by anna | Sep 9, 2016 | Be Nourished, Body Positive, Body Respect, Embodied Practitioner
When someone breaks up with diet culture to focus on healing their relationship with food, body, and self, it is not uncommon for weight gain to occur. Chances are the weight of a person, after years of chronic dieting and disordered eating behavior, is not their... by anna | Aug 19, 2016 | Be Nourished, Body Positive, Body Respect, Health at Every Size
By Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC This happens to me pretty often. I have a round, up-front belly. It was round and up front before I was fortunate enough to carry my children in it. It was round and up front after too. Most recently, at day camp drop off, another mother... by anna | Aug 3, 2016 | Body Positive, Body Respect, Body Trust®, Health at Every Size, Kindness, Nourishment, Shame Resilience
Which is an unexpected way to work in a culture filled with food voices, opinions, suggestions and diet gurus. It’s unheard of when much of the mainstream food culture teaches us all to be very weary of food. We have consciously made a choice to swim against this... by anna | Jun 23, 2016 | Body Positive, Body Respect, Body Trust®, Eating disorders, Health at Every Size, Kindness, Uncategorized
The more we learn about healing Binge Eating Disorder (BED), the more efficient and proficient the process will become. The more bias and stigma we address regarding BED, the more access we will have to healing. No matter how many BED techniques and advances we make,... by anna | May 6, 2016 | Be Nourished, Body Positive, Body Respect, Body Trust®, Health at Every Size, Kindness, Nourishment, Shame Resilience
Today is International No Diet Day, a day to highlight the harm done by a multibillion dollar industry that has no data, absolutely ZERO long term data, to support it. This industry depends on you blaming yourself over and over again so you keep coming back for more.... by anna | Apr 8, 2016 | Attuned Eating, Be Nourished, Body Positive, Body Respect, Intuitive eating, Relationship
“No! Maybe? Okay, you’re right.” This is the phrase one client used to describe her experience learning about intuitive eating. The first reaction: No. How could it be? I thought I was doing the right thing by trying to control my food to lose weight. This can’t be... 