Mindful Eating
Why I Will Not Be Dieting In 2019 (and I’m not making any lifestyle changes either)
In our self-improvement obsessed culture, year-end reflection is focused not on gratitude for what we have, but on striving for what we have not yet obtained. And for many of us, our biggest self-improvement project is our body. Last year, the #1 resolution was to “eat healthier” (read: diet). Despite the fact that diets fail…
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Why “Curing” Emotional Eating Isn’t Necessarily Going to Make You Thin (And Why It Really Doesn’t Matter)
Heal your relationship with food! And lose weight too! These are the claims that many programs focused on treating emotional eating make. And it’s easy to understand why. It’s enticing, right? The problem is, it’s not always true. When I see this kind of marketing, I can’t help but feel like it’s diet-culture-in-disguise capitalizing on…
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Why Mindful Eating is not a Weight Loss Plan
Can mindful eating help me lose weight? Maybe, but we’re missing the forest for the trees. Mindful eating isn’t a weight-loss tool, and I’m here to tell you why. I believe that mindful eating is an excellent tool to add to your arsenal when trying to change your relationship with food. I use it with…
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Please Don’t Put Your Kids on a Diet
Dear Parents, Please do not put your children on a diet. As a parent myself, I get it. We want the best for our kids. We worry about our children. When we think that there could be something wrong with our child, we want to do whatever we can to fix it. That’s what being…
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Conversations on Mindful Eating with Shira Rosenbluth, LCSW
In this second installment in “Conversations on Mindful Eating” we are chatting with Shira Rosenbluth, LCSW. Shira is a licensed clinical social worker specializing in the treatment of eating disorders/disordered eating, the author of the wildly popular body positive style blog “A Sequin Love Affair,” and—I’m SO excited about this–Shira has just joined me as…
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Dr. Alexis Conason Discusses Mindful Eating with Erica Leon Nutrition on Facebook Live
I’m so excited to share the Facebook Live interview that I did with Erica Leon, friend, colleague, and anti-diet dietitian! We talked about mindful eating, intuitive eating, eating disorder recovery, Health at Every Size, and so much more. You can watch the full video here and check-out some of our key points below. Meditation doesn’t…
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Conversations on Mindful Eating with Body Image Coach Holly Toronto
We’re back with my Conversations on Mindful Eating series, and I’m so excited to share this interview with Holly Toronto! Holly is a Certified Health Coach who specializes in body image and approaches issues of food and body from a non-diet perspective. With summer fast-approaching, breaking down body image can be crucial to maintaining recovery…
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Four Steps to Unsubscribing from Diet Culture
Is your email inbox sabotaging your relationship with food? If you’re still getting emails from Weight Watchers, Whole30, or Jenny Craig, it just might be. I’ve had too many clients sit across from me and say, “I’m making so much progress, but I just got an email promising to help me drop a couple of…
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