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…
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…
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Brand New Online Intuitive Eating Course Starting Soon!
I am excited to be starting a 6-week live online small group Intuitive Eating course starting next Thursday, April 23rd at 5:30 pm EST. I thought while many of us are home and possibly have a little more time on our hands that this would be an opportune time to explore the principles and concepts…
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Chicken & Black Bean Enchiladas (plus meal planning tips)
I work with clients a lot on simply getting dinner on the table most nights of the week. That ever looming question, “What’s for dinner?”, can create unneeded stress if we don’t have a plan in place. So, that’s what we work on, getting a system going for meal planning simple, tasty meals to take…
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4 Reasons To Reconsider Making Yet Another New Years Resolution to Diet
Christmas, Hanukkah, and the New Years festivities are a wrap for yet another year. As tradition would have it, what comes next? The guilt and self-loathing that comes from a month of excess, celebrations, and over indulgence and with that the need to repent of our perceived “sins” with resolutions to lose weight and get…
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Intro to Intuitive Eating
I have been teaching from a non-diet, weight-inclusive point of view for a long time, but discovered through learning more about intuitive eating and becoming certified as an Intuitive Eating Counselor that I’m not the only health care practitioner who teaches from this same point of view. Not only are there many dietitians and therapists…
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The Power is in the Pink: 5 Pink Foods You Can Include in Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (with Recipes!)
In case you missed my latest article in the Tallahassee Democrat on October 4th. Here it is, recipes and all! Enjoy! October is an opportunity to bring attention and awareness to breast cancer and highlight prevention, early detection, education and research. Often when we think of food and nutrition our thoughts immediately go to what…
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Willpower vs. Skillpower
{REPOST} Clients talk to me all the time about willpower and discipline, or their lack thereof. When we set our mind to changing a habit or getting healthier we have a tendency to think it all depends on our capabilities to be disciplined and have self-control. I mean we all know that to lose weight…
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One Size Does Not Fit All
Recently I was watching the US Open tennis tournament. As a tennis player and big fan I am amazed by the athleticism and abilities of both male and female players. There are players of many different nationalities, races, and ages, ranging from the very young American up and comers, 15 year old Coco Gauff and…
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Misperceptions and Truths
From my experience there are a lot of misperceptions about dietitians/nutritionists and how we and our families eat and live. I often get, “Oh you’re a Dietitian, of course you eat healthy” or “oh you’re a dietitian, I’m sure you have no problem getting your kids to eat all sorts of fruits and vegetables.” There…
