Intuitive Eating Coach
When I was restricting my food I would avoid cravings for hours, days, and sometimes weeks. I would tighten, physically and emotionally. Try to resist. Distract myself. Look at pictures of painfully thin women on the internet. Find substitutions, like frozen berries instead of ice cream. Until finally, I would collapse and have the chocolate […]
We’re taught that self-control and punishment lead to behavioral change. Yet so many people who grew up with strict backgrounds end up rebelling, whether through drugs, alcohol, sex, or complacency. In the same way, if your parents were strict about food – or you developed a restrictive approach from another source – you probably started […]
I struggle with lunch sometimes. I’ll have a really good breakfast and then get deep into work mode and not really want to pause for lunch. I always have snacks on me – celery, dark chocolate, seaweed, potato chips – and they do me good, but I’ve noticed lately that I feel best when I […]
