Eating healthy as a family: quick guide

Eating healthy as a family: quick guide

Most of us want the best for our family, but when it comes to making healthy choices we seem to have trouble implementing new habits. Here’s a quick list of recommendations that you can put into practice right away: 1.   Read more >

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Healthy choices, healthy children

Healthy choices, healthy children

  Parents are faced with a myriad of food choices on a daily basis (as if raising kids wasn’t hard enough!). We all want the best for our children: nutritious food that is flavorful and nourishing, enjoyable and healthy. But   Read more >

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How do I start cleaning up my plate?

How do I start cleaning up my plate?

  For many of us, the desire to eat a healthy and varied diet is very real. But sometimes life gets in the way, especially if that desire includes the rest of your family. Where do I begin? Will my   Read more >

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Finding answers: what causes an eating disorder?

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Much has been written and argued about the real causes of eating disorders (ED), perhaps so because ED is such a complex arena. Psychologists and practitioners are constantly proposing new links and triggers to be studied and considered, and the   Read more >

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For parents of teens

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I was recently interviewed by Ser Familia Magazine for an article exploring disordered eating in teenagers. Here is a translation of the interview: Is there a difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating? Traditionally, eating disorder has been used   Read more >

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The Eating Spectrum

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  In my praxis I am usually confronted with the million dollar question “Is my behavior around food normal?”. This is a tricky question, and I try to honor it by using this example: If one morning we wake up   Read more >

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The ugly truth

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Is it actually possible to accept ourselves and change at the same time? Though these concepts appear to be contradictory, they actually aren’t. In this guest blog post that I have written for the Institute for the Psychology of Eating,   Read more >

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Body of evidence

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A while ago, when I graduated as an Eating Psychology Coach and held the certificate in my hand, I thought my formal training was complete. Yes, I would keep up with the field via seminars and literature, but there would   Read more >

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The bottom of progress

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  Once upon a time there was a far away land called the Kingdom of Perfectionism, and I really wanted to become an Honorary Citizen of it. It shouldn’t have been that difficult, really – I knew if I tried   Read more >

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A matter of trust

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    Have you ever worked with a coach? How did that go for you? And if you didn’t, what is stopping you from hiring one? Over and over, these are the comments that I hear “I’d love to work   Read more >

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