Mindfulness

The leaves are beginning to yellow, a coolness settles into the morning and evening air, summer holidays have wrapped up, and the kids are back at school. Fall is upon us. Seasonal transitions are more than just a change in weather—they are a powerful opportunity to recalibrate our routines, mindsets, and especially our nutrition. It’s completely natural to ease up...

Intuitive Eating vs. Dieting: What’s Best for YOU? In my years as a nutritionist specializing in sustainable weight management, I’ve witnessed countless clients struggle with the polarizing approaches to food: strict dieting on one end and completely unrestricted eating on the other. The good news? There’s a middle ground that combines the best of both worlds — what I call the “practical...

If you’ve ever found yourself eating “meh” food at a holiday party just because everyone else was eating… or loading your plate with seconds you didn’t even want because your aunt asked, “Is that ALL you’re having?” — you’re definitely not alone. Social eating is a part of life. It’s a wonderful, messy, delicious, emotional part of life, but it can also...

When we think of journaling, we often imagine a quiet moment at the end of the day, pen in hand, pouring thoughts onto paper. But journaling can be so much more than a reflective exercise — it can be a transformative tool on your personal growth journey, especially when it comes to your relationship with food and health. As a certified health...

Let’s be honest: if you’re reading this, you’re probably busy. Your calendar looks like a game of Tetris, your meals are an afterthought, and food is something you get through, not enjoy. Pretty sure you are crushing your career by trading off your health. This isn’t another article about “clean eating” or counting macros. This is about building systems around...

If you’re like me and you grew up in the thick of diet culture, then you also probably associated food journaling with a very negative context. When most people think of food journaling, they picture obsessively weighing food, looking up random ingredients, and then entering cumbersome data into an app that we then use to judge ourselves with. Yikes! It’s...

There was a time when mindful eating and physical activityteetered on obsessive for me. It was a time when the only thing that mattered was how perfect I ate and how long I could work out. And there was a time when mindful eating and activity didn’t matter at all. I don’t think I’m the only one that has experienced...

What Inspired Me to Become a Nutrition & Wellness Coach My own interest in nutrition and wellness unfortunately didn’t come from a positive place. I grew up in the 70s & 80s surrounded by nonstop messaging from diet culture telling women that they weren’t “enough” unless they looked and behaved a certain way. I believed it, and over the years,...