As a mom, I get how tough it is to keep on top of it all. It feels like we are being pulled in a million directions and our needs always fall to the wayside. And we also live in a world where it feels like everywhere you look, there is a new fad diet... 

Restrictions don’t work. Diets during the holidays don’t work. Guilt doesn’t work. Enjoying food and listening to your body does. Letting go of unhelpful attitudes toward food will help you fully enjoy the holiday season. Have the cookie—or two! ‘Tis... 

Mixed messages around food—which ones to eat versus which ones to avoid—lead us to eat in a disconnected way. Let’s get back to enjoying food, especially during a season full of delightful flavors. Guide Alexis leads you through a mindful eating exer... 

Cooking for one can be easy, healthy, cost-effective, and a major time-saver. I love batch cooking on Sundays, and one meal that I add to my meal planning week over week are egg bites! Just start with your muffin tin, 12 eggs, salt & pepper and your ... 

Adding more heart healthy oats to your day doesn’t have to be boring – oats are amazing! Here are 3 easy recipes you can make: Pumpkin Overnight Oats, Not So Boring Quick Oats, Oatmeal Cookies (great to make with kids!). If you try any of the recipes... 

There are a lot of ideas and messages about intuitive eating online, through various forms of media, and even from friends and family. While it may sound simple to listen to your body and "eat when hungry", it's often more nuanced than that! If it so... 

There was once a time when most of us ate food simply according to our body’s cues. This was the Before Times—a phase of life, however brief, before we internalized ideas about our bodies and what or how we were “supposed” to eat. The length of this ... 

Let’s imagine a scenario: You’re walking through an airport. You pass a bathroom and wonder, “Hmm, do I need to use the bathroom?” Before doing a body check and letting that be your guide, you pause. You pass that question through a few mental filter... 

One of the barriers to eating intuitively—i.e. trusting yourself to eat what your body needs, wants, and likes—is counting calories. This is either a mental calculation of calories consumed, and/or an app that someone uses frequently to “keep track” ... 

Even though I’ve worked with hundreds of folks as they let go of dieting and start eating intuitively, I can’t say for sure what intuitive eating and food trust will look and feel like for you. I actually think that’s the great thing about eating int... 

If you’ve ever been on a diet (or, a few dozen of them), you’ve been told in some way or another that you can’t be trusted around food. Even if you’ve never followed a strict or rigid diet, wellness culture and the media have convinced us that we nee... 

Q: Should I be eating breakfast every day? I get asked this question so frequently! Nutrition headlines of oscillated over the years, once stating that breakfast is a MUST in order to be “healthy”, and now changing with the tides of the Intermittent ... 

I’m sure the ads for diet services and “new!” products have already popped into your inbox, social media feeds, and maybe even friendly conversations. This is the diet industry’s favorite time of year to convince you something needs to change! (I’ve ... 

As you Zoom Out, what are some things that this holiday season means to you? What do you value during this time, and how do you try to honor that? Eating intuitively means checking in with yourself to see what you NEED (instead of checking a set of r... 

  “I’m worried about stress eating,” so many clients have said to me during this time of year. These months it feels like various holiday celebrations hit back to back, year-end parties ensue, we’re out of our routine, and we can’t seem to find a sen... 

  Protein – such an interesting topic (at least I think so – LOL). I get so many questions to our website and on social media about protein. Questions like “should I eat a high protein diet” and “will protein build more muscle” seem to be top of mind...