Nurturing Food Freedom and Body Confidence

Eating Wisdom Blog

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Where stories meet science, and insight meets compassion.

Here you’ll find thoughtful reflections, practical guidance, and gently rebellious truths about food, body image, and healing. Whether you're just beginning to untangle from diet culture or deep into the work of attuned eating, there's something here for you.

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The Weight Watchers (WW) App and Your Child's Weight

Should you help your child with their weight by signing up for the new WW app? Read what professionals are saying about the app, specifically warnings about danger of using it. Included are references if your goal is to help your child grow up to eating problems and develop a healthy body image,

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Weight Goals and Body Hatred : The Truth

Many think they have to hate their body to do something about it. However, body hatred actually makes fear, anxiety, and chronic body dissatisfaction worse, it makes body image worse. You end up feeling terrible about yourself, and that makes it hard to take good care of yourself. Dump the body hatred if you want to get healthy!

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The Enneagram: What’s My Type?

The Enneagram is a powerful personality typing system, intriguing in its depth and accuracy. It is also an ancient tool used for personal and spiritual self-discovery. Learning the Enneagram, and its 9 key personality types, and discovering your own, is eye-opening.

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The Rebel Self Rebels: Finding a Sane Approach to Eating

You have a deeper knowing self that rebels against food rules! This Rebel Self hates those imposed rules, hates the constraint, and hates the disrespect of these simplistic solutions. This Rebel Self is tired of the disrespect implied in, "Just follow this rule, it’s easy to get healthy or lose 10 pounds." So what are you supposed to do?

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Have You Become "Exercise Resistant?"

Exercise is often used as a way to lose weight or shape the body, to enhance our sense of self-worth, or simply because we think we should. It's not fun, and we don't think it is supposed to be. You may think you are lazy or have a character flaw, and need to force yourself to get to the gym. But what if you have actually become "exercise resistant?"

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