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Do you have a history of losing and regaining weight, a difficult relationship with food, describe yourself as an emotional eater, or struggle with body image?

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Hi, I’m Amber!

I have been where you are, looking for that one diet, one workout, one anything to make my body smaller. I thought losing weight would improve every aspect of my life. I believed it so much that I became a licensed nutritionist to learn all the weight-loss secrets. Spoiler alert: There are no secrets.

I always got too hungry, lost motivation, or didn’t have the willpower. The weight always came back (and then some). It turns out that my weight wasn’t the problem.

The problem was my relationship with food. I saw food only as a tool to manipulate my body to match society’s (very thin) standard of health and beauty. What to eat was dictated by whatever diet was popular at the time.

I decided to try something radical: Intuitive Eating. I learned to trust my own body to tell me when, what, and how much to eat. I started moving in ways that felt good to me.

I dropped the weight-loss fantasy.

I gained pleasure and satisfaction from eating.

I found peace and comfort in my right-now body.

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Vanilla Almond Granola
Vanilla Almond Granola

Vanilla almond is hands down my favorite granola flavor and I have noticed it is getting increasingly challenging to find it in stores. I have also found that when I do find it, it tends to be a bit sweet for my taste and the almonds can be suspiciously lacking. The high amount of added sugar is the main downside to store-bought granola, but the whole grain oats and mix of nuts or seeds are wonderful nutrient-dense foods to incorporate into your regular diet.

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Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup

This soup has a nutrient-dense secret. The creamy-dreamy texture comes not from the typical cream or coconut cream, but from blended-up white beans. Beans are pretty much fiber containing superstars and fiber is a nutrition powerhouse. It also happens to make this soup dairy-free, although I still like to pair it with a classic grilled cheese sandwich for childhood nostalgia.  

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Seeded Sourdough Bread
Seeded Sourdough Bread

This bread is affectionately called “bug bread” in my house due to the little flecks of seeds and oats throughout the loaf. Making sourdough bread can seem intimidating but I have found it to be pretty forgiving as far as baking goes. The process takes a day or two but it is mostly hands-off and pretty flexible. Some loaves are technically better than others but I have always ended up with something delicious to toast up for my breakfast, griddle as the base for some brothy beans or build a tasty sandwich.

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Intuitive Eating 101: The 10 Principles
Intuitive Eating 101: The 10 Principles

Intuitive Eating is a framework of 10 principles that support self-care and can help you improve your relationship with food and your body. It helps you relearn how to listen to and trust internal cues of hunger, fullness, and satisfaction rather than relying on strict external diet rules.

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Food and Mood: 6 Nutrients To Eat For Anxiety and Depression
Food and Mood: 6 Nutrients To Eat For Anxiety and Depression

What we eat does impact how we feel. If we skip regular meals and prop ourselves up with caffeine, sugar, and refined snack foods, we are not only missing important nutrients, but we are also causing blood sugar, our brain’s preferred energy source, to erratically spike and drop throughout the day, which is very stressful on the body.

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The Joy of Baking: One Way To Make Peace with Food
The Joy of Baking: One Way To Make Peace with Food

Reclaiming the joy of baking helped me make peace with food (dare I say, bake peace with food?), and maybe it can help you too.

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“I knew Amber was the real deal because she was not toting a magic cure-all or instant overnight transformation. She very clearly cared about me as a client. Amber has a comprehensive understanding of food, vitamin and mineral supplementation, and how the busy person interacts with all of the above. She broke it all way down! First, we assessed my specific needs. Then we formulated a plan.

After a two-month period, I made a great improvement in my anxiety and depression. It was the first winter I did not suffer severe seasonal affective disorder!”

-Nutrition Client, Minneapolis, MN