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A Missing Ingredient

by anna | Jul 13, 2015 | Be Nourished, Inspiration, Kindness, Nourishment

By Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC I recently read about the concept of “flow” in the book “Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time” by Bridgid Schulte and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. “Flow is a timeless space, where one becomes absorbed in...

Learning to Live Without the Structure of a Diet: What’s the Plan When There is No Plan?

by anna | May 21, 2015 | Be Nourished, Body Trust®, Inspiration, Kindness

By Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC Learning to live without the prescribed structure of a diet is a necessary part of working to heal your relationship with food and body. “Planning to not make a plan” is our most basic, bottom line advice for trying to change the well-worn...

Unlearning Shame

by anna | Mar 30, 2015 | Be Nourished, Kindness, The Weight of the World

By Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC I didn’t know that what I was feeling was shame. It was so old and familiar; seemingly rooted in the very foundation of my being. I took shame’s presence to mean that I had perpetually had more “work to do”, more to fix (and hide...

You Have a Right to Refuse to be Weighed

by anna | Feb 17, 2015 | Be Nourished, Body Positive, Body Trust®, Eating disorders, HAES, Health at Every Size, Kindness, Nourishment, The Weight of the World

By Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD & Rachel Sterry, ND You have a right to refuse to be weighed. This surprises people. And to some, it feels like a bold stance to take. But it is your right. And we believe it is an act of radical self-care. By stating your needs around...

To Eat or Not to Eat: The Case of the Krispy Kreme Donut

by anna | Dec 4, 2014 | Be Nourished, Intuitive eating, What's Feeding Us

By Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD I once read that you can ask yourself up to 100 questions a day about food and eating. It seemed like a lot and yet we do eat multiple times a day. But what would all those questions be? Hilary and I recently gave a free talk and a question...

Weighting

by anna | Sep 11, 2014 | Be Nourished, Body Trust®, Inspiration, Uncategorized

You have a reunion coming up. There is a friend’s wedding in the near future. Your family’s beach vacation is around the corner. Your intention is to “lose a few.” Time passes. You go to visit your family. They say “You look great.”...