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Easy Meal Planning Strategies: An Essential Guide
In today’s fast-paced world, it can be tough to stay on track with nutrition goals. That’s where meal planning comes in. Meal planning is more than just a trendy concept; it’s a proven strategy backed by scientific research. According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, people who meal plan may be more likely to consume […]
How We Can Support Black Lives Now and Beyond
By Kacey Clark Image courtesy of Shira Barzilay (@koketit) I’m going to be honest. In the past when I’ve been invited to protests, asked to take a stand, or take action for Black Lives, I have often erred on the side of indifference. “That sounds great but…I’m not comfortable with that,” or “That sounds great […]
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Why Body Shaming Has No Place in the Olympics
Team USA’s Ilona Maher, an Olympic Rugby player, is a true powerhouse on and off the field. She went viral this week after responding to a body-shaming comment on one of her recent TikTok videos, where the commenter said about Ilona, “I bet that person has a 30{dfac5e6feebc182a3317a1800a78117261554ecfb6a579338c4abc2638d58697} BMI.” But Ilona didn’t just let the […]
Can You Add Joy to Your Workout Routine?
How often do you find joy when you’re exercising? If your answer is “never” or “rarely,” it’s probably time to reevaluate. Physical activity need not be a miserable experience. It shouldn’t be punitive, compensatory, or self-attacking. While a workout might be challenging or difficult at times, it should never be painful, motivated by fear, or […]
Doing Your Best is Burning You Out|144
Hey everybody, welcome back to the podcast. This episode is for all of you high achievers, all of us high achievers. Those of us who approach life feeling like it is our job to always do our best. Today, I want to talk about overwhelm and overeating and what happens when doing your best is […]
Eating disorder treatment professionals: Stop telling people “binge” eating is bad
I’ve written about binge/feast eating many times before. There is a whole chapter in my book about it. I’m still going to keep blogging about this frequently as it is a message that I’m passionate about. I believe the the misunderstanding about “binge” eating is what prevents many treatment centres and treatment professionals from truly […]
It’s National Farmers Market Week! Support your local farmers market!
USDA has proclaimed August 4 – 10 as National Farmers Market Week. I love farmers markets and I’m glad USDA is trying to promote them. USDA publishes a directory of US farmers markets—7,033 listings. It also lists Agrotourism sites (12,763) CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture (1,011) Food hubs (230) On-farm markets 1,937) Farmers markets have a […]
Red, Hot and ANGRY Boob – McCall Dempsey
Recovery from this surgery (and any surgery I would venture to guess) is just as much mental as it is physical. My emotions are riding on a huge rollercoaster. Sometimes laughing and feeling myself to suddenly plunging into tears of frustration for not being able to do something or simply from being tired of hurting. […]
What recovery means to me
In my opinion, this is only the very start of what recovey means to me. Overall, recovery simply means getting your life back. But after recovery I believe life is even more beautiful and incredible as you appreciate evey moment, instead of taking it for granted like most people do. You will see in the […]
7 Insightful Questions to Help You Create Real Change – Viki Thondley | Mind Body Food
I help people create change – the kind of deep conscious change that alters our subconscious programs and changes our reality from the inside out. There are many ways to go about change, however most people approach it in the WRONG way. They try to force change, change everything all at once, and don’t uncover and confront […]
3 Reasons Not to Wait to Get Help for Your Child
Seeking eating disorder care for your child can be an overwhelming decision. Their illness has already robbed them of so much, and you can’t help but wonder: Won’t treatment mean sacrificing even more? Maybe it can wait until a better time, you reason – when school is out, or social activities have settled down. For now, […]