April 20th, 2015 I remember this day as if it was yesterday. I had two super important coaching calls scheduled: one brand-new client who was getting a 90-minute coaching intake and another call with a super impressive woman that I had been looking up to. I was...
When you begin your journey to body-acceptance, you’ll inevitably run into a few challenges. Some of them will seem minor, others will be bigger. And most people give up once they hit a few roadblocks, right? Maybe you’ve done so in the past and thought it was just...
Most women spent their entire lives living for diets. Most women never experience what it’s like to be at peace with their bodies. Most women are extremely disconnected from the wisdom that their bodies’ hold. Most women want to be free but are too caught up in the...
I hate to break it to you but you are NOT the exception. However much you’d like it to be that way. Because, hey, we all want to be the exception, don’t we? We want to be special – and you are. We want to be unique – and you are. We want to be...
Your body hears everything your mind says. ~ Naomi Judd To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to see yourself is to have found yourself, for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are. ~ Anne Lamott As a child, I never heard one woman say to me,...
I believe from the bottom of my heart that if we women (or everyone for that matter) stopped dieting and hating on our bodies, we’d make this world a much, much better, more loving, safer and healthier place. We’d save the world. I believe – and have...
Have you ever been told that you need to lose weight? Have people ever asked you if you’re pregnant when you were anything but? Have people ever complemented your weight loss and simply made judgements about your looks? Chances are that your answer is a...
Why is weight SUCH a constant topic in some relationships? Why do some couples focuses so much of their time, money and energy on losing weight, maintaining weight, arguing about weight and, well, gaining it again? Why are some relationships almost overtaken by the...
What happens to your mind-body connection after decades of dieting? How can you slowly begin to trust your body again? And what does listening to your body even mean after a lifestyle of restriction? That’s what I talk about in the video...
7 years ago today, I went into treatment for my eating disorders. It was one of the scariest days of my life. The night before, I’d had a major fight with my ex-husband and we didn’t even say goodbye before I left. I remember feeling so shaken, so full of...
