You might dread the holidays if you wrestle with your body image or your relationship with food. But I say, be excited, for in challenges we find opportunities for growth. Know that as the holidays approach, the only way out of your body image struggle is through it....
Christmas and Holiday Body Image Issues
Practical & Tactical Ways to Keep Your Body Image Peace
Today my guest is Kasey Shuler from the Joyful Health Collective. She helps us discover practical and tactical ways we can keep our body image peace during December (and all year round!) This is part 1 of a 2 part interview. Today we discuss: How healthy spiritual...
The Cure for the Holiday Blues: How Thanksgiving and Christmas Hold the Keys to Joy
The one-two punch of Thanksgiving and Christmas can be an especially challenging time for people who struggle with body image and comparison issues. For some it is a time of concern about eating and weight gain. For others, the holidays bring interpersonal situations...
Podcast: Food, Attitude, Gratitude: Navigating Food Issues at Holidays
Do the holidays stir up feelings of anxiety or stress about food and weight gain? In this episode, author and speaker Heather Creekmore gets real about food, dieting, all the rules, and what happens at the holidays. Should worrying about food consume our holidays? Is...
5 Ways to Not Eat ALL the Candy, Cookies, and Pie This Holiday Season
In less than an hour, my four children amassed over twelve pounds of candy. It was an uncharacteristically cold and rainy trick-or-treat day here, and our neighbors were generous. Too generous. One of the scariest things about Halloween is how afterwards I'm left with...
The Birth That Defines My Worth
“Looks like you’ve gained a few pounds.” The dressing room mirror taunts. “I’m sure it’s just this dress. Maybe it’s mis-sized,” I answer it back in my head. “I’ve not been that bad.” I shimmy my way out of the fitted dress and throw it on the bench so it knows it’s...
5 Ways to Get Your Shopping Habits Under Control
Take another 30% off clearance. Six words that make my heart so happy. My husband insists that nothing makes my face light up quite like a full rack of mark-downs and a coupon for extra discounts. I love shopping. Too much. Recently I’ve been trying to curb my...
The Most Perfect Gift
When I think back to my childhood during the Christmas season, there is one tradition that stands out among any others. An event that brought a real thrill of hope, a longing, a desire, and ultimately, rejoicing. That event was “Going through the Toy Catalog.” I loved...
Joy and Fear of the Holiday Season
This is by far, my favorite time of year. Brisk mornings with a hot cup of coffee in hand. Apple-cinnamon aroma that fills the entire house. Vibrant red and orange leaves falling from the trees. A crackling fireplace warming the living room. Christmas music and...
Taking the Power Away from the Scale
I love this guest post from my friend Erin Kerry. Erin shared more of her story in this post. But, I love her renewed approach to the holidays. Are you ready to start taking the power away from the scale? It’s that time of year. Time for feasting, gorging, bingeing....
