If you’ve been around my blog for awhile, you’ve most definitely seen me use the term ‘intuitive eating’ and can probably sense that I have very strong (positive) emotions about it.  But if you’re like most people, you probably have no idea what it really means…so today I’m going to shed a little light on it for you.  But first, let’s tackle what intuitive eating is NOT. Read More

Alright, I knew pregnancy would go by quickly….but HOW am I already at 29.5 weeks?!  It seems like the 2nd trimester went by faster than the first which makes me terrified for how quickly these last 10.5 weeks (assuming baby Rogers waits that long to make his/her entrance) will go by.  I find that as the due date (rapidly) approaches, a lot of feelings and emotions start popping up.  I find it’s a mix of excitement, anticipation, joy, fear, unpreparedness, anxiousness and sometimes panic.  When we first found out I was pregnant, I was like ‘ppshhhh 9 months???  I’ve got sooooo much time’ and now it’s more like Read More

“Caution:  If you trade in your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following:  anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.” – Brene Brown.  Wow.  I don’t know about you, but that quote really hits home.  A couple of years ago I was sitting in at least 3-4 of those things listed and it was because I had no idea who my true self was, and that was eating away at my sense of worthiness as a person.   Read More

A little food for thought/tough love for you today.  Have you ever stopped to notice how you talk to yourself inside your head?  Now before you stop reading and count me off as crazy, just hear me out.  SO many of us (especially those of us who have ever or do struggle with food, diet, weight, body image, etc) have a constant negative, degrading and malicious conversation about ourselves happening in our minds throughout the day.  You know the voice; “UGH you look so fat, you can’t wear that.”, “Gosh, you’re such a failure, it’s no wonder no one wants to date you.”, “You overate again, I can’t believe it…you’ll never lose weight.”, “You still can’t find a better job?  You should probably just give up, you’re not good enough to get that job.”  That voice…that annoying voice that is always bringing you down. Read More

Cold temperatures, short days, a higher than necessary cloudy to sunny day ratio, being cooped up indoors….it’s no surprise that so many people suffer from the winter time blues.  One important thing to keep in mind on days you’re feeling down – what you’re feeling is totally normal.  When you allow yourself to think “something is wrong with you” or start hounding yourself as to why you just can’t “snap out of it”, you’re creating a Read More

I don’t know where you live, but here in Chicago it has been straight up COLD the last few days.  And I don’t know about you, but shockingly frigid weather makes getting up and getting to the gym a lot tougher than it already is.  Knowing it’s -11 with the wind chill ON TOP OF the fact that the sun isn’t up and knowing there’s snow on the ground is rough.  So some days, I resort to working out in my basement to eliminate one trip out into the winter tundra. Read More