by Erica Leon | Oct 7, 2022 | Body Image, Diet Culture, Health at Every Size
Today I am sharing a vulnerable post about my plus-size body and my recent experience about shopping for a mother-of-the groom dress for my son’s upcoming wedding. I hope it can help to normalize how challenging it can be to fully embrace a peaceful relationship with...
by Erica Leon | Jun 26, 2021 | Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating, Self Care
Yes, getting the proper amount of calcium can help you build stronger bones and prevent osteoporosis. In my last blog post, I shared with you Part 1 in my series focused on Risk and Screening for Osteoporosis at midlife. Today’s focus will be on dietary changes you...
by Erica Leon | Jun 12, 2021 | Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating
For many people, the first sign of osteoporosis, a debilitating bone disease, is actually breaking their first bone! That’s because it happens far more often than many of us realize. After working hard to avoid going to a doctor’s offices during COVID over the past...
by Erica Leon | May 1, 2021 | Healthy Foods & Cooking, Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating, Self Care
From having a “gut” instinct to “feeling” something in your gut, our GI tract plays a critical role in the health and well-being of our entire body. Our gut – more specifically, the gut microbiome –is literally a second brain that plays a role in our moods, our immune...
by Erica Leon | Feb 20, 2021 | Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating, Nutrition
So many of my clients tell me they want to add in foods and/or supplements as a way of helping to manage peri- or post- menopausal symptoms. How can we do this in a way that doesn’t jeopardize all the hard work of letting go of diets and embracing intuitive eating? Or...
