Blog
On the blog you will find articles and posts about my personal musings on the topics of food, eating and body image as well as my take on how we can live a more mindful, wholehearted and fully nourished life!
When do you know you have healed your relationship with food?
This is a question that came up in a recent conversation with a colleague. And if you are someone who have been diagnosed with an eating...
My Five Favourite Non-Diet Books
In this blog post I share my top five favourite non-diet books that are really helpful when trying to have a better relationship with food and eating. No weight loss necessary.
Explaining the Diet-Deprivation-Binge Cycle – How restriction drives binge eating
When someone comes to me to work on their relationship with food, and in this case binge eating and emotional eating I often find myself starting by showing them a...
Why do I have to let go of dieting?
If you want to heal your relationship with food, eating and your body, it will be impossible to keep dieting. Yes, even if you still want to lose weight. In this blog post I will explain why and how you can move forward, when you are ready.
Structured Eating can be part of Intuitive Eating – And here’s why
Structured eating can be part of Intuitive Eating especially in the early days when we are trying to heal from disordered eating or an eating disorder. Here is why and how you can do it.
How Do I Stop Bingeing On Food
Bingeing on food is a really distressing thing and can severely impact on someone’s life. If you have never struggled with binge eating it might be hard to imagine that...
How to go from Chaotic Eating to Intuitive Eating
One of the things that we work with in intuitive eating / mindful eating approaches are knowing when we are hungry, and moving through any barriers to meeting this...
What is “Last Supper Mentality”?
Have you ever heard the term “Last Supper Mentality”? I bet that even if you haven’t heard the term before, you have probably engaged in it, at least if you have ever...
When Should You Seek Support To Work On Your Relationship With Food, Eating & Your Body?
I have been thinking about this question for a while. In one way it seems like a really straightforward question. If you have gotten a diagnosis of an eating disorder,...
What are you really looking for when you want to lose weight?
For a long time, before I became a nutritionist I had my own struggles with food, weight and my body. I wanted it to be smaller. I wanted to lose weight. And it was not...
Why am I so afraid of gaining weight?
The fear of weight gain alongside the desire to lose weight is the most common thing I see in my clinical practice. Not everyone in my clinic wants to lose weight but...
Five Ways To Navigate The Holiday Season As An Intuitive Eater
So here we are in December and the holiday season is upon us. This time of the year can be a challenging time to navigate, especially if you are just in the beginning...
How to dress for the body you have
A few days ago I went though my wardrobe to sort through clothes that no longer fits the body I have now, and to make sure that what I do have is clothing that works...
Does giving up pursuing weight loss mean giving up on caring for your health?
This is something I feel like a lot of people who are new to non-diet and intuitive eating approaches ponder. Let’s take some time to unpack it together. The message...
Is Sugar Addiction Real?
If you do work that includes guiding people around food, nutrition and health you have most likely heard someone say, “I am addicted to sugar, once I start it seems...
How I Became a Non-Diet Nutritionist
I didn’t start out as a non-diet, weight inclusive nutritionist, but once I learned what this meant, plus the understanding of the harm dieting does, it was an easy choice. In fact it was my only choice if I wanted to work in a way that felt truly aligned with my personal and professional values.
Why Is It So Hard To Let Go Of Dieting?
Have you ever pondered this question? Even though we know that diets and dieting doesn’t work, it can be so challenging to not try another one. After the initial high,...
5 simple ways to get out of food ruts
For this blog post I wanted to write a more practical type of post about a topic, being stuck in food ruts, that I often see people struggle with in my clinical...