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Lesson four – Emotional eating.
French version of this post here, courtesy Stéphanie Potin-Grevrend. A lot of the time, emotional eating is discussed as a somewhat dirty little secret. Even in the intuitive eating world (see #7), it’s presented as something undesirable, something that indicates you’re emotionally unstable and Not Very Good at Eating, but most of all, something that…
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On not being a dietitian.
Just a note – this is a post directed at systemic issues, and specifically the way my field is structured, and is not at all a complaint about the work I do currently, which I love, or about my readers and clients, whom I also love. It’s also an explanation of sorts for the media,…
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Lesson three – How does hunger feel?
French version of this post here, courtesy Stéphanie Potin-Grevrend. Getting in touch with hunger, and getting good at respecting its needs, is a crucial part in learning to feed yourself well. If you’ve been dieting for a long time, or just eating chaotically and inconsistently due to practical or emotional constraints, you are very likely…
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Lesson two – Meals as love.
If you have any sort of history of food restriction, whether from dieting, or medical stuff, or an eating disorder, or food scarcity of any kind; from financial reasons, or barriers to getting food, or the inability to prepare the food you’ve got – your body is, frankly, not going to trust you. Even after…
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How to eat, in a nutshell – lesson one: Permission.
French version of this post here, courtesy Stéphanie Potin-Grevrend. I spend a lot of time and energy trying to teach people to eat normally. It’s amazing what a difficult process it can be, and I blame a lot of that on the severely disordered culture we’re all swimming in. It can be a long, drawn-out…
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