I help emotional eaters transform their relationship with food and lose weight.
This blog and my YouTube channel are full of helpful and healthful strategies to help you overcome the issues related to emotional eating such as:
Until we fix our relationship we food we cannot maintain a healthy weight and break the cycle of emotional eating.
As I said, I offer strategies for overcoming emotional eating with these articles on my blog and the content on my YouTube channel, as well as online courses to help you reach your goals.
When you work with me you can expect to:
Understanding where emotional eating begins There is a saying that kids are resilient. I think that’s a load of crap. Kids are fragile. Kids are impressionable – like sponges. Kids are developing, learning, growing, testing out boundaries, and discovering. The prefrontal cortex, where decisions are made, is still developing into our 20’s. This is why …
I’ve been working with weight loss clients exclusively for eight years. I want to share with you 5 questions I recommend asking yourself before you begin any weight loss program. I’ve developed this checklist through the years after seeing what works and unfortunately, seeing what doesn’t. Why am I overweight? How did I get to …
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How to figure your ideal weight Spring is just around the corner and unfortunately for some of us so is bathing suit season. If you find yourself wanting to shed a few pounds before hitting the beach you have probably thought about how much you’d like to lose and figure out what your ideal weight …
This weeks blog is one that is very personal to me. It’s why I began my career as a trauma informed dietitian. Is your unresolved childhood trauma preventing you from losing weight? I remember the conversation as clear as what I had for dinner last night. I was 20 and my counselor told me that …
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Today I answer a question from an IG follower named Terri: When something happens and it makes me really sad, I find that I just don’t care what I eat. I have a “screw it” mentality so I will eat junk food or whatever I want. I’ll even think to myself “this is so bad …
One thing I know from 20 plus years of counseling people who want to lose weight is that you have to look at each individual and find what works best for them. If you are a mindless eater, meaning you don’t give a lot of thought to what and why you are eating, then mindful …
Today I’m a registered dietitian but I USED to be a big time emotional eater. How do I know it was emotional hunger and not physical hunger I was filling? The number one reason people eat emotionally is to distract, avoid or numb out a difficult or uncomfortable emotion. For me that was the overwhelming …
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40 million people in the US are experiencing anxiety right now. Are you one of them? Only 37% of those seek treatment for it like medication or talk therapy. That leaves a lot of people to try to manage it on their own. Those who suffer may Have insomnia Be moody and irritable Have an …
Before I give you the answer to the question, “what is the best exercise for weight loss?”, let’s take a look at how exercise in general helps us to lose weight. In a 24 hour period you have calories that you take in by eating and/or drinking them. You also have calories that you burn. …
I’ve yet to meet someone whose life has not been impacted by Covid-19. Before I get to my tips for Covid weight loss, let’s name some of the emotions we have felt: Frustration Anger Boredom Loneliness Fear Anxiety A flood of emotions accompanied this worldwide pandemic and life altering virus. I talk a lot about …
