Tag: fitness
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7 Signs You’re Stuck in Diet Culture And 7 Ways to Break Free
We live in a world where being on a diet is almost seen as a rite of passage for women. In my experience, with clients and personal, it usually starts very small; I’ll just “watch what I eat,” or “lose 2 pounds to look like some other girl in the class.” With time, it progresses,…
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Spring Wellness Essentials: Glow From the Inside Out
In a world that often moves too fast, urging us to do more, achieve more, be more, right now, there is something deeply nourishing about romanticizing the seasons—slowing down, noticing and enjoying nature’s beauty as she shifts, and aligning our daily rhythms with the cycles of the Mother Earth. Spring, with its gentle warmth, blooming…
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10 Tips for Joyful Movement: How to Stay Active Without Forcing Yourself
In the diet culture, exercise and movement are usually viewed as a punishment; the way to control your size, “make up” for what you ate, or deserve your next meal. Also, it often gets pushed with harmful messages like “no pain, no gain.”Naturally, this approach to movement can leave you feeling drained, dreading the next…
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5 Worst Health Myths You Should Leave Behind in 2025
As the New Year is rapidly approaching, we’re all taking time to reflect on 2024, noticing what went well, what we achieved and what would we like to achieve in 2025.Often, at least some of our New Year goals are related to health. Unfortunately, oftentimes the health related goals aren’t truly healthy because they’re based…
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30 Quick and Joyful Health Tips That Go Beyond Diet Culture
In a world full of diet culture, health has often been narrowly defined by weight loss, strict food restrictions, and rigid fitness routines. We’ve been taught that wellness means avoiding entire food groups, resisting cravings, or even obsessing over “superfoods” and expensive supplements. We hear that achieving health requires enduring intense workouts and embracing harmful…
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7 Non-Food Ways to Improve Your Health and Well-Being
This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy here. What does it truly mean to be healthy? If you flip through popular magazines or browse health websites, you might get the impression that being healthy is all about losing weight and fitting into toxic beauty standards. But more often than not, the pursuit of…
Nina Kaufmann 