Is Intermittent Fasting Healthy

It’s all the rage in the last few years.  Intermittent fasting is touted as the way to lose weight, improve health, and detoxify your body.  But, is it really sustainable and healthy for your body? And, does it live up to it’s promises? Long-Term Studies...
Dear Diet Culture

Dear Diet Culture

Dear Diet Culture: I know we broke up a long time ago, but I’m still mad. You lied to me.  Viciously.  Purposely.  You told me that in order to be enough, likeable, loved, that I had to be super thin or have a perfect body.  Diet culture, you intentionally made...
What is Exercise Bulimia?

What is Exercise Bulimia?

I have heard the term Exercise Bulimia a lot from clients recently.  While exercise bulimia not an official DSM V diagnosis, the DSM does specify that bulimia nervosa includes binge eating combined with compensatory behaviors such as excessive exercise in order to not...
Relationships and Eating Issues

Relationships and Eating Issues

Relationships and eating issues often go hand in hand.  Many of the people I work with find that one reason they turn to food for comfort is relationship issues. If you know that food tends to be a comfort for you, it may be beneficial to look deeper at ways in which...
Intuitive Eating and Self-Compassion

Intuitive Eating and Self-Compassion

It’s nearly impossible to progress with Intuitive Eating without learning how to have self-compassion.I find that a lot of us with eating issues also have perfectionism issues.  Or maybe if perfectionism doesn’t seem to fit for you, it’s just...