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Interoceptive Awareness and Body Image

Amy Gardner / September 28, 2023

Interoceptive Awareness and Body Image What is Interoceptive Awareness? Despite how it seems, we actually can influence where our mind goes.  Mindfulness and meditation help us cultivate awareness of our internal landscape.  When we draw more attention inward, we develop our …

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How to Ditch Diet Culture This Year

Kimberly Evans, MS, RDN / February 16, 2023

So here we are, solidly out of January and the pressure to change that comes along with the New Year, phew! Still, it’s hard to avoid diet culture messages that permeate our lives this time of year. Face it, we…

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Self-Care Feels Optional Until it Isn’t

Amy Gardner / November 18, 2022

It can be hard to find time for self-care. We get it! AND, as you may know (and still have a hard time translating to action), self care isn’t optional or “selfish”, it’s self-preservation. In fact, it’s the most important…

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FREE Event – Dietitians’ Guide to a Fearless Halloween

Amy Gardner / October 24, 2022

We Promise, Candy is the LEAST scary part of Halloween! Do you fret about having Halloween candy in the house? Plan ahead for how to get rid if it as soon as possible after? Let your kids pick out a certain…

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5 Non-Weight Related New Years’ Resolutions

Enjely Mora, MS, RD, LDN / January 11, 2021

Because your weight is not all that matters.  And in fact, doesn’t matter at all!  Part of the excitement of a New Year is the idea of starting fresh, being able to look back at the year that has passed…

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HOLD UP DIET CULTURE! Coronavirus Is Stressful Enough.

KATE GILES / November 5, 2020

As if social isolation, disruptions to daily routines and heightened anxiety around the coronavirus pandemic aren’t making it difficult enough for those struggling with eating disorders and disordered eating, an onslaught of diet culture messages about how to avoid weight...

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5 WAYS TO COPE WITH NEGATIVE BODY IMAGE

AMY GARDNER / April 13, 2020

Is your body image at an all-time low? Fear and it’s friends uncertainty and helplessness can increase negative body image while also increasing the amount of time you spend thinking about it.  In the current situation we’re in with the...

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The Gift of Permission

AMY GARDNER / December 23, 2019

The Gift of Permission The holidays are a time for celebration and connection, but they can also be a source of stress and anxiety, especially if you struggle with your relationship with food. Feeling out of control around food, eating...

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What Does ‘Non-Diet’ Really Mean? – Part 4

KATE GILES / August 2, 2019

Here’s our final post it this 4-part series including two VERY important principles of the ‘Non-Diet’ approach.   Non-diet principle #4: Weight loss is not synonymous with health Dietitians practicing within a non-diet framework 100% acknowledge that nutrition is important...

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What Does ‘Non-Diet’ Really Mean? – Part 3

KATE GILES / August 1, 2019

Pleasure is an important part of eating and one emphasized here, in this 3rd principle of the non-diet approach. Non-diet principle #3: Food choices are not a moral issue It’s hard to listen to your body and develop a more...

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