In trying to prevent childhood obesity, we may be fueling something far more dangerous. In this blog, I discuss what I am seeing clinically as an LCPC and what we should be teaching kids about food instead. Demonizing food or giving it morality is a sure fire why to set your kid up to have an unhealthy relationship with food. All foods fit and restricting specific foods is exactly the reason why some kids feel like they are out of control around sweets, candy, etc.

Keeping "goal clothes" in your closet isn't motivation, it's a daily reminder that you're not enough yet. In a society obsessed with fitting into unrealistic body standards, keeping clothes that don’t fit is only adding fuel to the fire. If you find yourself hanging on to clothes that don’t fit, you aren’t alone. In this blog, I explain why dressing the body you have right now is one of the most underrated body image tools out there.

Were you actually happier when you were in a smaller body? It’s easy to look back with rose-colored glasses but for most people, living in a smaller body is not what actually made them happy. Explore some of the deeper meanings behind this assumption and ways to correct some of these disordered thoughts.