Home
About
Work With Me
Disclaimer of Liability
Resources
W&N Blog
Contact
Referrals

Tag:

mental health

The Dark Side of Compliments

By Lisa Carrigg

We know compliments can be wonderful things, but they have a dark side when it comes to how diet culture twists them. …

Continue Reading

March 18, 2021

Search

Newsletter

Subscribe To Our Newsletter: Nourishing News Recieve all things non-diet and Intuitive Eating including the latest W&N blog posts, upcoming events and workshops and more.

Leave this field empty if you're human:

Welcome to W&N

Internationally credentialed dietitian with a passion for intuitive eating, mindfulness and compassionate holistic care. Lover of hiking, pepperoni pizza with pineapple and travel.

Latest Posts

What Do I Do When People Start Talking About Dieting and Weight?
May 31, 2021
10 Ways to Be Kind To Your Body:
April 14, 2021
The Dark Side of Compliments
March 18, 2021

Instagram

wanderandnourish

💛Supporting you in finding peace with food, eating and body
💛 Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor
BOOK A FREE EXPLORATION CALL
⬇️⬇️⬇️

This can feel particularly challenging because die

This can feel particularly challenging because dieting and diet culture has fueled and fed into perfectionism and left you feeling like you didn’t do the thing well enough, correctly enough and so on.

Stepping away from this set up
Of “if you do x y and z then you will lose weight” challenges a long held pattern.

⭐️ Go slowly, be kind with yourself ⭐️
It’s normal to feel a bit frustrated with gray spaces, especially if you are inclined to black and white thinking or all or nothing thinking.

🧐 It can be worth considering: What might you gain in the gray space though?
#ipreview via @preview.app

These physical actions can be a way to offer yours

These physical actions can be a way to offer yourself compassion when facing a challenging emotion.

They don’t get rid of the emotion/s, but are one way to start engaging with self-compassion around your experience as you move through it.

💛You are deserving of the same kindness and comfort you might offer to someone you care about deeply who is experiencing something challenging💛

*These physical expressions may not feel right for you and that’s ok. You may benefit from the support of a psychologist or counselor if you aren’t already.

Sometimes we aren’t fully aware of how these num

Sometimes we aren’t fully aware of how these numbers are impacting our relationship with movement and our bodies.

Some helpful questions to consider:

⛸ Do I feel anxious if I have forgotten to wear my tracker at all or turn it on and track a session?

⚽️ Does my mood change depending on what stats my tracker is showing me?

👟 Do I struggle to take rest days?

🥍 If I am feeling tired or unwell, do I still feel the need to hit my numbers anyway?

🚲 Do I use what stats I might get to determine what type of exercise I do and how long I do it for (even if that’s not something I really enjoy)?

🏏 Do I ever use the numbers to determine how much I get to eat?

This is not an exhaustive list, but if you have answered yes to any of these It’s a good time to consider your relationship with movement and body more (and ditching the tracker/s for a while). *Numbers aren’t inherently bad or unhelpful, but they certainly can be. #ipreview via @preview.app

🧭 A compass to keep coming back to when working

🧭 A compass to keep coming back to when working to make decisions about how to move forward.

💛 Choosing or not choosing are both decisions
💛 They both entail leaving something/s while also moving forward with something else

⭐️ Save as a reminder for yourself to come back to when you need

#ipreview via @preview.app

Follow on Instagram

Email
Instagram
Facebook

© 2020 Lisa Carrigg

Subscribe To Our Newsletter: Nourishing News Recieve all things non-diet and Intuitive Eating including the latest W&N blog posts, upcoming events and workshops and more.

Leave this field empty if you're human: