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10 Tips for Joyful Movement: How to Stay Active Without Forcing Yourself
In the diet culture, exercise and movement are usually viewed as a punishment; the way to control your size, “make up” for what you ate, or deserve your next meal. Also, it often gets pushed with harmful, not to mention annoying, messages like “no pain, no gain,” or “shredding fat,” or (the most cringe) “sweat…
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Why You Should Stop Labeling Foods As “Good” And “Bad”
Have you ever eaten a piece of cake and immediately thought, “I was bad for eating that”? Or praised yourself for choosing a salad because it was the “right” choice? If so, you’re not alone. We live in a world where food is constantly labeled as either “good” or “bad,” and these labels often determine…
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Mid-Winter Survival Guide: 10 Self-Care Tips
When our girl said “All my mornings are Mondays stuck in an endless February” she knew what she was talking about (well, that and Sylvia Plath reference)—mid and late winter can be tough on our mental health. All of the fun festivities are over, it got even colder, days are short and dark and it…
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5 Must-Read Books About Intuitive Eating in 2025
Intuitive eating is a self-care practice embodying instinct, emotion and rational thought. Although its main focus is, obviously, eating, it also teaches us a gentle, helpful approach to fitness, body image, and wellness in general.In a world full of diets and diets disguising as “lifestyles”, intuitive eating is an antidote, offering a compassionate, flexible path…
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Think Intuitive Eating Means Overeating? Busting the “Eat Whatever You Want” Myth
When you hear “intuitive eating” and see the usual social media content related to it, featuring donuts, croissants and similar delicious treats, you might think intuitive eating is simply eating whatever you want, whenever you want, with no regard whatsoever to well-being.This is one of the most common intuitive eating myths and today, we will…
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Gentle Nutrition Goals for the New Year: A Non-Diet Perspective
The start of a new year always means being bombarded by diet culture marketing. Social media filled with empty promises of quick fixes, detoxes, and weight-loss resolutions, wrapped in a neat format of inspirational, aesthetic videos. It’s easy to buy into these narratives, especially when they’re dressed as “helping you become your best self.” We…
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Mindful And Sustainable: How to Embrace Plant-Based Eating In 2025
I remember visiting family after many years apart. It was an exciting occasion filled with joy and anticipation. Naturally, the visit was accompanied by a celebratory lunch. A week before our trip, we discussed the logistics—where to park, their address, and, then, the most important question:“What kind of meat do you eat, Nina? What kind…
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Reject Diet Culture: How To Start Your Intuitive Eating Journey
Intuitive eating and the non-diet approach to eating are becoming more popular globally, offering a refreshing shift from dieting and rigid “lifestyles”, leadins us back home to ourselves. Intuitive eating is a natural, instinctive approach that teaches trusting your body and responding to your unique needs. Born as intuitive eaters, children don’t see food as…
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5 Worst Health Myths You Should Leave Behind in 2025
As the New Year is rapidly approaching, we’re all taking time to reflect on last year, noticing what went well, what we achieved and what would we like to achieve in the next year.Often, at least some of our New Year goals are related to health. Unfortunately, oftentimes the health related goals aren’t truly healthy…
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10 Simple Ways to Feel More Confident in Your Body Today
Though it might seem so, body confidence really isn’t about meeting society’s ever-changing, toxic beauty standards or striving for perfection—it’s more about appreciating and respecting for the body you live in.Confidence comes from learning to honor your body for what it does for you every day, rather than noticing only how it looks (and then…
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