Access every podcast episode of the Body Image Series in one place! #193: Body Image Series: Dieting & Body Shame As Coping Mechanisms In this episode I talk about: The concept of “emotional dieting” and “emotional weight fixation,” How emotional … Read More
10 Ways to Improve Body Image During Pregnancy
As I’ve navigated pregnancy, I’ve been hyper aware of the pressure that is put on pregnant people to “watch their weight gain,” avoid getting stretch marks and put plans in place to “get their body back” and the impact this … Read More
Physical Self-Care That Doesn’t Involve Kale or Kettlebells
When we think of physical self-care, we often think of kale salads and kettlebell classes (I’m willing to bet there is an IG account named kaleandkettlebells… yes, yes…there are a couple of them). Kale and kettlebells could be your thing … Read More
It’s OK Not To Be Productive
It’s OK to not be productive. Ebbs and flows. Funks and spunks. Inhales and exhales. This is the rhythm I find myself in often. Prior to being pregnant, I was usually riding one of these waves for a few weeks … Read More
Is it Wrong to Want to Change Your Body?
Is it wrong to want to change your body? With the rise of body positivity and anti-diet messaging, it can feel shameful to still want to change your body. I often hear from people who feel guilty for having a … Read More
Self-Care: Is that draining you or recharging you?
I recently made the difficult decision to archive the public Facebook group that I created almost 3 years ago. This decision was one of the hardest I’ve had to make since I started coaching several years ago. We (myself and … Read More
Bad Body Days Are Normal
One thing I always tell clients is that a bad day feels the same whether you have been doing this work for 3 years or 3 weeks. We have to understand that feeling good about ourselves isn’t going to erase … Read More
Dieting is Like Your Bad Ex
I recently read that we are more afraid of uncertainty than we are of death. In other words, feeling out of control and not knowing exactly what is going to happen to us is the scariest thing to sit with. … Read More
Purge Old Clothes To Improve Your Body Image
You know the clothes. The ones that sit in our closet that no longer fit, but we keep around with the hopes that they’ll fit again… …if we start to workout. …once we’ve healed our relationship with food. …once … Read More
Stop Measuring Yourself Against Perfection. Do This Instead.
Pick up any magazine or look at any advertisement and you’ll quickly see that we are inundated with messages that we are not good enough. Our teeth aren’t white enough. We’re not rich enough. We don’t have enough orgasms. We … Read More