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Bodies

Craaaaavings And Lure Of The Forbidden

Today, I ordered a Frappuccino and didn’t really like it. If you think that’s weird, trust me, I understand. There was a time, about 6 or 7 years ago, when I loved Frappuccinos.

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Bodies

Eating Like a Goddess

Nearly every woman I know has a screwed up relationship with food. I think the way to heal this is not more of the same; it’s eating like a goddess.

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Bodies Perspectives

Intuitive Living

I’m writing this post by hand in bed. Sitting at my computer in my office wasn’t working for me, and I felt that if I changed my location and switched to pen and paper I’d be able to write. I knew instinctively that doing so would help me with this post, so I happily acted […]

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Awkwardette's Ill-Advised Guides

Awkwardette’s Ill-Advised Guide to Getting it On: Intuitive Sexing

This having casual sex thing has been really, really helpful for me. In the few months since I’ve started doing it, I’ve learned a lot more about what feels good for me sexually, opened my mind up to things I’ve never considered about my sexuality and I’ve met some pretty good people along the way. […]

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Bodies

It’s About To Get Real In Here

Oh yeah, it’s about to get real in here. As most of you know, my job is working with people who want to end their struggles with food and body image so that they can have fuller, richer, happier lives. This is a journey that I’ve been on myself. I dieted for 24 years. I obsessed about […]

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Food

The Beggars’ Banquet: My Beef with Intuitive Eating

In recent years, talk of “diets” has become verboten in favor of talk about approaching your health via the trajectory of “intuitive eating,” which, at first glance, sounds pretty good, actually. Listen to your wise body, and it will guide you in your eating choices.

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Perspectives

You Don’t Need More Self Control (Independence Day Edition!)

How often do you hear or say phrases like this? “My eating is so out of control.”

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Food

Are Old Diet Rules Getting In Your Way?

In a recent workshop, one of the participants brought up the fact that she sometimes doesn’t like to eat leafy greens because they remind her too much of her dieting days. Whenever she eats greens (salad in particular), she feels what she used to feel while dieting — restricted and annoyed, and even a phantom-like […]