• You can’t out-meditate exhaustion

    You can’t out-meditate exhaustion

    And other things we forget as health professionals… Here’s a hard truth we don’t talk about enough. We can prescribe the perfect mindfulness routine, breath-work sequence, journaling prompts, grounding exercises, or visualization practice… but if our client is running on four hours of sleep and two coffees for breakfast, none of it is going to Read more

  • 10 unhinged ways to shut down diet talk these holidays (health professional edition)

    10 unhinged ways to shut down diet talk these holidays (health professional edition)

    This year we’re taking no prisoners If you’re a health professional who spends all year helping clients to break free of their restrictive eating cycles, challenge their food rules, and stop demonizing what’s on their plate, the last thing you want to do is sit through calorie commentary over Christmas ham. And yet – every Read more

  • Letting go of food restriction is like leaving a toxic friendship

    Letting go of food restriction is like leaving a toxic friendship

    A must-read for health professionals supporting restrictive eaters You don’t need to have gone through the same disordered eating issues your clients have in order to help them. But it can be difficult to understand how they’re feeling, so you can easily get frustrated when their progress stalls or they push back against your advice… Read more

  • Why your clients aren’t ready for intuitive eating (and what to do instead)

    Why your clients aren’t ready for intuitive eating (and what to do instead)

    Years of dieting have taught your clients to ignore their body – so how can they eat intuitively? They need a stepped approach… When I first learned about intuitive eating, I thought it was the answer to my prayers. I had been trying to figure out how to walk the line between being healthy and Read more

  • When the body is ready for weight loss… but the mind isn’t

    When the body is ready for weight loss… but the mind isn’t

    Rapid weight loss looks appealing, but it comes at a dramatic cost They all want it: weight loss. And when dieting hasn’t worked and there are advertisements for weight loss medications on the back of every bus, their social media feeds are saturated with weight loss transformations, and every relative seems to casually mention that Read more

  • Why “Everything in moderation” is the worst nutrition advice you can give

    Why “Everything in moderation” is the worst nutrition advice you can give

    It seems logical and sound, but telling clients to have everything in moderation may actually be the reason they are not making progress Most clients have heard it before and I’m betting you’ve said it (I’ve certainly said it in the past): “Everything in moderation.” It sounds so reasonable. It has this ring of wisdom Read more

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