If you remember from last year, a blog post went up with Non-Diet Gift Ideas, and I thought it could be fun and useful to do it again with some updated options! Here is a list highlighting some non-diet guide options to add to your list for yourself and/or spread cheer to others. Anti-Diet Book Options: If yourself or someone you know is an avid reader, receiving a book as a gift is always a great option! Intuitive Eating for Every Day: 365 Daily Practices & Inspirations to R

If you’re a college student, this time of year can be extremely stressful. Having papers due, exams to study for, presentations to prepare… How hectic! Additionally some of how we may cope with stressful seasons of life may end up being not as helpful as we hope, such as skimping on sleep, skipping meals to get in more study time, and isolating. Especially for individuals in recovery for an eating disorder (ED) or disordered eating, seasons of life that add in additional stre

For today’s blog, we are going to elaborate on a recent Instagram post that went up on my page. The text of the post says: I’m so sorry if you’ve been made to feel like you can’t enjoy your culture's food during the holidays (or anytime really) because it’s “unhealthy”. And I really truly am so sorry if this is something you’ve ever experienced. It seemed important to share this sentiment as we enter this time of year and to speak about it in a bit more detail on the blog. D

If you are someone who swears by cauli-rice and zucchini noodles (AKA zoodles), let me let you in on a little secret… These options can be great…ways to eat your vegetables differently! Just by turning a head of cauliflower into what looks like rice or shredding up our veggies into neat little ribbons, we aren’t able to outsmart our bodies or biology into finding the same nutrients and satisfaction from these foods as their more starchy counterparts. Starches or carbohydrates

Here is a roundup of some popular fruits and vegetables that are in season in autumn (September-November). Keep in mind that whatever variety is most affordable and accessible to you and your family is the best option for you - whether that be fresh, frozen, canned, dried, or 100% juice. Fruit Vegetable Asian Pear Broccoli Cranberries Brussels Sprouts Grapes Butter Lettuce Pear Cauliflower Persimmons Jalapeno Peppers Pineapple Mushrooms Pomegranate Sweet Potatoes Pumpkin Squa

Per anti-diet force of nature, Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDRD, “Diet culture is a system of beliefs that: Worships thinness and equates it to health and moral virtue, which means you can spend your whole life thinking you’re irreparably broken just because you don’t look like the impossibly thin “ideal.” Promotes weight loss as a means of attaining higher status, which means you feel compelled to spend a massive amount of time, energy, and money trying to shrink your body,

Do you ever find yourself asking the question “What do I want to eat?”, only to unfortunately come up empty handed and be unable to answer said question. What happens next? Do you default to not having anything to eat because your inquiry went unanswered? Are there any other questions you have considered instead to try to land on a solution? It’s also important to normalize that struggling to answer this question is very normal at any given moment (or even season of life). Es

Hi there - hope everyone had a nice Labor Day weekend and is enjoying the last few weeks of summer! Even if you don’t actively post on TikTok it’s still nearly impossible to get away from all of the videos and “trends” that go around. Many of these trends are centered around food. TikTok (and social media in general) can sometimes be a dangerous place to take advice from just anybody or follow videos regarding what others are eating or are not eating. However, some of the Tik

A common question while exploring Intuitive Eating (IE) is how do I know if I am doing it right? Well the wonderful thing about IE is that there's no way to inherently do it right or wrong. While that can be liberating, it can also be confusing to navigate. A more helpful way though may be to think: am I making this decision from a place of self-care or self-control? Choosing the option that allows you self-care would then be the more "right" choice. An example of this may be

“Eyes on your own plate”. Did you ever hear this growing up as a kid? Well it’s still an important way of thinking even as an adolescent or adult. Falling into comparison with our eating around others is far too common and entirely unhelpful! (Disclaimer: if there is someone in your life who models a healthy relationship to food and mimicking their eating is a helpful starting point for you when relearning how to trust your body, this is different and can be a good resource).