Monthly Insights
New Year, New Values… (January 2025)
As we start 2025, we’re bombarded with the usual messages about New Year’s resolutions—particularly around weight and exercise. The diet and weight loss industries capitalize on New Year’s resolutions, using this annual ritual to perpetuate diet culture messaging. Have you considered pushing back against this by doing something different this year? Could you revisit your […]
Eating Fat… Better for you than you thought (February 2019)
How often are you at a restaurant asking for extra sauce, salad dressing or mayonnaise? Or, how often are you asking the server to put all condiments on the side due to preference, fear, or flavor bias? New research has indicated that adding oil helped […]
When is Exercise Considered Compulsive? (January 2019)
Often times, when we hear the word “exercise,” we think of a chore or something that we “have to do.” When I speak about exercise, I like to refer it as “joyful movement” or “intuitive movement” as this feels spontaneous, more relaxed, and, possibly, fun! […]
What is the Difference between Disordered Eating and an Eating Disorder? (December 2018)
A common question by many people is: “what is the difference between disordered eating and an eating disorder?” This article written by my colleague Erica Leon, MS, RDN,CDN,CEDRD and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor will discuss the difference between them both. This article has been republished […]
Language and Diabetes (November 2018)
As a certified eating disorder registered dietitian, and a clinician who embraces Intuitive Eating with all of my clients, you have heard me discuss how the language we use about food and our bodies can be judgmental and stigmatizing. The impact of this language isn’t […]