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Media and marketing have conditioned us to view cravings as enemies—little saboteurs trying to ruin our health goals or signs that we simply lack willpower. But what if we shifted our perspective entirely? What if we viewed cravings not as failures, but as messages? From both an allopathic physiological standpoint and the wisdom of ancient practices like Ayurveda, Indigenous Healing, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a craving is simply your body’s unique language for r

We have all been there. Your cravings don’t come with any sort of moral weight. And your weight doesn’t come with any sort of moral value.   Read that again.   I hear different versions of this all the time, and there is always shame and guilt attached to it: You had a "good" day of eating. You aren't technically hungry… Or maybe you are? And you find yourself standing in your refrigerator, door open for who knows how long, searching for something… Are you looking for sweet?

This one is an adventure – but trust me, I’m THE tour guide for this. Stick with me…   I am both a nutritionist and anthropologist with a background in philosophy and education. All of these fields play a role in my sessions with clients because our existence is our well-being, and our well-being is our existence. And existentially, food environments (in every sense of the word) are more often than not, the systemically cyclical source of (un)wellness . Each person has their