It took me a long time to realize I had an eating disorder. I thought starving myself was normal. I thought obsessive food thoughts were normal. I thought hating my body was normal. I didn’t know that there was another way to live.
Read MoreFood and body shame are a smokescreen for deeper concerns. And rather than focusing on those deeper concerns, we focus on how disgusting we are because of how we eat and how terribly unacceptable our bodies are. But there's a way to get back to the deeper concern. All it takes is one simple question…
Read MoreFrom the moment you're born, you receive messages about your body from the people around you, the society in which you live, and the culture that surrounds you. There’s a term for all this messaging about bodies that the we receive. We call it fatphobia.
Read MoreWe over-complicate eating. We wonder — Did I exercise enough to eat all this? Will I need to work out if I eat this? Am I hungry enough to eat? Do I deserve to eat? This is not going to work for you. Here’s why.
Read MoreWe discount the role of psychology and the mind-body connection when it comes to eating. Food is food. Calories in, calories out. But that's not how it works. Here’s the truth.
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