by Erica Leon | Oct 26, 2019 | Body Image, Health at Every Size, Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating
You can make peace with food without obsessing about body weight…here’s how. What is Health at Every Size® and How Can it Help? For so many of my clients working towards making peace with food and their bodies, the notion of not having to be weighed each...
by Erica Leon | Oct 12, 2019 | Diet, Diet Culture, Eating Disorders & Prevention, Menopause, Weight Stigma
We live in a world that is obsessed with diets and manipulating our bodies in the pursuit of weight loss. Obsessed. Our world is obsessed with thinness. Why do we all live in mortal fear of “gaining weight,” getting fat,” or “being fat?” Why is our value as a human...
by Erica Leon | Jul 3, 2018 | Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating, Non-Diet Approach, Nutrition
This Independence Day, consider declaring your inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness with Intuitive Eating — NOT WEIGHT LOSS! One of the biggest worries I hear from clients in my nutrition practice is, “Will I gain weight if I stop...
by Erica Leon | Oct 19, 2017 | Mindful & Intuitive Eating
Nutrition is the last principle of intuitive eating for a reason!! If you focus on nutrition too soon, making peace with food and removing good and bad labels from different food groups will be SO much harder. In fact, it’ll probably be pretty impossible. But if...
by Erica Leon | Sep 11, 2017 | Mindful & Intuitive Eating
“Fears of weight gain lead some people to turn intuitive eating into another diet.” – Erica Leon Written by Ashley Seruya, B.A. Desire for weight loss is SO normal in our society, and fear of weight gain is completely understandable. We’re...