Food Freedom Blog

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How to Stop Food Guilt and Quiet Food Noise

When your mind is LOUD when it comes to eating, with its constant judgments about what you are about to eat, what you just ate, or will eat soon, this is called food noise. Being obsessed with what you think you should or shouldn’t be eating and the constant self-judgment can be exhausting. Here’s the way out…

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Craving Carbs? Here’s What’s Really Going On

Craving carbs and sugary treats when you really want to eat healthy can be infuriating. If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t seem to break free, let’s talk about what’s really going on when you find yourself craving these foods. 

We’ll explore why addressing the mental and emotional aspects of your relationship with food is often the key to breaking free from the craving cycle.

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A Poem for Showing up as YOU

I wrote this poem because there’s a transformative power in creativity that sometimes allows us to heal when we reveal ourselves to ourselves and to each other.

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Beyond the Plate: Why You Lack Energy as a Highly Sensitive Person

If you're tired all of the time, a common place to start is focusing on nutrition for better health. However, focusing solely on the food—while important—misses a crucial part of the picture. It's essential to widen the lens and consider the suppressed emotions, trauma, and boundaries that often lie at the heart of these struggles. The root of your energy depletion may go far beyond what's on your plate.

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What’s Going on When You Have No Motivation to Cook

When you're low on energy, it can feel like an uphill battle to cook and take care of yourself. This lack of motivation can lead to a cycle of fatigue, stress, and emotional eating, often followed by guilt after overindulging or just eating less “healthy” than you’d like. 

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Navigating Weight Gain During Illness or Injury

How to deal with weight gain and feeling frustrated when you can't exercise from someone who understands the anxiety and disappointment that can come when your body doesn't cooperate with your fitness goals. But what if I told you that our relationship with exercise isn't always as healthy as we think it is?

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A Poem for Stillness

I wrote this poem to capture an internal experience. Writing helps me experience my core imaginative, whimsical, and creative self. May this poem support you in cultivating your own stillness, grounding, and delight.

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How to Not Feel Guilty After Eating

If you’ve noticed the conventional advice around avoiding foods like sugar or other treats doesn’t work well for you and makes it all the more irresistible. Let’s explore how one of my clients who has struggled with binge eating tapped into her inner wisdom by using self-compassion, pleasure, and permission.

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A Simple Morning Habit to Have a Positive Day

A Simple Morning Habit to Have a Positive Day. A simple, easy way to start the day to start your day off right. I share a habit of practicing positivity that you may want to try on, based on spirituality and science.

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Why Habits Are Hard to Change & What To Do About It

Why Habits are Hard to Change and What Do About It. This video is geared towards anyone who is wanting to make a change in their daily life and routine to better support their physical health or mental well-being.

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Before I write

A poem about creativity and the inner struggle with resistance before taking action

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Getting Out of Your Head and Into Action

There is value in taking my own brain, that can get in the way sometimes, out of the equation after I’ve made a decision that I know aligns with my values and the direction I’ve chosen to move.

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