Mindful Eating
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 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 MoreWhat Mindful Eating Really Means (Hint: Itâs Not a Diet)
Mindful Eating Isnât Just About Hunger: Reconnecting With Your Body Beyond Diet Culture Mindful eating is a powerful tool for healing your relationship with food. But somewhere along the way, diet culture got its hands on it. Weâve been taught to override our bodies in so many waysâwhether itâs ignoring our need for rest in…
Read MoreTreat or Treat! Embracing Halloween Candy
Halloween! A festive event of costumes, community, and candy. While one may think that the scariest part of Halloween is people showing up on your doorstep uninvited, for too many people, the ultimate fright is the influx of candy into their households. They worry about how to control how much candy their children eat, about…
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Why Noom is the Worst Diet Trend of 2021
Let’s be real: all diets are awful. Intentional restriction is unhealthy for the body, mind and spirit. A life spent fixated on food rules and self-criticism is a small life. Dieting is associated with a whole host of negative psychological and physical health outcomes including eating disorders and disordered eating, body image dissatisfaction, and weight…
Read MoreThe Body Image Revolution: Our Interview with Stella Boonshoft
Two years ago, Stella Boonshoft posted a photograph online that started a national conversation about body image. In the third installment of our Fat Shame series, Kim Buesser sat down with Stella to see what she’s been up to since a picture in her underwear made her an overnight celebrity. Read on for Stella’s thoughts…
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Why I’m Resolving NOT To Diet in 2018
On New Years Eve 2009, I made a resolution that I had made countless times before: lose weight. It was a ritual that I went through nearly every year, beating myself up for having gained weight and determined to have a fresh, clean, and thinner start to the New Year. Little did I know what…
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You havenât failed your diet. Your diet has failed you.
We live in a world where we are taught that our value is in being small, that we arenât good enough as we currently are, and that we must abide by the demands of diet-culture. But it doesnât need to be this way. Itâs time to wake up from these distorted ways of thinking about…
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3 Tips for a Mindful Halloween (Including How to Avoid Bingeing!)
Halloween is here! Let’s leave the scare-factor to the horror films, not the candy. The holiday season is about to officially begin, and the first celebration is Halloween. Halloween is an exciting and spooky holiday that so many of us enjoyed as children. But, as with most things in this world, diet culture has ruined…
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How To Care For Yourself After A Binge
Your head feels fuzzy and your stomach feels like itâs about to burst. The cabinets are strewn open, and the wrappers surround you like a halo. The shame and guilt builds inside of your chest, and the panic about how to fix it send your brain into a tizzy. Youâve binged. You probably want to…
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