Health At Every Size

What It Means to Be Body Neutral

In a world where we’re constantly bombarded with images, messages, and expectations about how we should look, the concept of body neutrality offers a refreshing and liberating alternative. Unlike body positivity, which emphasizes loving every aspect of your body, body neutrality focuses on accepting your body as it is and recognizing that your worth isn’t…

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Embracing Mindful Movement: Moving in Ways that Feel Good to You

Last week I had a rich conversation with Marie-Pier Pitre-D’Iorio, Registered Dietician and founder of The Balanced Practice (a team of health care providers who take an anti-diet and weight inclusive approach to support people in having a better relationship with food, their bodies & themselves). Marie-Pier and I discussed what it means to move mindfully and…

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Best Tips for a Healthy Body and Mind: Tea with Li

It was a special treat for me to sit down with my friend Li Koo who is Toronto based Realtor on her “Tea with Li” pod/webcast. We had a warm and candid conversation about personal autonomy and disrupting limiting and oppressive norms. It was honestly one of the best conversations I’ve had in quite some time, and…

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Comments About My Weight and Internalized Fatphobia

I had an experience at the end of my online Nia class today that I can’t get off my mind.   I was chatting with the students as I normally do when we’re done class. We’re talking about air travel when one woman makes a comment about my weight.   I paused in shock. This type…

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HAES and doing right

  I have been a member of the HAES® (Health at Every Size) community for many years. I have appreciated finding an online community to help me in my attempts to unlearn diet culture and metabolize the harm I have experienced because of it. It has benefitted me immensely both personally and as Nia teacher…

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Breaking Body Biases: Can Exercise be Harmful? Orthorexia with FitPro Jennifer Hicks

I recently had the honour of being interviewed by Christine DiFilippis of Breaking Body Biases.  Breaking Body Biases is an anti-diet and joyful movement podcast which amplifies the voices of fitness professionals, dieticians and health practitioners promoting HAES (Health At Every Size). How wonderful to talk with Christine about diet culture, privilege, choice making and…

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