Ashley Braun, MPH, RD

Body positivity and body neutrality are two different concepts in the body image healing space. I don’t fully like either option. We don’t always feel positive about everything, including our bodies even after years of growing self-love. And feeling neutral about how bodies doesn’t really grow our confidence in own skin. And being attached to …

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Does food cause you stress? Anxiety? Pride for eating the right ways? This type of response to food adds to a more complicated relationship with food. Food can be morally neutral. Diet culture teaches that you’re doing good or bad based on how well you’re following those lifestyle changes. But food can just be food. …

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Have you ever experienced where you know you don’t want to do something, but you keep doing it. It’s like it happens and you aren’t really sure why?  When we have a well-practiced habit, we do things without thinking about them. We have to interrupt our own autopilot programming to change those habits.  Get your …

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Too often people feel guilty for missing a workout. Skipping the workout often leaves people feeling lazy and like they aren’t doing it right – even when their body truly needs the rest. So in this weeks episode we dive into the value of resting.

Increasing energy levels is a major motivator for many people when they decide to change their habits. In this week’s podcast episode I share my favorite question for helping me increase my energy levels.  Other content you may enjoy:

One of the biggest fears around starting intuitive eating is about weight. There is lots of information around weight, dieting, and health out there. So in this weeks episode we’re diving into what a variety of research studies say about weight and weight loss.  Note, I could have spent months reading through many more research …

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I used to hear staying focused on the finish line would help me stayed motivated and keep me moving in the right direction. But sometimes that just kept me focused on how much distance was left to go. What you’ll hear in this episode:

Even when we give ourselves full permission to eat, we can subtly be mentally restricting. If you’re struggling to stop eating when comfortably full, it’s possible you need to focus on the honoring your hunger stage of intuitive eating.  This episode covers – signs of mental restriction – ways you may still be mentally restricting food-how …

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