Gentle Nutrition can Help Manage Menopausal Symptoms

Gentle Nutrition can Help Manage Menopausal Symptoms

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...
Disordered Eating, Body Image and Menopause

Disordered Eating, Body Image and Menopause

How sad that, in our culture, a woman’s relationship with her body often causes insecurity, fear, self-doubt, shame, guilt, low self-esteem, and all too often, self-hatred. The statistics are downright shocking; more than 5-10 million girls and women and 1 million...
Transitioning from Perimenopause into Menopause

Transitioning from Perimenopause into Menopause

In our culture today, women* fear weight gain, at all costs, as well as aging. Perimenopause and Menopause are two words that conjure up fear in the hearts and minds of most women* and  also people who are assigned female at birth. Diet culture promotes middle-aged...