HAES

Health at Every Size is an approach to healthcare that affirms what research demonstrates: the size of someone’s body is not an accurate predictor of their health. While many healthcare professionals make assumptions based on the way an individual looks, HAES-aligned professionals, like me, affirm that health is multifaceted, complex, and in many cases, afforded more to those with racial, economic, or social privilege (see CDC resource: Social determinates of health or this visual version with links to source data).

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Desire is Not pathology: the radical self-compassion of normalizing physical and emotional needs.

Desire is Not Pathology: Affirming Neediness via Radical Self-Compassion

Pop-culture “wellness” often pathologizes desire. We are promised that if we can ignore physical hunger, meet our own needs emotionally, and keep our sexual desire …

Yalom and group therapy sketch notes.

Irvin Yalom: Group Therapy Sketchnotes & an Open Letter on “Love’s Executioner”

Group Therapy Sketchnotes In graduate school, I had the privilege of learning under instructors who were mostly very receptive to the idea that not all …

Ways to internally regulate food and movement after ditching diet-culture

Ways to Manage Food & Exercise that are Anti-Diet

Numbers, timers, scales, and bell curves are not the measure of health- they are external authorities sold to us as measures of goodness, permission, and …

Intuitive Eating Vampires

Illustration Series: Intuitive Eating Vampires

I drew this intuitive eating inspired doodles while on vacation in Translyvania (true story!). As I passed through this part of Romania with its kitschy …

Intuitive eating allows freedom

Body Trust and Food Security – Intuitive Eating Doodle Series

Intuitive Eating is an approach to eating that can help heal the relationship between food and our bodies, and to help end the diet/weight-cycling cycle. …

Internal vs External Authority - Intuitive eating infographic

Body Positive HAES Heath Poster for Weight Neutral Offices

Taking care of a body can be really confusing. As more and more data and tech is developed to manage our bodies, it’s tempting to …

Body diversity and thin privilege: Often stigma cuts people off from accessing health care, enjoying activities, or being able to trust their family- all of which are health risk factors and can contribute to weight gain over time.

Thin Privilege & Why Some College-Based Eating Disorder Treatments May Be Dangerous

Recently, I posted this story on my Instagram: “If your college counseling center serves students with eating disorders at a severity level that they would …