The first days and weeks, let alone the first semester and year of college are a huge transition which means it may take a lot of adjusting to feel comfortable in this new environment. Here are some ways for incoming students to mentally prepare as September gets underway. Drop the Comparison! First things first: to […]

Diet culture is insidious and great at covering its tracks. The good news is that once you learn to recognize it, you can’t unsee it! Here are 5 ways that diet culture hides in seemingly normal and everyday behaviors and ways of thinking that you can identify and start to eliminate: Dichotomous Thinking.  It is […]

I have seen the challenges of being a first year student year in and year out as a therapist on a college campus; it is big, it is real, and it is valid. College therapy spaces are prepared for it and are immense sources of support.  If only there was something those first time college […]

“In my house, we don’t diet or talk about going on diets in front of our kids. We don’t allow family members to do this either; when it can’t be avoided, we discuss what the kids might have heard that we don’t agree with. We don’t talk about BMI (or believe in its use) and our pediatrician is aware and respects this.”