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Are you up for a challenge? Try this with me. Set a timer for one minute and keep completing the following sentence until your timer goes off. “Food is……” What words or phrases came up? Take a moment to scan what you have written and notice: Are there some...

What if, for less than five minutes a day, you could: Boost your mood Reduce stress Improve your immune system Build your self-confidence? Would you do it? If your answer is a resounding “yes!” you won’t want to miss what I have to say!  But first... In our last blog,...

Sometimes life takes you by surprise...suddenly you find yourself somewhere you don’t really want to be, or somewhere you never imagined. Have you ever realized your past decisions have brought you right here, right now, to this place in your life? Journaling can help...

For many women, climbing Mount Everest feels more likely than climbing the ladder of self-acceptance. Can you relate? As women, self-acceptance can be an ongoing battle. We can be sooooo good at accepting others. Meanwhile, we struggle with food, eating, weight, and...

Negative self-talk about our bodies - especially as women - is common. The impact of these negative thoughts only fuels our challenges with food, eating, weight, and body image. Know the Frequency How often do you have a negative thought about your body? Does your...

It may seem harsh but it’s true … diets don’t work. Research proves that diets are not a sustainable way to achieve and maintain better health whether your goal is to improve your weight, eating, or body image. So, what options are there? Let's first examine why diets...

How do you deal with change? Do you embrace what’s next? Or do you resist it? Is your way working? Mine wasn’t. I’ve not always handled change very well... How Change Comes About My whole life has been wrapped up in the physical and this started at a very young age....

Exercise and Movement Can Be FUN? Moving my body for health IS fun but this was news to me at first. I became a Certified Life Coach to learn more about this and other ways to better serve women who struggled with food, weight, eating, and body image. What I didn’t...

The clock clicked to 4:11am, and the alarm sounded-piercing into my head, it was time for my run. I paused for a moment and had a flashback of the night before... I had to get up and run, there was no choice. I have to burn off the calories I ate last night. Why did I...