Photo by Dan Gold on Unsplash How often do you find yourself eating while doing something else? Maybe working at your desk, scrolling through social media, r...

Photo by Charl van Rooy on Unsplash We often like to think of food decisions in very black and white terms: I "should" eat this, I "shouldn't" eat that. The ...

Many of you have told me how helpful it was to see how intuitive eating plays out with my last "day in the life" post. Since it seemed useful, I plan to try ...

You've decided you want to improve your health. It seems natural to look first at food and exercise, so you jump on the internet. Being healthier involves lo...

Photo by Fancycrave on Unsplash "Avoid carbs! Carbs are great! Avoid sugar! Don't eat meat! Eat lots of meat! Fat is bad! Fat is best! Only eat organic! Skip...

"Why won't they eat vegetables? Are they getting enough nutrients? Are they growing at the appropriate rate? Why don't they ever seem interested in eating at...

Below is a collection of all the foods I ate over the weekend and why I chose to eat what I did. This post is not intended to be a list of what you should ea...

Photo by Joshua Sortino on Unsplash All throughout our series on intuitive eating, we've talked about what a process it is to move away from the diet mentali...

Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash Often, as a person starts their journey toward becoming an intuitive eater, there is a lot of concern about where nutrition ...

"I should exercise more, but I just hate it!" This is feedback we regularly hear from clients when the topic of exercise comes up. Oftentimes, our clients wh...

Photo by Dakota Corbin on Unsplash It's tough for most people to imagine tolerating their bodies in this culture, let alone respecting them! By age eight, ei...

[Photo by Konstantin Dyadyun on Unsplash] Eating is an emotional experience. Mom's cookies can make you feel like you're at home, even if you're eating them ...

A food scientist friend of mine was once asked by a popcorn company to develop a sugar-free caramel popcorn recipe. After presenting them with the product fo...

Our summer dietetic intern, Jessica, is back today with some tips on intuitive eating principle #5 - feeling your fullness. Enjoy! Many of us grew up in hous...

Photo by Anna Pelzer on Unsplash You walk into Panera for lunch and start looking at the menu. Breakfast was quite awhile ago now, so you're pretty hungry. A...

Jennifer's Story Jennifer is sick of food battles. She loves ice cream, but avoids it because she is trying to lose weight. Swearing off ice cream works for ...

Food + Body = War. This is the bare-bones message that inundates our culture. We're told messages like, "Feel hungry? Try drinking water or diet beverages to...

Intuitive eating can be a difficult concept to grasp because it is so different from the diets that our culture is used to. It is often over-simplified to "e...

Have you ever come home at the end of a stressful day and sat down, only to find yourself scraping the bottom of a bag of chips 20 minutes later, wondering w...

Have you ever told a child they can't play with something? What's the only thing they want after you say that? ....The one thing you said they couldn't have....