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Alexandra surrounded by balloons and smiling optimistically, while she celebrates body acceptance.

In a world that often bombards us with unrealistic beauty standards, embracing and accepting our bodies can be a challenging journey. Body acceptance can feel like a pipe dream. The journey toward accepting one’s body is a deeply individual experience. Each person’s relationship with their body is unique, shaped by their personal history, experiences, and […]

Body Image Healing, Tips, Tricks, & Advice

What is Body Acceptance: Navigating Challenges with Curiosity and Self-Love

Alexandra is announcing her on pregnancy Valentine's Day with her husband by holding up a baby onesie that says "Our Little Valentine." This is a part of her sharing her body acceptance journey along the way.

I have a big announcement. In case you didn’t know, I’m pregnant! *insert happy tears* I recently shared this on my Instagram story because I’ve been navigating body changes recently, and I asked if people would be interested in me sharing my journey through an Intuitive Eating and body acceptance lens. And the response was overwhelmingly […]

About Me, Body Image Healing

My New Era of Body Acceptance: Pregnancy

With my recent PCOS and Hypothyroidism diagnosis, this image depicts the optimism with which I approach accepting my body.

The road to body acceptance doesn’t really have a destination. In fact, it’s, arguably, never-ending. I know because not only do I help my clients on that journey every day, I’m on that journey myself. And sometimes life has a way of reminding you of what’s important when you least expect it. Let me explain… […]

Body Image Healing

My (Continued) Body Acceptance Journey: PCOS & Hypothyroidism

Alexandra, smiling at her computer, writing this post which focused on the importance of honoring the individual when it come to authentic health.

Authentic Health Can’t Come From A Formula There is no magic formula that makes you healthy, whether is authentic or generic health. No clear cut steps. No foolproof, fail proof diet. Despite everything we have been told.   The answer to authentic health is so much more complicated and simple than that… Wait, whaaa?!  The […]

Ditching Dieting

The Contradiction of Authentic Health: How To Cope Without Magic Formulas

After a recent Wizard of Oz rewatch, I’m shedding light on the Wizard, finding home in your body & feeling worthy in life. Check it out!

Body Image Healing

Finding Home in Your Body: Why You Don’t Need To Be Perfect

Alexandra of Intuitively Alexandra leaning into the photo to tell the reader what she has gained since giving up dieting.

Giving up dieting has changed everything for me, in the best possible way. Without dieting, I have gained freedom and peace, joy and trust. My relationship with myself has flourished. My relationships with other people have deepened, and I have literally become the woman of my dreams. I know, I know, it sounds dramatic, but […]

Ditching Dieting

6 Things I’ve Gained Since Giving Up Dieting (And How You Can Too!)

Embodying being loving Your Body and being it's friend by listening to the signals that it sends

Your Body is Talking, Are You Listening? In today’s world, we are inundated with information, opinions, and ideas.  There is an endless stream of outside sources (informed and uninformed) telling you what you should, shouldn’t, can, can’t, will, and won’t do.  But what if we started looking within for guidance? It might seem cliche to […]

Body Image Healing, Ditching Dieting, How To, Tips, Tricks, & Advice, Uncategorized

3 Things Your Body Might Be Telling You

In this image there are two consecutive frames of Alexandra playing in the snow. She is carefree and joyful. Uninhibited by the stressors of diet culture, free to play and enjoy life.

Marie Kondo almost caused me to throw in the towel. And, I don’t mean in the “spark joy,” Marie Kondo kind of way. Pretty early on in my journey with intuitive eating and making peace with my body, I decided to go through my closet.  You know, get rid of what doesn’t “spark joy,” Marie […]

Body Image Healing

My Marie Kondo Meltdown

Alexandra in three similar photos, looking happy and carefree. This is because of the freedom and happiness she has gained from Intuitive Eating.

One of the most common questions I get is about Intuitive Eating. What is it? Recently, it has been buzzing around the internet a bit. But, most people have either never heard of it or have no idea what it is. Honestly, if you had asked me a year ago, I wouldn’t have known what […]

Ditching Dieting, Uncategorized

What Intuitive Eating Means to Me

This picture collage, of Alexandra looking serious and smiling serves to further illustrate both the struggle and the joy of the journey to healing our body image. Its not about perfection, but progress.

What does it mean to measure up? What scale do we measure ourselves against? As we break away from dieting and the culture of destructive health and wellness, how do we measure our worth? Without the points, the macros, the BMI, the restriction, the calorie burn, what measurements are there? When I’m not coaching or […]

Body Image Healing

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