Tag: food
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How to Stop Feeling Guilty After Eating: 3 Perspective Shifts You Need
How many times have you berated yourself for eating a slice of cake “you really shouldn’t have”, wondering why you “can’t control yourself around food” (and if you’re anything like my clients, assuming that everyone else can and only you have these issues – I see you!)? How many times have you felt that uncomfortable…
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5 Mindset Shifts to Let Go of Diet Mentality
Harmful diet mentality is deeply ingrained in our culture. It encompasses the pattern of starting new diets (or “lifestyles”) over and over again, “falling off track”, feeling guilty and like a failure, then starting again – founded on the belief that you need to be thin or achieve a certain weight to be able to…
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How to Stop Eating When You’re Bored
One of the things I’m asked about the most is definitely boredom eating. We’ve all been there. Sitting at home, scrolling on your phone or working on some boring project, and suddenly you’ find you’re in the kitchen, grazing. You’re not really hungry, but opening kitchen cabinets, trying a few cookies, some chocolate, handful of…
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What Is Food Noise And How to Quiet It
So you just ate a delicious lunch. Yet, the moment your plate is empty, or even while eating lunch, you start thinking about your next meal, or when will you be able to eat again. Or how you shouldn’t have eaten carbs or “that much.”Sounds familiar? What you’re experiencing is known as food noise. Food…
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Romanticize Your Relationship With Food: Joyful Healing
If you happen to have worked with me, you know I love teaching about the importance of romanticizing life, in all areas. Romanticizing your life simply means intentionally finding joy, beauty, and presence in the everyday, and in ordinary activities and routines. It serves your health because it gently nudges you towards mindfulness – to…
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How to Build Satisfying And Filling Meals: The Intuitive Eating Guide
With the diet culture, most of us ever looked at creating “healthy” meals to be as small as possible, afraid of ever eating “too much” and barely paying attention to taste (or we try to gaslight ourselves that carnivore oreos taste EXACTLY like the real thing.. And no, I’m not making this up, you can’t…
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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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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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Gentle Nutrition Tips for Balanced Health: Nourishment Without Restriction
On your journey towards balanced health, “gentle nutrition” is a refreshing and sustainable approach that invites nourishment without imposing restrictions. Unlike diets, gentle nutrition focuses on adding nourishing foods in a way that works with your natural preferences, without labeling certain foods as “good” or “bad.” This approach prioritizes enjoyment, flexibility, and, most importantly, a…
Nina Kaufmann 