Making Peace with Food: Finding Your Peace Point
When we created Way, we wanted to make sure that the central theme within Way was clearly and genuinely aligned with our mission to impact health and happiness through mindful eating...
Negative Self-Talk
We all have what I call our ‘tape’ - things that we tell ourselves about ourselves.
Some of these things may be good: you may tell yourself that you’re a good person; that you’re intelligent, fun, and a good friend.
Body Checking and What You Can Do About It
If you’ve spent five minutes on social media lately, chances are you’ve come across content that contains body checking. Abby Langer, RDN, explores what body checking looks like and what you can do to live in freedom from it.
Uncovering Values (Before Body Image Reframing)
At Way, our goal is not only to help you break free from dieting and body shame, but also to uncover values and align your way of living and eating with your values. In other words: We help you figure out how to eat, move, and live in a way that’s aligned with what you feel is important for your life. That’s what really sets us apart from all the diets and weight loss programs that tell you what to do, without leaving any space for you to decide what’s best for you.
Body Checking 101
It’s about time we think about Body Checking and self-talk. On the surface, it may not seem like those things have much to do with each other, but they really do.
Food Guilt
Do you often feel guilty after a meal? If your answer is yes, then you're not alone - yes, you heard it right, you're not alone.
Food guilt is an emotion that haunts many of us. Enjoying and savoring a juicy burger and fries, only to feel guilty about it later. That never-ending cycle of enjoying your favorite food and then regretting it can be quite frustrating.
Self-Talk
The Practice of Knowing, and Reflecting, on your Thoughts. You may have heard the saying, “you are what you think". There’s a reason it’s a saying that’s as old as the hills.
Excited Eating
When you type “Emotional Eating” into Google, what kind of article titles do you notice? Which websites pop up? Things like “Stop emotional eating”?
“Health” means “Whole”: An Exploration of Fulfillment
This may come as a surprise to you, but the root word of “health”, actually means “whole”. And that’s not some nonsense we made up. The Oxford Dictionary lays it out plainly.
Gratefulness
Now that you’re becoming more excited about eating, and hopefully understanding that being excited about eating is a good thing, we want to continue exploring emotions that can help you enhance your relationship with food and your body. One of the most profound emotions that we are able to feel is gratefulness.
Specific Topics
I Know I’m Feeling Something When I Eat, But What Is It?
Listening to feelings and emotions can be super powerful. These body signals are a powerful eating driver. Eating itself can also call out emotions, sometimes strong ones. It therefore shouldn’t be very surprising that a key part of developing a peaceful relationship with food is made much easier when you develop a good understanding of your emotions regarding food.
Perceived Stress at Work – A Modern Problem
America has a big problem with Perceived Stress, and it affects almost every area of life.
80% of American workers report having Stress that impacts their work and more astonishingly, 62% of our workforce say they have “high stress” that leads to “extreme fatigue” (per Stress.org).
How to Not Feel Guilty After Eating this MDW
For good reasons, body positivity has become an increasingly popular topic in recent years. What good reason has made body positivity popular? It encourages people to love and accept their bodies, regardless of shape, size, or physical appearance...
How to Love Your Body
Are you insecure about your body? Want to learn how to love your body? Self hate and body shaming is a global epidemic.
In this post, we look closer at body positivity, why it can be a helpful first step to counteracting body shame, and how to practice gratitude for your body.
All Bodies Are Beautiful
Are you worried about your body image? In a society fixated on unrealistic beauty standards, it's easy to fall into the trap of disliking our bodies.
In stark contrast, Intuitive Eating encourages body acceptance as a fundamental component.
What Is the Impact of Food Shaming on Mental Health?
For good reasons, body positivity has become an increasingly popular topic in recent years. What good reason has made body positivity popular? It encourages people to love and accept their bodies, regardless of shape, size, or physical appearance...
Body Checking Meaning
Body checking is something you probably do all the time without even realizing that you’re doing it, even if you don’t know what “Body Checking” means. It’s a very common habit. Unfortunately, it’s not an innocent habit.
Wondering How Much Weight You Can Lose In a Month? You’re Asking the Wrong Question.
In today's world of diets, meal-tracking apps, restrictive eating plans and fad foods, it can be difficult to make sense of what is healthy for our bodies.
We often feel stuck in a cycle of trying something new only to find that it does not work or have the desired effect. It can be confusing and frustrating to navigate the world of “healthy” eating.