Can you relate to: Feeling guilty, ashamed, or angry at yourself if you overindulge and don’t eat as healthily as you want to? Constantly trying to implement healthy eating habits or a diet and then fall off the bandwagon for days…
I am SO EXCITED to announce that I passed the Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification today!!! This milestone is really special to me, and not because it’s another nutrition certification to hang on my wall, but because it was a test…
I’d like to share some thoughts on #winning and #goals vs. aiming for #excellence in execution. Have you ever met someone who is completely hung up on achieving a very specific outcome such as winning a competition or attaining a really specific goal, for…
DIVORCE What a scary, big, and overwhelming word that comes with a lot of charged emotions. Or does it always have to be about the negative? I’d like to share a story (with their permission) about a client appointment that left…
“A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.” –Tim Ferriss As many people can probably relate, issues around food and weight often have nothing do to…
Photo Credit: Dr. John Berardi The scale is one of the WORST ways to measure progress and celebrate success when it comes to changing eating habits and improving body composition. Please do yourself a favour and ditch the scale as the…
If there’s one thing that we can count on in life, it’s that we cannot control our surroundings. As someone who thrives on certainty and control, this has been a tough life lesson to learn. Setbacks are inevitable. We can…
EATING DISORDER RECOVERY: A story about the beautiful, messy, and rewarding process of fighting mental health issues to get better. With all of the social media posts about mental health and the fact that #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek falls in February, I wanted to…
The 5 Principles of Healthy Eating Now that we are at the beginning of 2017, it’s hard not to reflect on the past year. Although I’m not one to make large resolutions, every year I like to reflect on the past…
Burnout is a state of chronic stress that can lead to problems such as: physical and emotional exhaustion cynicism, irritability, and detachment feeling ineffective and lacking satisfaction from your achievements health concerns (insomnia, headaches, poor concentration, appetite changes, digestive issues, frequent…