Anti-Diet
đ The Ghosts of Diet Culture: How to Enjoy Halloween Without Guilt
đ» The Real Haunting of Halloween Halloween is supposed to be the season of ghosts and goblins â but the ones that haunt us most arenât the kind that knock on the door asking for candy. Theyâre the ghosts of diet culture. These ghosts whisper every October: âYouâll regret all that sugar.â âYou canât be…
Read MoreBack-to-School Pressure, Mom Culture, and Body Image: Why Fall Can Feel So Heavy
By Dr. Alexis Conason | Clinical Psychologist & Author of The Diet-Free Revolution Do you find that fall brings out those âNew Year, New Youâ vibes? Even if weâre not the ones going back to school, the season often feels like a reset with new schedules, new routines, and new expectations. For many parentsâespecially momsâback-to-school doesnât…
Read MoreHow Hustle Culture Fuels Binge Eating (and What You Can Do About It)
By Dr. Alexis Conason | Clinical Psychologist & Author of The Diet-Free Revolution Many of us are taught that success means doing more, pushing harder, and ignoring our needs in the name of productivity. But what happens when that non-stop hustle starts showing up in our relationship with food? As a clinical psychologist who specializes…
Read MoreHow to Truly Love YourselfâBeyond Your Appearance
Why Self-Love Is More Than Skin Deep What does it really mean to love yourself? And is it possible to cultivate self-love without loving how your body looks? We live in a world that constantly reinforces the idea that confidence and self-worth come from achieving a specific aesthetic. Popular culture is filled with “glow up”…
Read MoreHow to Tune Out Diet Culture in 2025: 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Peace
Weâve officially turned the page to 2025, and hopefully, by now, weâre consistently writing the correct year without having to backtrack and fix 2024. Last year was a challenging one, and if January is any indication, 2025 is shaping up to be a doozy as well. As we near the end of January, diet culture…
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What are Mindful Eating and Intuitive Eating?
In the August 6th cover story for The New York Times Magazine titled âLosing it in the Anti-Diet Age,â Taffy Brodesser-Akner documents her journey through the winding and confusing landscape of diet and anti-diet culture. The story is told through the lens of Weight Watchers and their rebranding efforts to stay current (and maximally profitable)…
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How to Manage Your Kids Halloween Candy
Halloween is just over a week away and Iâve been slowly coming to terms with the fact that itâs going to look pretty different this year. In the midst of a global pandemic, many (if not all) the annual traditions have been cancelled. No Halloween parades, no trick-or-treating, no big parties. Like many parents, Iâve…
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Can Everyone Be Healthy?
Iâve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to be âhealthy.â Thanks to diet culture, âhealthâ has become synonymous with thin, white, young, and wealthy. Itâs a path paved with $12 cold pressed juices, $30 barre classes, and $60 vaginal jade eggs (thanks Goop, insert eyeroll here). But is that what health is…
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Conversations on Mindful Eating with Jenna Hollenstein, RD
In this first interview in my “Conversations on Mindful Eating” series we are talking with Jenna Hollenstein, MS, RD, CDN about the true meaning of mindful eating and her tips to fit mindfulness into our busy lives. Simply put: Jenna is one of the most badass women I know. She’s a quadruple threat: non-dieting dietician,…
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