Intuitive Eating and mindfulness have a lot in common: trusting in your own body, self, and judgment; living your life according to internal (rather than external) drivers; being in the moment and constantly referencing yourself and your environment to take the next right step. Ultimately, both Intuitive Eating and mindfulness are about being yourself – […]
This simple truth never fails to provide perspective: It is completely normal and human to prefer pleasure over suffering; it is also completely normal for grasping onto pleasure to increase our suffering. What does this mean? For evolutionary reasons, our human minds and bodies prefer things that feel good to things that feel bad. Doesn’t […]
Hi there and welcome to the new normal (for now). . As many of us shelter in place and withdraw from regular social interactions, we might discover new ways in which our food and body “stuff” manifests. . Perhaps you find yourself self-soothing with food more often as a way to manage fear, anxiety, and […]
One of the exercises I like to do with my clients is to imagine what it looks and feels like to be at peace with one’s self, to be embodied, to feel fully alive. Some of the responses are beautiful: . – listen to music more often – wear beautiful, bright colors – cut my […]
Back when I was still drinking (and damn, I was good at it), something inside me would quietly whisper, “what are you so afraid of?” It was years before I really listened to that voice closely enough to become curious. . What was it? Why did I drink? What was I trying NOT to feel? […]
The words “emotional eating” have assumed a negative charge like few other. They conjure up images of collapsing onto the kitchen floor with a gallon of ice cream, or ugly crying while smashing potato chips into our pie holes. . I understand the fear around emotional eating – the terror of that chaotic feeling and […]
Hi there, Start the new year with a month of mindful eating reflections and exercises. For exactly zero dollars, the 2020 World Mindful Eating Month theme is “Planting the Seeds of Self-compassion.” World Mindful Eating Month is an online international event that runs through January in which we will create a community of practitioners with […]
Hi there, Today is my 45th birthday and I want to give you something to celebrate!! Before, during, and after the Thanksgiving holiday, I heard and read so many things about eating, weight, and body image. The good news is that there was an amazing array of body-positive, intuitive eating-inspired posts about how to hold […]
Hi there: I’m coming to you this week from the Academy of Food and Nutrition’s Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in Philadelphia PA. For our final Halloween-themed video, I share what’s really scary and what you can do about it. Please enjoy the holiday! Love and much respect, Jenna
Hi there: For the third week of our Halloween-themed emails, I share my thoughts on why sugar is so terrifying for so many people these days. Also… This year’s Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo will be in Philadelphia and I’ll be there. If you will be too, I’d love to see you. On Monday, […]
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