by Erica Leon | Aug 1, 2020
Mindfulness is an important skill in learning when it comes to Intuitive Eating. Considering we are living in a time when stress levels are at an all-time high, it might be worth developing a mindfulness practice to help you and your family. Mindfulness is an...
by Erica Leon | Apr 11, 2020
Honestly, it’s been a really rough few weeks. Here in New York, this pandemic has loomed large. And while some of us are channeling our stress into making comfort foods (chicken pot pie – recipe here), baking bread (my son), or cleaning closets (my friend), still...
by Erica Leon | Mar 21, 2020
The world, as we know it, is changing, minute by minute. Who doesn’t feel some measure of fear and anxiety? It would make sense then, that some people find themselves eating food despite not being physically hungry. Perhaps we want to be comforted, to be nurtured. We...
by Erica Leon | Nov 16, 2019
I had the privilege of attending the Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) in Philadelphia. This is a national conference for nutrition professionals that can only be described as the Superbowl of Dietitian and Nutritionist Conferences! A highlight for me...
by Erica Leon | Nov 11, 2017
Being “anti-diet” is counter-cultural! When I think about what it takes to maintain my anti-diet truth in this diet culture world, I get really, really mad. I get mad that I have to put in so much effort to protect myself from the world that I live in, and...
