Hello, Happy June, and thanks for reading. Today’s blog topic is one that has been on my mind for quite some time – even well before this global pandemic, which has undoubtedly amplified pre-existing anxiety in many people, and created the perfect storm for brand-new cases in others. As a believer in a collaborative approach, and the merging of Western & Eastern medicine, I am certainly not suggesting that nutrition is to be used in place of therapy, and/or medicine to manag

Today, I’m embracing my inner science nerd and talking about a women’s health condition that I really care about: Functional Hypothalamic...

Hello lovely readers. Thanks for being here. Wow. We are living in an emotionally heightened, extremely uncertain time and not much is...

Hello, hello! In the spirit of National Eating Disorder Awareness week, I want to highlight some of the major factors about eating...

On Thanksgiving morning, my mom and I were finishing up some food we were making to share later on with our relatives. My mom knows my...

I feel very fortunate to share that I just got back from a freakin’ awesome vacation last week – spent two weeks in Europe. Ate all the food and drank all the wine – the photo on this post is the most amazing cheesecake I’ve ever eaten in San Sebastian, Spain (visit my IG page to see some photos of more delicious-ness). Food was absolutely one of the best parts of the trip. Now, back to reality. If I was still entrenched in a diet/disordered eating mindset like I was many ye

I am pleased to announce that this is another guest blog post by my lovely and talented intern: Lauren Tinkey s about to graduate from...

First, I have to say that the quotation marks around “Unhealthy” in the title of this post are not to be taken lightly. We live in a...

Want the short answer to the question I ask in the title of this blog post? If so, it’s: No. But if you had asked me this at the onset of my career, I would have probably said yes. There was a time when I thought that if I was going to help people heal their relationships to food and their bodies, then I must preach body love. I also thought that I also had to love my body everyday or that I was some kind of fraud. So, why the change? First, I am a human, and also a realist

Ever since I knew I was going to become a registered dietitian (RD), I dreamt of merging my yoga background with my nutrition expertise – a fusion of Eastern (yoga) and Western (clinical nutrition) philosophies. This year, I have slowly started to integrate yoga and mindfulness tools into my nutrition counseling work — and I truly feel like it makes a difference for any client who is open to letting me guide them. Whether it’s a few yoga poses, meditation, guided imagery, bod

Hands-down, the number one macronutrient (carbs, fats, protein) that I hear people say they’re avoiding are carbohydrates. From my clients – with AND without eating disorders – to family members to friends and next-door neighbor, this fear and avoidance of carbs does not discriminate. Constantly, I hear statements like, “My weakness is English muffins,” “I’m afraid of how many calories are in grains,” or “I’ve just always heard carbs aren’t good for me.” I’ve also noticed th

D oes your relationship to food get in the way of you living your best life? If your answer is yes, please know it is really common in our culture to get distracted by the latest diets and fitness obsessions, and then led down into a rabbit hole of life-sucking behaviors that certainly don’t help us live into our values. They actually do the opposite, and take us away from what is really important in life. That’s why, today, I want to talk life values – the reasons why we fe

Ah, January. There’s this classic, fast and furious renewal of fitness memberships and resolving to move more. The diet & fitness...

This is a time of year when I feel like it is really easy to disconnect from our bodies. Whether it’s trying to tie up lose ends at work,...

Take a moment to ask yourself: What motivates me to eat well? If your key motivators behind eating a healthy diet are weight control...

Did you know that one in three U.S. consumers are following a specific diet? According to the 2018 International Food Information Council...

Hello there people. This is just a super quick post to celebrate calories. One of the many things that I think our culture gets wrong is...

Tree Poem for emotional endurance (Audio version). I write poetry. If you ever read my blog, you wouldn’t know that, because I never...

The term literally makes me cringe. Search the hashtag “cleaneating” on Instagram and you will find images of super-lean women taking...

You’ve heard it all: Sugar is bad. Sugar is toxic. Sugar will destroy your health. Fear-mongering messages around sugar abound. They are...