Intuitive Eating Coach
I used to feel a lot of resistance and shame around asking for help. Especially when it had to do with my body and health. I felt like I should always have the answers. In fact, my self-sufficiency has been so strong at times that I could’ve been biking through a flaming tunnel, and probably […]
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 […]
