Honoring yourself on every level
I’ve been working with a client for almost a year now – I’ll call her Sarah. Sarah was ignoring and overriding her recurring digestive issues for months. Like so many of us do, she’d been telling herself she was fine. She’d get over it. But clearly, she was not. It...
What means more to you: productivity or health?
I was talking with a client recently who is dealing with a health issue that comes with some debilitating symptoms when things flare up. As she was sharing with me the long list of things that are going on for her, she said, “Alicia, my body just needs to get in line...
My autumn ritual to stay stress free
Autumn is my favorite time of year. I love all of the seasons, but when the trees start to do their glorious thing, and I trade my flip flops for a cute pair of booties… I just love it. 🍁 There is something specific I do during this time of year that really helps me...
How to find the ideal diet for you
Have you noticed how the science and study of nutrition continually evolves? At one time, the biggest news in nutrition was all about how bad saturated fat is for you, and how you should use margarine instead of butter. Then, the news was all about how bad margarine...
How to kick the patriarchy out of your body
Whenever I work with a client whose primary goal is to lose weight, I always ask about their “why”. Why do they want to lose weight? Why now? These are important questions because very often the things that are motivating women to want to lose weight are things they...
6 lies about your body you can let go of
Our culture has been profoundly shaped and influenced by the dieting and weight loss world. It can be difficult to tease out truth from falsehood. There are many lies the weight loss world has spread over the decades, and many women are carrying those lies around with...
Don’t overlook this key to weight loss & vitality
Most of the time, when we want to lose weight, we look to the gold standard of the dieting industry for guidance. This is a calories in-calories out approach to weight loss. Simply reduce the number of calories you’re consuming, and you will lose weight. It’s math,...
The importance of feeling YES in your body
There are so many circumstances and times when your body has said NO. Or when someone has told your body NO, or that NO has come from within. There have been times when NOs surrounded you to keep you in line. NO is what most women know. It’s also where most women feel...
Self-sabotage isn’t real
How many times have you “cheated” on a diet, skipped a workout, emotionally ate, or failed to follow some health protocol exactly… and then told yourself you’re just a screw up? A failure. A willpower weakling. A self-saboteur. There is a lot of talk about...
Can you let go of THIS and still lose weight?
If you’ve ever gone on a diet to lose weight, you know that no matter what the diet is there are some similarities. There may be rules around when you can eat, what foods you can eat, how much you can eat… all of which have you step into a specific mindset around your...
