5 Ways to Cope with Body Image During Pregnancy
So many women struggle so profoundly during pregnancy watching their bodies transform rapidly in front of their eyes. If you had any struggle with your body image pre-pregnancy, chances are high that you also will during pregnancy…here were a few things I found very helpful to bolster my body image during pregnancy.
My Personal Journey with Movement
My relationship with movement has taken a really long time to feel peaceful and it continues to be hard at times. If you’re in the thick of it, hold on. Keep working, and taking each little win at a time. Reach out for support, if it feels stressful, chaotic and scary….
An RD’s Favorite Products to Start Solids with Baby
Starting solids can be exciting, overwhelming and daunting! When scouring the internet during my own time starts solids with my baby, I had a hard time figuring out what I actually needed (product wise) to begin our feeding journey. My hope is this post will clarify this question for you.
Flexible Meal Planning
Can the framework of intuitive eating and the idea of meal planning co-exist? At first, they may sound counterintuitive, because for many, meal planning can become rigid and has been co-opted by diet culture. However, meal planning if done with flexibility can be an act of self care that aligns with intuitive eating.
How to Be An Anti-Diet Bride
Getting married is supposed to be one of the most exciting, happy times of your life! Yet if you ask any bride-to-be in the midst of wedding planning, most would tell you they’re incredibly stressed. On top of the endless to-do lists and never-ending logistics, many women feel an enormous amount of pressure to look their best on their wedding day. Unfortunately, diet culture has told us over and over that to look our best, we have to be the smallest version of ourselves - leading many women to feel the need to lose weight before the big day.
6 Tools to Navigate Pregnancy in Recovery
Congratulations - you’re expecting a little one! While being pregnant is an incredible process, it can be a challenging experience if you are recovering from an eating disorder/disordered eating. Between your changing body, food cravings and restrictions, and unsolicited comments from strangers, pregnancy can bring negative feelings to the surface, even if you’ve been working hard towards recovery. Below, we’ve put together a few tools that can help.