you're meant to be here
like right here, right now!
I know this because I think there may be part of you that knows deep down you are struggling to keep it all together with racing food thoughts, endless food rules, and constant self criticism....
And I'd like to hold space for that part of you right here on my blog.
My favorite quote is an old Swedish proverb that says, "joy shared, joy doubled; sorrow shared, sorrow halved." So linger a while here and let's double some joy and halve some sorrow.
This blog is written by Meant To Eat Nutrition Counseling’s Intern, Kim Pierson. You can read more about her and the lovely work she is doing here. Food often gets labeled “good” or “bad;” so, it’s not hard to accept the fact that many of us struggle to find peace in our eating habits. Phrases […]
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Y’all are catching me in a whirlwind of life. Last weekend, my high school friend group spent a weekend together in Knoxville and this weekend I’m off to Texas for family time. Wherever you are this weekend, I hope one of these reminders helps you feel a smidge more grounded with food. connection > disconnection […]
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It’s the biggest catch 22 in disordered eating recovery. It’s a part of my story & so many who have sat across from me in my office. “I got sick and felt so helpless, when I looked online every one pointed to food as a place to start” “My stomach hurts ALL the time, so […]
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I spent yesterday baking my favorite cookies and listening to Christmas music. It was glorious. My favorite Christmas cookies are these molasses spice cookies that are from my “Silver Spoon Cookbook.” It’s the cookbook I watched my mom cook and bake from every single day growing up that her mom collected and hand wrote all […]
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Ben & Jerry’s Half Baked Ice Cream was a really emotional food for me. There is a relationship that I used to have that brought me a lot of pain. This person failed me in many ways *and* they also did what they could, with what they knew, with what they had. I often felt […]
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It’s not uncommon that an individual living with an ED experiences fear, anxiety, worry, and nervousness with food. And when I say uncommon, I mean it’s common and constant. That fear, anxiety, worry, and nervousness are REAL. Those feelings are visceral. They are valid. What they aren’t are reliable. A brain with an eating disorder […]
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Let it be known that what prompted me to start this blog post was a lawnscaping business card delicately placed in between our mail box and the flag thingy. No other mail box on our street that I could see had one. Is this passive aggressive or aggressive aggressive LMK. Generally the lawn is all […]
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“It’s complicated” is how I felt for a long time. I grew up in family that loves sweets. We often baked and my mom was really great about providing me a wide variety of foods. Sweets were never inherently bad, but I remember feeling like dessert was the ultimate, pinnacle of satisfaction with eating and […]
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Years later, I am still resting and learning to live in my body. There’s nothing about compulsive exercise that is healthy. I used to use my body, but it was all to live outside my body and for a certain body. Now, I am practicing to live inside and with my body. Compulsive Exercise can […]
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Ahhhhh!! I am so excited for you. So excited that I made this 9 page guide to give your the basics on food, exercise, and body image as you start this new season of your life. Going into my freshman year, all things food felt really overwhelming. I am really proud of my younger self […]
