Last week I was talking with the infinitely cool and equally smart Angela Barnett. If you don’t know her, she works for the “Y” helping make the world better for young women. This naturally means she’s hot on the topic of body-image and is fiercely advocating for schools to add it to their curriculum. As […]
Full disclosure. I have done a lot of ‘car eating’ in my time, feeling ashamed, convinced I was addicted to food, wondering why I’d got such a bum deal in the body department. For most of my life I believed the answer to my food problem was threefold: 1 – finding the right foods to […]
I’ve heard a lot of talk amongst parents lately (on and offline) about how great it would be to teach healthy eating in schools. Look, I get it. I know, full well, that a diet high in nutrient content can make a difference to long term health. And because of that, it seems like a […]
Did you get the memo about how ‘social media’ plays a massive role in how we feel about ourselves – and of course how our kids feel about themselves? You did right. Many a wise person has written as much. But have you taken a moment to go through your socials and ‘curate’ them? Let’s […]
I don’t know how many times I’ve been talking with parents about what to do when kids keep going back to the fridge or sneaking food from the panty. At some point almost all parents say – well, I know how they feel, I can’t stop myself! I get it. It’s super common in this […]
One of the most common questions I get from parents is what to say when a child claims to hate their fat fill-in-the-blank. I have a five-step process that helps parents step away from the almost universal response “No, you’re not!!” It’s a good process to learn because saying “no you’re not” drives body confidence […]
You are what you eat. Really? Our opinions, friendships, the love we have for our family, the places we’ve traveled, the grief of losing those we’ve lost, our genetics, the conversations we’ve had, the jokes we’ve laughed at, the movies we like, the books we’ve read, the topics we’ve studied, the instruments we’ve mastered, the […]
Have you, noticed how lots of folks are starting ‘health’ goals to lose weight they’ve gained during covid? As I watch these smart, amazing people tell the world what they are up to, my heart sinks. I want to take them in my arms and say, darling, there is a much better way to get […]
These books are the cornerstone of my non-diet library. I hope you enjoy them. One: Intuitive Eating. Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch Noticing that diets had a huge psychological effect on their clients (and never lead to long-term weight loss) these culture-changing, revolutionary dietitians came up with a new approach. Two: Anti-Diet. Christy Harrison A […]
When my first child was born, I promised her she wasn’t going to hate her body like I’d hated mine. She was going to eat healthy, get loads of exercise, be slim and fit and feel great about herself. Everyone was going to know what a great job I was doing. So I focused on […]