Public health should be a way of doing justice, a way of asserting the value and priority of all human life. Dan E. Beauchamp (1974) I started my health knowledge journey 4 years ago by going through the Nutritional Therapy…
Enjoyable Movement
Movement is a way to reconnect with our wonderful selves and be aware of our own physical power. When we fully inhabit our bodies, we can fully inhabit our lives. Thrive at Any Weight, Nancy Ellis-Ordway My relationship with exercise/movement…
What’s up with the BMI?
Is the BMI an accurate measure of health? Short answer… No Read on to learn a little bit more about the BMI. What is the BMI? It’s simply a ratio of height and weight. It does not account for muscle mass,…
Food Rules
Beyond thinking about what you want to eat and planning meals, are you also spending time arguing with yourself about what you SHOULD eat and why you SHOULDN’T eat certain things? You might negotiate with yourself and think “well I had a big lunch,…
Momma Strong
One of my self-care items is intentional movement and I gotta give a shout out to MommaStrong on this one. This program is AMAZING. A friend of mine gifted me my first month and I’ve been hooked for 3 months.…
Self Care List
I recently completed the Overwhelm Detox Challenge with an amazing coach, Tarah Keech. She helped me get back in touch with what I want, why I want them and how to show up for myself. Go sign up for the…
Bad Body Days
Healing your relationship with food and your body doesn’t mean that you never have those old dieting thoughts pop up or have a bad body day. Doing this work allows you to not buy into that story anymore and gives you…
All Bodies Are Good Bodies
Something I started doing last year is changing up my social media feed to show more diversity in body sizes and unfollowed accounts that I was comparing my body to in a negative way. One of my favorite hashtags is #allbodiesaregoodbodies to…
Ditch the Scale
How often do you weigh yourself in the morning and that impacts your day, either positively or negatively? Stop doing that to yourself. Today’s tip is to ditch the scale. Most people have a pity party if the number went…
Wear Clothes That Fit
Another body image tip that really helped me is buying clothes that fit my body NOW and not some future body that I wished I had. Be comfortable now. It’s very hard to have a positive relationship with your body…