How to Find the Right Amount of Balance With Your Food Choices
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by McKel (Hill) Kooienga
9M ago
Balanced eating can seem like such an abstract concept — what does balance really mean and look like when it comes to food? While balance will look different for each of us at every meal, there is one important takeaway to understand about finding and maintaining balance, and that’s what I’m sharing in this video. The Spectrum of Eating Habits Imagine a spectrum. On one end of the spectrum, we have the all-in mentality of rigid diets, plans, and food rules that feel restrictive and require you to regulate yourself. This is the place where you eat “super clean” and avoid all “bad” foods. On th ..read more
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Mindful Eating for Emotional Wellness: How to Use Mindfulness to Cope with Stress, Anxiety, and Other Emotions
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by McKel (Hill) Kooienga
1y ago
As a mindfulness-based registered dietitian with a decade of experience, I have seen the transformative power of mindful eating in improving emotional wellness. Stress, anxiety, and other emotions can often lead to unhealthy eating habits that may exacerbate mental health issues. In this article, I will discuss how mindful eating can help you cope with stress, anxiety, and other emotions. Additionally, I will share specific practices and mental health resources to help you navigate these challenges and find balance in your life. Mindful Eating for Emotional Wellness The Connection Between Emot ..read more
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How Choosing Your Food Mindfully Can Benefit the Environment
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by McKel (Hill) Kooienga
1y ago
As a mindfulness-based registered dietitian, I am passionate about the power of mindful eating to transform not only our personal relationship with food but also our impact on the environment — merging mindful eating and sustainability. Mindful eating involves paying attention to the present moment while listening to our body’s needs and it can include becoming aware of sustainable food choices. In this article, we will explore Mindful Eating and Sustainability and how mindful eating can benefit the environment, reduce our carbon footprint, and promote sustainability.  What is Mindful Eat ..read more
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Using Self-Compassion To Support Your Relationship with Food
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by McKel (Hill) Kooienga
1y ago
As a mindfulness-based registered dietitian, I’ve worked with countless individuals struggling with disordered eating, body image issues, and a complicated relationship with food. While there’s no single solution that works for everyone, I’ve found that cultivating mindfulness and self-compassion can be powerful tools for healing and supporting your relationship with food. Mindful Eating and Self-Compassion: A Guide to Healing Your Relationship with Food and Your Body Mindful eating is the practice of paying attention to your food and your body in a non-judgmental way. It involves being fully ..read more
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Mindful Eating: The Raisin Activity and Guided Meditation
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by McKel (Hill) Kooienga
1y ago
Have you ever found yourself reaching for a bag of chips or a candy bar without even realizing it? Or maybe you’ve eaten an entire meal while distracted by your phone or television? Here’s a mindful eating guided meditation. It happens to us all! One way to practice mindful eating is through the “raisin” activity, a mindful eating guided meditation that can help you become more mindful of your eating habits. Remember that food is so much more than just the physical nourishment for our bodies, it’s also about enjoyment, connection, tradition, social experience, cultural experience, creative exp ..read more
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Mindful Eating Journal Prompts
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by McKel (Hill) Kooienga
1y ago
Use these mindful eating journal prompts and reflection questions to assess your current relationship with food. Mindful eating is all about finding what works for your unique body. It’s about tapping into your body’s cues, your personal wants, likes, and dislikes. It’s about getting to know your habits and tendencies in a compassionate way so you can make adjustments with ease.  What is Mindful Eating? Here at Nutrition Stripped, we believe there are two important aspects of eating well every day: what you eat and how you eat.  The concept of mindful eating is more about how to eat ..read more
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How to Change Your Relationship With Food
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by Erica Carneglia
1y ago
Do your current eating habits make you want to change your relationship with food? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Keep reading to learn 5 steps you can take to heal your relationship with food. Our life experiences shape our current relationships with food. Maybe you picked up some habits from your parents, guardians, or siblings. Or, maybe you developed some of your own tendencies as a result of dieting or even trauma. Over time, our relationships with food evolve and develop into what they are today.  Sometimes, the relationship we’re left with isn’t necessarily beneficial. Than ..read more
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How To Stop Dieting
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by Erica Carneglia
1y ago
Are you constantly yo-yo dieting? Where you’re always trying the newest diet or trend? Keep reading to learn how to stop dieting for good. It’s so easy to get caught up in the diet cycle. They’re satisfying because they allow for little to no ambiguity, and they’re addicting because they give you quick, fast results. But unfortunately, the results never last. As soon as you reach the last day of your diet, you go, “back to normal”, and find yourself right back at square one.  This constant cycle can be exceptionally frustrating and feel never-ending. But thankfully, it can be stopped.&nbs ..read more
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How Pippa Overcame an Unhealthy Relationship With Food and Found Peace
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by McKel (Hill) Kooienga
1y ago
Has food become all-consuming, where you spend most of your day thinking about it? Before joining the Mindful Nutrition Method, Pippa struggled to implement all of the knowledge that she had about nutrition into her life. She said this made her feel like a failure and that she lacked self-discipline, leading her to feel worthless. As she searched for some way of eating that would stick for her, she found herself in the start-and-stop cycle, always looking for the next food rule she could try that might work. This took a big toll on her relationship with food. After working through the program ..read more
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3 Steps Ann Took to Stop Emotionally Eating
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by McKel (Hill) Kooienga
1y ago
Do you feel like you have a challenging and frustrating relationship with food? Well, Ann, one of our Mindful Nutrition Method students, found that she was feeling this exact way. She was very frustrated with food and had a bad relationship with food. She realized that she had issues with binge eating and overeating, which was really starting to impact her life. She experienced issues of self-confidence, low self-worth, and stress that really took a toll on her emotions, which then impacted her eating habits. The good news is she’s now aware, empowered, and present around food fully to where s ..read more
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