Honeydew You (2026)

29/08/2022

Hello!! Posting on here for the first time in awhile🫣 just to give this a permanent spot on my feed! I am so so excited to be teaching an in person breastfeeding class, with the first one coming up on September 12th!

I’ve worked with many moms in the first week of postpartum, and what I’ve witnessed there and within my own breastfeeding experiences is that there is still a gap in education when it comes to breastfeeding. You need to know more than just why breastfeeding is important and what it looks like when it goes right - you need to know what to expect as common roadblocks, what to do if things don’t go right, what’s normal vs what isn’t, and more! Come join this class at Crafted Health in Rocklin and let me help you know breast 😉🌼

15/09/2020

Just popping in with some affirmations for you when you are struggling with feeling judged by others. Repeat these to yourself as you’re walking across the beach, in front of a group of people, or any other time that the negative voice pops up in your head telling you that people are looking at your body and are disgusted/judging/etc.

👊🏼 If some one has an issue with the way MY body looks, that’s a problem with THEM, not with ME.

👊🏼 I don’t owe ANYBODY a socially acceptable, thin body.

👊🏼 This is the way my body looks when I am walking in FREEDOM, and NOBODY can take that away from me. I’m so proud of myself for no longer punishing myself into a different body.

👊🏼 It is NOT REQUIRED for my body to look a certain way in order for me to wear the swimsuit I like, rock the shorts I have always wanted to wear, or embrace my personal style.

Any other affirmations you find helpful for these moments? I’d love to hear!

07/08/2020

Don’t let this happen. 💛

06/08/2020

Calories (more accurately, kilocalories) are a measurement of energy. That's it. We want our food to have energy and therefore give us energy, right? Yet the word has been misconstrued to mean something bad, and it is "normal" to speak about calories as if it's something we want to limit.

I would like to challenge you to replace the word "calorie", whether you are using it or you hear someone else use it, with the word "energy". Notice how ridiculous it sounds just by simply swapping out the word.

Here are some things I've heard recently, and I've swapped out the word "calories":

🍕I really want a low energy lunch today, I had a big breakfast.
🥗 I've been eating super low energy lately, and I have so much energy it's unbelievable! (read that again..)
🥨 UGH why does this (food item) have to have so much energy!!?
🥑 I wish I would stop consuming so much energy. I have a problem.

Hopefully, in doing this, you will be able to remove some of the shame and negativity associated with the word “calorie”, and instead see feeding yourself and consuming energy as neutral, possibly even a GOOD thing.

If you try this exercise, let me know what you discover. Would love to read your swaps in the comments!

05/08/2020

Oooooooo always coming through with the best comfort food. French onion tator tot bake...or something like that. Absolutely hit the spot after a busy day!

I added the veggies on the side because I know that even though creamy yummy food sounded great, I always notice that adding vegetables increases my satisfaction and helps the “heavy” food sit a little better in my stomach. Wanted to share this example of noticing a craving/need for something comforting and highly palatable and then choosing to add in a little bit of intuitive knowledge about what works best for my body. Feeling super satisfied 👍🏻

30/07/2020

I love this example from ! I remember the first time this clicked for me - I don’t question my body when it tells me I need to p*e, why do I question when it tells me I’m hungry?? It’s just another biological need.

Of course, sometimes in early recovery hunger and fullness cues aren’t prominent. But if you do experience hunger cues, does reframing hunger into another biological need help you to see it differently? Does it help you to see it as your body just telling you “hey, I have a need!” rather than something to fear?

20/07/2020

Here, my daughter was offered hot dog, donut, tomato, fruit, and pasta. She ate the fruit, some tomato, and all of the hot dog. She didn’t touch the donut.

Sometimes when my clients are in the thick of it, doing the hard work of unlearning and detangling, I sound like a crazy person when I say that we are trying to get back to the way a toddler eats. It sounds 1. unbelievable and 2. unrelatable. Do you feel like it’s hard to remember a time when a donut was offered to you and you didn't want it immediately, obsessed over wanting to eat it but didn't allow yourself, or ate it and then felt so guilty you engaged in eating disorder behaviors? Yes?

That’s normal, but it isn't supposed to be that way. This day, Maren didn't touch the donut, didn't even give it so much as a look. Another day? She ate half a donut happily and avoided other foods offered to her. This in a nutshell is intuitive eating.

This isn't to toot my daughters horn, as if she’s some perfect eater (ha!) - this type of eating is available to everyone. It just comes easily to babies. The reason we struggle with continuing to eat like we did as babies/toddlers is because throughout our lives we are exposed to and affected by misinformation, shame, our family's way of eating and the impression that had on us, our experiences with food and our body, and so much more. Diets infiltrate our lives whether or not we ever engage in one. Diet culture sits lurking at every single corner, aiming to lead you to lose trust in yourself and make you feel "crazy" and "out of control" around food.

