by Nadia | Apr 22, 2022 | Nutrition
HAES® exists and benefits humans in all bodies because of anti-fatness and stigma against fat bodies. And yet it is the most marginalised bodies who've explicitly shared how HAES® spaces and 'leaders' have harmed them. I am a white, thin, able-bodied, cisgender woman...
by Nadia | Nov 22, 2021 | Wellbeing
In 2017, my panic disorder and anxiety kicked up a notch from the relatively stable point I'd been at for years. And it was at this point that I returned to regular psychotherapy sessions. During one such session, my therapist presented the idea of a 'brain gym.' Of...
by Nadia | Mar 16, 2021 | Nutrition
Balance. Another term related to nutrition that's been hijjacked by diet culture. What does balance mean to you? Is it a feeling? A vision of yourself? About what you can do? Diet culture has us positioning balance when it comes to the way we eat as another rule i.e....
by Nadia | Mar 12, 2021 | Body Image
What do you think of your body? Does your answer contain all of the aspects of your body that you don't like? That you feel need to be hidden? Perceived flaws to fix? Does answering the question 'what do you think of your body', bring to mind everything you think...
by Nadia | Mar 8, 2021 | Wellbeing
[TW: sexual violence] Seeing snippets of the current political conversation and discord surrounding the topic of sexual violence in this country, has made me look away more than a few times. Even as I write these words, there’s a lump in my throat, a sting in my chest...
