Every week, someone sits across from me and I see it immediately. The energy. The determination. The hope that this time, things are going to be different. They’ve already downloaded a plan. They’ve cleared out the pantry. They’ve decided. And then, about ten days later, I get a message: “I’ve been eating well all week, went […]

Here’s something I want you to sit with for a second. The reason eating well feels hard, the reason exercise feels like a punishment, the reason rest feels indulgent and health feels like a constant negotiation… it’s not a willpower problem. It’s a perception problem. Let’s dig into this. Your brain doesn’t experience the world […]

Movement is medicine, and not for the reasons you think I exercise for my mood. Not for my metabolism or my jean size, and not because some version of discipline culture told me I should. I do it because I’ve been prone to anxiety most of my life, and for a long time I managed […]

The diet that helped you is now hurting you Your Metabolism Isn’t Broken. It’s Just Stuck. There’s a word that gets thrown around in functional nutrition circles that doesn’t get nearly enough airtime outside of them: metabolic flexibility. It sounds technical. It isn’t, really. But understanding it might change how you think about every food […]

Yesterday morning I woke up and everything just felt… off.And I don’t even want to talk about how I feel today! Not sick. Not exhausted. Just weird. My brain felt foggy, my appetite was strange, and I had that feeling like my body hadn’t quite caught up with the day yet. I went outside for […]

Back when I lived in DC, my whole life ran on fast forward. I didn’t notice it at the time because everyone around me was the same way. I’d wake up already rushing, answer emails before I even got out of bed, inhale a pot of coffee, speed walk to the Metro like the platform […]