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How Perfectionism, People Pleasing, and Procrastination Influence Your Eating

Do you consider yourself to be a people pleaser, perfectionist and/or a procrastinator? These are common behaviors people use and associate with parts of their personalities. It may even feel like it’s who you are. However, these behaviors aren’t fixed, and you likely adapted them as a form of protection. When I say protection, I’m […]

Why So Many of Us Are Feeling Unsatisfied & What We Can Do About It: Authority Magazine

Do you ever feel like you aren’t enough or don’t have enough? In this interview with Authority Magazine, Laura talks about why so many of us feel unsatisfied, including how marketing and society play a role. She also provides 5 thing you can do to address the feeling of not having enough.

Are you deprived or depleted?

Have you ever been to a party, zone in on the dessert table and start thinking about which ones you’re going to sample? You want to stay “in control” of what you eat because you don’t want to overindulge too much, but you also don’t want to feel deprived. The second you think of limiting […]

Prolonged Periods of Stress: Why you “don’t care” what you eat & tips to cope

In the past there have always been stressful periods in life. However, over the last two years, collectively we have been experiencing prolonged periods of stress and uncertainty. When there is a lot of uncertainty (pssst, 2 years of a global pandemic, among many other stressors outside of our control), it can be a trigger […]

Obsessed with Making a Truce with Food: Obsessed

Tune in to learn how food is typically a symptom when we lack some sense of emotional safety or belonging. You’ll also learn where the gap is between having the desire to reach your goals and being able to stick with working towards them. And you’ll walk away with powerful tips on how to be […]

A Good Relationship with Food: Advantages to Aging

In this interview, Laura breaks down what it means to have a good relationship with food and explains the cycle that leads to unaligned eating.  She also explains why we have good intentions of doing the “right” thing but don’t actually following through with them.

Why We Run Out of Willpower & Eat: She is Fab

In this interview we cover why weight loss is not the main goal from working with me, what transformation looks like for my clients, why we hit capacity for making healthy food choices and tips you can start implementing now when eating out of alignment with your goals.

Tips for Loving Your Current Body

This is a guest post from Liz Hansen, owner of the Chicago Boudoir Photography Studio If you’re like many women, you may feel some shame and dissatisfaction with your body. But what if you could start loving your body right NOW, just as it is? I want you to picture what that would be like. […]

A Guide for Staying Occupied and Taking Care of Yourself from Home

While many of us are sheltering in place it has been incredible to see how creative people and businesses have been while adapting quickly to a new way of life. As a way to provide support to you and your family, I’ve pulled together the below guide of different resources from a variety of local, […]

How to Navigate the Office Food Minefield

Working in an office can be one big food minefield from various celebrations, leftover business meals, to the “obligatory” candy bowl on your co-worker’s desk. You start off the day strong with a good breakfast and eat what you brought for lunch. But when you see the free food you just can’t seem to resist […]

A Different Approach for Sustainable Results

When my clients reach out to me for support, they often feel like they’re at a loss of what works for them and their bodies to reach their health, weight and wellness goals. In fact they’re so frustrated and sometimes even feel hopeless after trying many different approaches with short-term success and ending up back […]

Tips from 7 Experts: How to Stay Consistent Through the Holidays

Consistency can be hard to master with any aspect in life, but it can become especially challenging with health and wellness goals during the holidays. We’ve rounded up some experts in their field to talk about different aspects of wellness that can be challenging to stick with during the holiday season. These are simple tips […]

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