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What I’ve Gained from Ditching Dieting + Embracing Mindful Eating

Originally posted on Honouring Appetite:
Recently we shared this image over at Libero Network. I stumbled across it somewhere in the webosphere (credit to recoverylifeandcats.tumblr.com) and it caught my attention. We’ve all seen the Special K adds “What will you gain when you lose?” (a topic for a future post…); however, this image throws it…

March 15, 2015 in Uncategorized.

Why is it so hard for people to understand that diets don’t work?

I am studying for certification as an Intuitive Eating counselor. Of course this means that I need to make sure that I am even more in tune with my eating and my body. I cannot expect to help others if I have not healed my own issues. One of the things that I and many…

March 8, 2015 in Body Image, Change, Ditch diets, Intuitive Eating.

Biggest Loser contestant: Big Mistake

Biggest Loser was big mistake

March 1, 2015 in Body Image, Weight Loss.

Great TEDBlog – The futility of dieting…

“Our daughters have learned to measure their worth by a wrong scale,”

February 22, 2015 in Intuitive Eating, Mindfulness, Weight Loss.

Thank goodness I don’t have to wear a tutu…

I was looking for a new way to manage my feelings this year and it occurred to me to do something that I enjoyed as a child.

February 16, 2015 in Change, dance, grief.

How long has it been?

So many new journeys and experiences – after all, the journey is as important (maybe more than) the destination.

January 19, 2015 in AFGE, engagement, Family Wellness Center, Puerto Rico.

Weight Stigma – Nope, Not Pregnant but Thanks for Thinking I Have Sex

Whatever your issues with body or weight, this is an important issue. Commenting on another persons body or size is never acceptable unless you are directly asked. via Weight Stigma – Nope, Not Pregnant but Thanks for Thinking I Have Sex.

August 5, 2014 in Body Image, Obesity, Self Esteem, Self Image.

BED In Recovery but Never Recovered

Thought I would share this insightful article. BED In Recovery but Never Recovered.

August 5, 2014 in Body Image, Healthy Eating, Self Image.

You’ve decided to do what?

Every time I think that I’m going to blog on a more regular basis, life gets in the way and I don’t get around to it. Then, so many things change and it is hard to catch up in one post. When I last posted, I had this idea that I would run 5, 5Ks…

July 6, 2014 in Autoimmune Illness, Change, Going Silver, Healthy Eating, Heart Surgery, Self Esteem, Self Image, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Transformation, Ulcerative Colitis.

Four Mothers and a Daughter

Originally posted on The EnLightened Journey:
Most people have one mother. I was fortunate enough to have four women in my life that filled that role at one time or another. The first woman in this life was Norelle. She passed in and out of my life in less than three years including pregnancy. She…

May 11, 2014 in Uncategorized.

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La Isla Oeste

Periodismo Hiperlocal

Repeating Islands

News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts

Dave and Lauras Dream

Dreaming of early retirement & travel

Delusional Bubble

Your travel guide to the fantastic unknown places around the world.

Honouring Appetite

moved to: laurenbersaglio.com

Kathryn Morgan

Ballet Beauty Lifestyle

Caroline Fourest

Blog officiel

TINGlife

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

Frantic Effervescence

Forgiveness Challenge

Tutu Global Forgiveness Challenge

Madhu Sameer

Meditations on the Nature of Life

fatchicksings.wordpress.com/

...Dances, Rants, Raves and Generally Steals the Show

VITAMIN KATIE

Holistic Dietitian / Yoga and Dance Instuctor

One Fit Mama Canada

Some Mom's lift more than just their kids...

Dear Bee

letters to my eating disorder

Ending the War

Rediscovering My Intuitive Eater

Stepping into yourself

Depression, Intuitive Eating, Spirituality. Semi regular musings.

Eating Rogue

My wanderings off the map and into a world without diets

Eat To Perform

Elisabeth Akinwale

Athletics, Motherhood and Other SuperFantastic Subjects

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