by Laura Lanier | Dec 11, 2017
In part one of this two-part blog series on Food and Boundaries, I covered the issues surrounding thinking dichotomously about our food choices and the social tendency to morally label food as either “good” or “bad”. My encouragement was to focus on the true purpose...
by Laura Lanier | Nov 28, 2017
Is your relationship with food healthy or unhealthy? That may be a difficult question to answer. You may not even realize that you have a relationship with food in the first place, but everyone does, and for most people it is a very complicated one. A good way to...
by Laura Lanier | May 30, 2017
“You are what you eat.” I don’t know about you, but I’ve never considered myself to be a plate of chilaquiles and two scoops of ice cream. This old adage that the food you eat becomes you may seem far-fetched when stated so blatantly, but...
by Laura Lanier | May 2, 2017
How long has it been since you last saw an advertisement for food or a diet that promised you everything you ever wanted by eliminating an ingredient, a food group, or following a set of rules? I’d say you’re lucky if you can make it more than a day...
by Laura Lanier | Feb 20, 2017
From full-blown eating disorders to the somewhat culturally acceptable practice of “eating your feelings,” having an unhealthy relationship with food has become quite prevalent. When food becomes either your enemy or your best friend (or even a frustrating...
by Laura Lanier | Jan 9, 2017
It’s wedding and engagement season. And while you don’t have to be in the wedding planning world to be inundated with the message that your body isn’t good enough, there is perhaps no other time when your size and body shape becomes everyone else’s business, whether...
by Ms. Christy | Oct 30, 2015
Around 2010, I decided to work on my own growth – personally, professionally, within my family. I spent so much time working to help my kids grow up into fully functional adults, assisting my clients in learning to deal with difficult situations, and supporting...
