Paige Smathers
Summer Exercise Ideas
Remember when you were a kid and exercise was fun and completely natural? A summer day as a kid might have consisted of climbing trees,...
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Paige Smathers
Jun 7, 2017
What Nutrition Experts Wished You Knew About Dieting
Dieting isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. For most people, strict rules about what to eat actually perpetuate the very issues they claim...
Paige Smathers
May 10, 2017
How to Make Healthy Eating Realistic and Sustainable
In the pursuit of health, many people find themselves oscillating between extremes. One minute you’re eating salads and quinoa bowls and...
Paige Smathers
Apr 26, 2017
Our Bodies Teach Us How to Treat Them
I remember the day I brought my daughter home from the hospital. I was ecstatic to be a mom but also scared out of my mind about the...
Paige Smathers
Apr 12, 2017
5 Important Eating Lessons We Can Learn from Kids
When I was a new mom, I gave my young daughter her very first chocolate chip cookie. These particular cookies are my absolute favorite...
Paige Smathers
Mar 29, 2017
Why Women Should Stop Hating Their Bodies
Imagine what the world would be like if women stopped hating their bodies. What if women spent less time obsessing about food and body...
Paige Smathers
Mar 15, 2017
What to do the Day After You Binge
So you went completely overboard last night with your eating. What do you do now? Before we dive into advice about how to bounce back...
Paige Smathers
Mar 1, 2017
What to Do if You Have a Rocky Relationship with Food
If you've spent any amount of time during your life dieting, you probably intuitively understand why the statistics say that around 95%...
Paige Smathers
Feb 15, 2017
Pleasure Rather than Punishment in Exercise
For anyone who is familiar with the non-dieting approach to health and wellness, you've likely asked yourself how exercise fits into the...
Paige Smathers
Feb 1, 2017
How to Deal with Well-Intentioned Compliments
"Well you look well-nourished!" said an older man whom I hadn't met before as I entered the group room to begin teaching a nutrition...
Paige Smathers
Jan 18, 2017
There's Power in DOING
The other day, I sat in a room full of women talking about their vulnerabilities and struggles with body image. As one wise woman shared...
Paige Smathers
Dec 28, 2016
An Argument for Weight Loss NOT Being your Resolution this Year
The end of the year can make us feel all kinds of panicky about weight. Every year millions of people resolve to follow some type of...
Paige Smathers
Dec 21, 2016
If You've Ever Gone on a Diet, Read This
If you've ever dieted, you're familiar with the pendulum swing you experience when you're trying to stick to a rigid set of food rules....
Paige Smathers
Dec 7, 2016
Navigating Sweets and Treats during the Holidays
It's the most wonderful time of the year...right? The holiday season is full of all kinds of fun traditions and opportunities to connect...
Paige Smathers
Nov 23, 2016
How to Deal with a Food Craving
It’s 9pm. You finally have the chance to sit on the couch and relax from a long day; it’s time for a little me time. You turn on Netflix...
Paige Smathers
Oct 19, 2016
Why You Should Own What You Eat
There’s power in owning what you eat. In my opinion, there are two types of eaters in this regard: those who own what they eat and those...
Paige Smathers
Oct 5, 2016
Should You Sneak Veggies Into Your Kids' Food?
As parents, the kids-eating-their-vegetables struggle is real. We know veggies are important because they’re packed with essential...
Paige Smathers
Sep 14, 2016
If You Struggle with Food, You Might Be Making this Common Mistake
We all know how important healthy, nutritious eating is to our overall well-being and quality of life. As an effort to make improvements...
Paige Smathers
Aug 31, 2016
6 Tips for Healthy Eating on a Budget
Healthy eating can feel overwhelming in so many ways. Wholesome, nutritious eating does require a good amount of planning, prepping and...
Paige Smathers
Aug 17, 2016
Top 6 Myths of Intuitive Eating Debunked
If you’ve ever experienced the yo-yo effect diets have emotionally and physically, you might have looked into an idea called intuitive...
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