Self Compassion with Food: Why It Matters A few weeks ago, a client looked at me and said, “I was so bad this weekend. I had pizza, skipped my workout, and then spent hours picking apart my body in the mirror. I know better—I just don’t know why I keep messing up.” Her words weren’t […]

Body Image, Intuitive Eating

June 17, 2025

Self Compassion with Food: A Kinder Way to Heal Body Image and Eating Struggles

Self compassion with food and body image

How many times have you heard the phrase “get your summer body ready” or felt pressure to change how you look before swimsuit season? As the weather warms up, it’s common for body image thoughts to become louder. The idea that you need a different body for summer—what diet culture often calls a “summer body”—can […]

Body Image

June 4, 2025

Summer Body Myths: How to Redefine Confidence Without Changing Your Body

Summer Ready Body: Redefining Body Trust and Confidence

Discover how setting non-scale goals with an intuitive eating dietitian can improve your relationship with food and body. Shift focus from weight to sustainable health and well-being.

Diet Culture

October 28, 2024

Non-Scale Goals

Non-Scale Goals written in text over image of hands using a pen to write in a journal

(from doctors, loved ones, etc.) You’ve just received a weightloss recommendation. Whether you are already on the journey of letting go of dieting and making peace with your body (at any size) or this is something that you have considered (or not considered) but are scared to do, it can be disheartening to hear from […]

Body Image, Diet Culture

September 7, 2023

How to Handle Weightloss Recommendations

weightloss recommendations