Food Insecurity: A risk factor for the development of eating disorders

Did you know that November 17-23 is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week? With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us here in the United States, it seems apropos. If you’re like me, even amidst my own struggles and challenges, I feel extraordinarily grateful that secure housing and enough food aren’t on my list of worries. Ensuring that [...]

5 Strategies that have Supported my Professional Growth as a Clinician

Clinicians and dietitians are always asking me, how do I plan and engage in my own growth and professional development? It is a common question I receive from colleagues. They wonder how I engage in my own continued growth alongside all of the things that I do for work (counsel, supervise, teach, write, etc.). This [...]

Working with Eating Disorder Clients… Two Things I Don’t Know

One of the greatest gifts of getting farther along in one’s career is developing a comfort with “not knowing” stuff. I know that sounds wild because I am kind of obsessed with learning. It’s one of the things I love most about this career - the opportunities for ongoing learning are everywhere. With experience comes [...]

Retro Review: I cannot believe this Body Image Blog is still #1

In these retro reviews, I’ve been looking back in time at the top 3 blog posts on my site of all time. And we have finally made it blog post #1, one on the topic of unrealistic beauty standards… It is titled, “Does this uterus make me look fat?” Pretty catchy title, huh? It’s essentially [...]

Retro Review: Do I Stand By What I Wrote on Sugar Addiction?

Six years ago, I wrote an article about sugar addiction that to this day is one of my most visited blog posts. I embarked on a fun little project this past summer of revisiting my most clicked on blog posts of all time. You may remember that the 3rd most popular post was about Dannon [...]

Retro Review: Do I Stand by My Critique of this Yogurt 14 Years Later?

The messages from diet culture on what makes something ‘healthy’ continue to endure over time. Summer gives me nostalgia vibes. The warmer weather, longer days, popsicles, and flip flops really do bring me back. And thanks to my marketing director, I’ve been going on a different kind of trip back in time. She recently shared [...]