Luke's Featured Maker: Flowers by Carra
Growing up in the Midwest, Carra was required to help pulling weeds, spreading compost, and planting in her mother’s elaborate garden. As a teenager, that was far from what she wanted to be doing in her spare time. Looking back though, she’s learned to cherish that quality time with her mother while learning to appreciate the details of a garden’s offerings.
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Guest Blog: Shanti Pappas of Happy Belly Health - Too Busy To Eat Well?
Guest Blog: Registered Dietician Samantha Finkelstein - 5 Reasons To Ditch The Diet Mentality (And What That Actually Means)
“I’m so bad for eating this”. “I’m not keeping this food in the house anymore — otherwise I’ll eat the whole box”. Comments like these have become so common place that it may be hard to believe they are problematic. But it turns out that this mindset around our eating may be leaving us in worse shape than we thought. Diet culture, defined as “a system that values weight, shape, and size over health and well-being”, tells us that if our eating and our bodies don’t look a certain way, we are unworthy and unhealthy.
