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From Dieting Rock Bottom to Intuitive Eating: 3 Common Mistakes gentle nutrition intuitive eating menopause nutrition Jun 05, 2023

Having the confidence to say farewell to dieting and diet culture is no small feat. It’s liberating and exciting, but almost always unbearably vulnerable with a side of terror. So much about...

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How to Un-Diet Your Relationship with Movement in Midlife with Christine Chessman intuitive movement joyful movement menopause May 29, 2023

It’s really common for people who start an intuitive eating journey to question their relationship with movement as well. And it makes sense, right? If the only reason we’ve ever...

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Got Buff Bones? How to Improve Your Bone Fitness & Reduce Your Fracture Risk with Rebekah Rotstein bone health menopause osteopenia osteoporosis perimenopause May 22, 2023

Bone health has become one of those topics we add to our to-do list around our 60th birthday. That’s when it will really start to matter, right? The truth is that bone health really matters...

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Hot Flashes 101: Can You Eat to Beat the Heat? hot flashes menopause perimenopause phytoestrogens soy May 15, 2023

Hot flashes. Whether you get 10 of them a day, or 10 by lunchtime, they are never welcome. Even though they are the most common symptom of perimenopause and menopause, you don’t have to...

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Story Session: How lived experience in menopause changed this dietitian's practice with Tracy Kelly May 08, 2023

Even when you’re aware of the symptoms of menopause or perimenopause, connecting the dots in your own body is a different task altogether. For the majority of your life, your body has likely...

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The Impact of Movement on Your Bone Health in Menopause with Niamh Daly bone health menopause osteopenia osteoporosis perimenopause May 01, 2023

While there are many parts of midlife to love and look forward to, accelerated bone loss isn’t one of them. It’s part of the aging process that we can’t control, but there are...

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Diet-Proof Your Children with Amelia Sherry RD diet culture intuitive eating Apr 24, 2023

“I just want my kids to be healthy.” I hear this cry from parents all the time. It’s also often rooted in the knee-jerk desire to protect our kids from all the scars diet culture...

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Story Session: Jen's Story of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) Apr 17, 2023

Up until the last decade, the lack of information about menopause and how to prepare for it has been overwhelming, and there is still so much more work to do in filling that gap. When we...

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How To 'Do Less' and 'Be More' in Midlife with Wendy McCallum burnout menopause midlife self-care Apr 10, 2023

Many words can be used to describe midlife, ranging from overwhelming, vulnerable, refreshing, and even exciting at times, but it’s almost always busy.  There are so many...

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Feasting with Gentle Nutrition in Midlife with Rachael Hartley, RD diet culture gentle nutrition intuitive eating Apr 03, 2023

If you’re burnt out on the rules and rigidity of dieting, there’s a good chance you’ve been drawn to the idea of gentle nutrition. And I’m so glad you have! While making the...

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Beating the Brain Fog of Menopause brain fog menopause perimenopause Mar 27, 2023

If suddenly you’re finding that the “normal” day-to-day tasks feel like a slog, or that you can’t remember why you walked into a room more times than you care to admit, you...

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Menopause, Movement and Body Image with Dr. Maria Luque Mar 20, 2023

 Even with an abundance of research connecting movement and exercise with lowered rates of anxiety and depression, the majority of women in midlife are still only exercising to lose weight. On...

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