So, I have a confession to make.​​This will come as a shock to many people, ​but I think I just need to get it out.​​I’m not perfect.  (I jest, I jest 😅)But it’s so funny that we think our imperfection is something to be ashamed of or try to hide from the world. I don’t think social media, filters and Photoshop have helped us with our insecurities.E.g. I think my camera automatically smoothes out my eye wrinkles … In real life, they’re quite visible … Apparently smiling a lot gives you eye wrinkles 🤷‍♂️I would hate for one of my clients to meet me…

If you want to truly transform your health, you can’t do it without these 3 things.Time, Patience and Compassion.Take a look at the last 6+ decades of diet culture. We’ve created multiple generations of people who fear food, don’t trust themselves, and always feel like they’re failing.And worse, there’s an entire (failed) multibillion dollar industry that’s based on the premise that you’re not good enough, that sells you quick-fixes, and makes you feel like it’s your fault when they don’t “work”.Trapped in a cycle of guilt, regret and shame, for being the imperfect human that they are.There’s no pill or…

“You’re not enough.”That’s the story that most people carry around with them their entire lives. It’s a heavy story that weighs people down and holds them back from ever enjoying happiness.It’s a belief that’s reinforced from an early age, and continually pushed into our faces because social media is a highlight reel that conditions us to believe that happiness lies in achieving a certain status, or looking a certain way.It’s a story that I struggled with for a long time. As a nutrition professional who doesn’t maintain 6-pack abs, a “jacked” physique, or a fridge full of perfectly prepped meals,…

If my friend had a hard day, and I sat down to have a glass of wine together and talk, listen and share, I’d be a good friend. But, if every time my friend had a hard day, I handed them a glass of wine, I’d be helping them become an alcoholic.Sometimes we mistake a short term act of kindness for a viable long-term strategy, when in fact, as a repeated act, it becomes highly destructive.What if that friend was myself, and instead of wine, it was pizza, cookies and chocolate?When I was using (and abusing) food as a coping…

My new friend Sanjay shared with me some of his wife’s incredible Indian cooking, and we proceeded to spend the next hour and a half talking about food, culture, history and travel.Anyone who says “food is just fuel” is living a joyless life around food, and I feel sorry for them.So many people spend their lives trapped in a tortured relationship with food, ridden with guilt, angst, shame and suffering.And the irony is, it’s only making their struggles with health and weight worse.Eating can be such a sensual and pleasurable experience, heightened by meaningful connection to other human beings.I’m here…

“Losing weight is simple. All you have to do is eat veggies and lean protein for most of your meals”Sure, that’s true … If you wre an emotionless robot who had a mostly effortless life, with low demands on your time and emotional and mental energy.Any blanket statements around health and weight loss entirely ignore the human experience and place an impossible burden of expectation on the individual.On top of that, when someone fails to adhere to said guidelines, they’re often told that they just don’t want it bad enough.Are you freaking kidding me?Whenever someone makes such a blanket statement,…

I used to hate myself 😲I used to put everyone and everything before myself.When one of my mentors said to me “If you’re tired of the way people are treating you, take a look at how you’re treating yourself” … That blew my mindIt had never occurred to me that the level of respect that I gave myself, would determine the respect I got from others.I always made excuses for why something else was more important than taking care of myself.I would get started on some diet with a burst in motivation, only to burn out in less than 2 weeks.It…

I’m so thankful that diets failed me. I’m so thankful that every time I tried to punish myself into being healthy, that it failed. I struggled for so long thinking that I was the failure, when in fact my body was trying to teach me a lesson. You cannot hate your way into health. It is impossible. And I’m filled with such deep gratitude, because it meant that I had to learn to love myself and love my body. My body was crying out for love, appreciation and gratitude, and I was trying to punish it into submission, to try…

A number on the scale won’t help you love yourself. A flat stomach won’t help you love yourself. And, that’s so incredibly liberating ❤️. You don’t have to wait until some arbitrary point in time to start appreciating how amazing you are And if you think I’m lying when I tell you you’re amazing, I challenge you to hop on a call with me and try to prove me wrong 😃 You might laugh, you might cry, but at the end of the day, I’m 💯 sure I’m right.

When did food become the answer to all our problems? Food is amazing. It represents social life, celebration, culture, history and more. But, I don’t think we’ve ever had such a tenuous relationship with food in human history. For most of history, people were just grateful to have food on the table. And in times of harvest, when food was abundant, people celebrated. So … when did the problems start? I don’t know exactly, but I’m pretty confident that we can see a connection between the rise in mental, emotional and lifestyle stress, along with the increase in cheap, abundant,…