If You Love It This Much It Must Be Obsession — The Rule That's Still Running Your Life
Japan brought my tea obsession back and with it a memory I hadn't thought about in years. The belief I'd planted without knowing it: that loving something meant I'd eventually have to give it up.
Healing Didn't Happen in One Big Moment — It Happened in the Small Ones
I kept waiting for the shift with Food that would finally set me free. It never came as one big moment. It came quietly, in small choices that were accumulating into something real without me even knowing it.
Dismantling the Stigma Around Men’s Body Image and Food Struggles
A conversation with health coach Carlo Petrini about why men struggle in silence with body image and food — and how healing, vulnerability, and self-compassion can change everything.
12 Insights I Wish I'd Known Sooner in discovering Food Freedom
From eating enough to trusting your body to letting go of shame — 12 honest insights from someone who found freedom with food after years of struggling. These are the things I wish I'd known sooner.
What Food Freedom Actually Looks Like — It's Not "Eat Whatever You Want"
Food freedom isn't about eating recklessly. It's about making choices from self-love instead of self-punishment — and learning what actually feels good in your body. Here's what that looks like for me.
Eating Ice Cream and Thinking About Food Guilt — A Honest Moment
Food guilt still shows up sometimes even after years of healing. Here's what I do when it creeps in — and why feeling guilty doesn't mean you have to let it control you.
Giving Up Dieting Is Not Giving Up On Yourself
Self-compassion isn't surrender. Stopping the fight with food and your body isn't weakness — it's the beginning of actually healing what's underneath the behavior.
I Always Preferred to Eat Alone — How Food Anxiety Kept Me Isolated
The mental chatter around food left me anxious at every dinner party and holiday table. How I unwound the nervous system patterns underneath the eating struggle and found peace with food.
"One Stomach Flu Away From My Goal Weight" — The Dark Side of Weight Loss Praise
When people told me I looked great after being sick, part of me wanted to get sick again. A honest look at the hidden messages we receive about weight loss and what they do to us.
How I Learned to Eat Cake Without Fear — A Food Freedom Story
I once believed I'd never eat dessert again without obsessing, bingeing, or purging. Here's how I healed my relationship with food and learned that the problem was never really about the cake.