It doesn't have to end that way. That is why I'm always talking about learning to eat like a toddler. And the best part is, it doesn't require learning something new. It requires UNlearning what our environment and world has taught us eating should like...and RElearning what it's like to trust ourselves.

Intuitive eating involves trusting that our body is doing its job, as long as we do our job of nourishing it consistently and adequately. When we crave a certain food, we can trust that there is a reason for that. Or even if there isn't, we can trust that our body can handle whatever we choose to feed it.

31/05/2020

The first time I understood my privilege was at a breastfeeding conference, of all places. A Native American woman was the speaker, and a lot of her research was conducted on racial disparities in breastfeeding and breastfeeding education/support. ⁣
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At one point during her presentation, she said, “Guilt is a middle-class white women problem.” You better believe I sat up in my chair in defense, and thought to myself, “You have got to be kidding me.” I was ready to tune her out. That felt so “unfair”. (Embarrassing to admit). But for whatever reason, that day something in me said, “Push aside your judgements. This is uncomfortable, but sit with it. Listen.” ⁣
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Guilt is a middle-class white women problem. We have been told we can have anything in life, we have access to resources, and we have been empowered to reach out and use those resources. So when something doesn’t work out for us, we feel guilty because we have been told it SHOULD work for us. We feel entitled to everything we want in life and feel guilt when it doesn’t work out that way. She went on to describe that black women do not feel guilt when something doesn’t work out for them (in this context, guilt when breastfeeding is not successful). Why? In her words she said it so much better, please bear with me in my paraphrase, but - everything else in a black woman’s life has been difficult. And she was raised hearing stories of the trauma and obstacles her mom, and mom’s mom, and mom’s mom’s mom faced. Everything else in their life has had obstacles placed in front of it that they were not able to overcome. Decades and decades of difficulty and things not coming easy to them. What’s one more thing? Breastfeeding isn’t successful? What’s new? Intergenerational trauma leaves no room for feeling guilt. Guilt is a privilege.⁣
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That may not seem that profound, but I walked away from that conference different. I went home and had a long conversation with my husband, and had to grieve the way I hadn’t acknowledged my privilege for years. YEARS. So that’s what I’m gonna keep on doing. Learning, doing better, and going home and having conversations with my family.

05/05/2020

Loved this from - it’s always something I challenge my clients (and myself, let’s be real, no one is immune to diet culture) with. ⁣⁣
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When you notice those “maybe I need to lose weight” thoughts creep in, don’t accept them! Dig DEEPER. What happened that may have triggered those thoughts?⁣⁣
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-Clothes not fitting as well today?⁣⁣
-Is there an emotion I’m trying to avoid? ⁣⁣
-Did I see a photo that triggered me? ⁣⁣
-Is something in my life causing me stress? ⁣⁣
-Would losing weight really solve my problem?⁣⁣
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It is never simply about the weight, and losing weight will never be the answer.

25/04/2020

I know it’s hard. It’s unfamiliar. It’s not doing what it used to. What used to “work” doesn’t anymore. None of your clothes fit and even new ones don’t feel right. ⁣
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I’m not here to tell you to love your body. I WANT you to acknowledge your feelings about your discomfort with your body. But while acknowledging them, can you also recognize and work to accept that the body you have right now IS the body you have right now? Don’t view it as transitional or temporary. Resist thinking of it as a “before”. This is it, baby. We call this your here-and-now body. ⁣
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When shifting your focus like this, does your view of your body change?⁣
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Can you show your here-and-now body that you respect it and will take care of it? You are on the same team. Postpartum mamas - Your body is navigating this new season just as much as you. You are both doing the best you can! Feeding yourself regularly, getting rest, and giving yourself unconditional permission to eat what you want tells your body “I will take care of you no matter what you look like.” That is PROFOUND.⁣
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You can have negative feelings about your body AND take care of it at the same time.

10/04/2020

This is one of those things that is EVERYWHERE but you don’t really notice it until you are out of diet culture. I remember reading a very popular finance book, and every single analogy was about being “financially fit”. He tied everything financial to being thin/fit vs fat, as if being fat was as bad as being at financial rock bottom, losing everything you own and being maxed out on credit cards. What a great message that sends.
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Or how about hearing this analogy in church when talking about committing sin? Apparently choosing a donut over carrots is just as bad as slipping into a sin pattern. Maybe if the discussion was about a gluttonous sin problem, sure. But this analogy can be very confusing and come off like God is disappointed in you for choosing a “bad” food.
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Educators, can we do better than this? I know analogies are a powerful teaching tool. But in this context, these analogies are harmful, over simplify a very complex thing, attach morality to something that isn’t an issue of right or wrong at all, promote diet culture, and are just straight up lazy. 👍🏻

05/04/2020

Just when I thought the shelter-in was going to get the best of me...GF DONUT DELIVERYYYY

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