Hi. Thanks for stopping by! As a holistic, non-diet Registered Dietitian, I help clients approach nutrition, movement, and other lifestyle habits from a different perspective. We work together as a team to come up with a sustainable non-diet approach to eating and health that makes you feel good in your body. In my practice I…
Stop the Weight Hate
In case you missed my most recent blog post, you can check out a shortened version that ran in Tuesday’s Tallahassee Democrat. Stigma against body size is not helping improve health (tallahassee.com) Part 2 on COVID and Weight is up next. Stay tuned!
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A Different Perspective on Weight, COVID, and Health
From very early on in the pandemic the rhetoric about COVID weight gain and the impact of body weight on risk for COVID ramped up. This response isn’t new. Body weight and higher BMIs are commonly blamed for a wide array of illnesses and disease states. The popular belief is that any diagnosis a person…
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Are You Hungry?
“We live in a world that labels the body as an enemy to be controlled, instead of our very best friend that deserves care and respect…Hunger is one of the body’s most primal and fundamental needs and honoring it and responding to it is simply an act of basic self-care. .”
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Grateful
I was recently asked to do a Zoom presentation for The Florida Bar. I came up with “Diets Don’t Work: Five Things to Focus on Instead.” I discussed just a few of the many reasons why fad diets and restriction don’t work and just five of the many things we can focus on instead that…
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Thai Without the Take-Out: An Easy and Flavorful Recipe
Need a fresh idea for dinner tonight? Try this comforting and satisfying Thai Curry with Vegetables.
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Some Things to Consider as We Go Through “International Diet Month”
After an absolutely insanely challenging year, we find ourselves once again smack dab in the middle of January, the start of a brand new year and in the throws of the unofficial “International Diet Month.” This is the time of year when the diet and fitness industries pull out all the stops with all the…
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Need Some Help Getting Dinner on the Table? 4 Local Options That Offer a Helping Hand
In my last blog I wrote about and reviewed several meal kit services. These services deliver nationwide and give you meal options to choose from and then based on your choices ship all the ingredients you need right to your door. If you are interested in going more local and are in the Tallahassee area…
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Intuitive Eating Essentials New Live Online Course Starting Soon
Can you imagine a peaceful and stress-free relationship with food? Would you like to break out of the holiday binge/New Year’s restrict cycle and develop a new way to relate to food and your body? Let me help you get there! I will be starting my next live online 12 week small group Intuitive Eating…
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Why You Should Stop Stressing Over the “Quarantine 15” and What To Do Instead
If you are like so many clients and friends I’ve talked with lately, and myself included, your pants may be fitting a little tighter than they were pre-quarantine. You probably have seen the memes and heard jokes and talk of the “quarantine 15”. Although the jokes may seem harmless, many people are really stressing about…
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5 Ways to Naturally Balance Your Hormones
I recently had a client ask, “How do I balance eating with awareness of the effect of hormones on my body?” and “Do I need to work on eating some foods versus others?” I thought this was a great question and I figured likely a common one. Hormones impact many different physical, mental, and emotional…
