest ways to single-handedly change your relationship to food. How can one “simple” practice be so powerful? Because mindful eating gently forces you to slow down and look at what you’re doing to your body when you...
