February is American Heart Month, a time to show gratitude for our cardiovascular system (your heart and blood vessels) and all that it does for us. Our heart works around the clock to pump blood throughout our body to supply our organs with oxygen and nutrients and remove waste products so that we can show up for what matters to us in our lives.
Read MoreMindfulness is the practice of bringing our full attention and awareness to the present experience, without judgement. Mindful eating helps us experience more satisfaction from our eating experiences, and become aware of our thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations related to eating. Mindful eating is a tool to help us reconnect with our innate wisdom (also known as our intuitive eater) that we are born with, such as the ability to honor hunger and satiety signals.
Read MoreMany of my clients’ report feeling out-of-control around certain foods and preoccupied with food. Diet culture has taught us to believe that the solution to feeling more in control versus out-of-control around food and eating is dieting, or restricting ourselves of the very foods we feel out-of-control around. Unfortunately, this ends up fueling the very vicious cycle so many individuals are working hard to break free from and contributes to feeling out-of-control around food.
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