Holding space so you can navigate your relationship with food and body image.

I have had a strong vision for a long time to create a welcoming and accessible community space for this work with other HAES-aligned practitioners, classroom and studio space, and more (oh, much more). Over the years I have been building alliances with like-minded professionals, advocating for weight-inclusive care, and building awareness in our community about this liberatory work. I hope to meet you in this vision-made-real space sometime soon! - Nicole

WHAT IS MINDFUL FOOD AND MOTION?

Mindful Food & Motion is a resource. A place to connect with others, or perhaps re-connect with yourself. It’s a refuge to go to when you know you’ve had it with the ups and downs of dieting, but don’t know what to do next. You can turn in your weapons here, lay down your arms, stop the fight, and instead choose peace. Here you can stop obsessing about food and how “good” or “bad” you’ve been with eating or assessing your worth based on a number on the scale. You can let  go of the struggle, bargaining, constant accounting and criticizing, and learn to develop and trust the part of you we all have inside of us that is relaxed, accepting, and wise, and to eventually get out of your own way in order to take care of yourself in a true, meaningful, and balanced way.

Mindful Food & Motion is guidance. Often people don’t know where they’re going, just that they know they can’t go back. Together we determine steps through and forward, based on where you want your compass to lead you, considering your unique path and desires.

Mindful Food & Motion is support. Whether you are looking for a hand to hold, someone to confide in, someone to help you be accountable, or simply someone who cares enough to walk on this body and food peace adventure with you for a time. It’s where we meet regularly one-on-one together, or in a group of folks united in our desire for liberation to share our recent successes, stories, difficulties, or inspiration.

We laugh here, we learn here, most of us have cried here. We gain insights and skills to heal. It’s a safe space where you can speak aloud things you have only said to yourself before, which makes it a brave space too. Nobody has had the same exact experience you have had, everyone’s story is unique, but the underlying feelings (frustration, shame, and – believe it or not – sometimes hope) are shared by all. Here every journey, perspective, and timeline is honored without judgment or criticism. Food becomes less magical and scary, people surprise themselves by choosing different behaviors than they have in a long time, and eventually settle into both the comfort and confidence so that saying “yes” or “no” to food becomes no big deal.

Here, at Mindful Food & Motion, ALL bodies are welcome. There are no prerequisites for worthiness. Every body and everyone’s story matters.

READY TO IMPROVE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD?

Set up a free, 30-minute consultation with Nicole to learn more about a non-diet approach to nutrition.