How to Let Go of the All-or-Nothing Approach to Your Diet
All-or-nothing thinking is truly perfectionism in disguise. It’s the belief that you’ve either succeeded or you’ve failed, there is no...
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Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
How to Manage Emotional Eating During a Pandemic
This year has been weird. Real weird. BUT, it's also been one that has forced us to really slow down and look at ourselves (which I think...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Nov 18, 2020
- 3 min
How to Overcome Body Shame
When you look in the mirror what do you see? Do you see the bags under your eyes from lack of sleep? Do you see the lines on your...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
9 Morning Habits that will Improve the Rest of Your Day
I’m not a morning person. Mornings are hard. Real hard. And my bed it about the comfiest thing I have ever laid on which I guess makes...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
10 Journal Prompts for Emotional Eating
One of the tools that I have used extensively in my journey to food freedom is... journaling! For me (and many of my clients) it is a...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
9 Key Foods for Emotional Wellness
Serious question for you… have you noticed how the food you eat affects your emotional state? Did you even know that food can impact your...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Feb 26, 2020
- 2 min
10 Tips for an Active Lifestyle
I just finished an hour-long run along the river in Calgary before I sat down to write this piece. Living an active lifestyle is as much...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Feb 12, 2020
- 3 min
What is Self-Love?
With Valentine's day literally two days away and love in the air, it's had me thinking about self-love and my journey to finally feeling...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Jan 29, 2020
- 4 min
You Can't Always See Anxiety
I could feel the uneasiness in my body, the shortness of breath-catching up to me, the tightness in my chest almost unbearable. But to...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Oct 23, 2019
- 3 min
How to Get in Tune with Your Body
I’ve been on a spiritual journey for many years now. Trying to find a purpose to life, to my life, to my existence. And I think after all...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Mar 11, 2019
- 3 min
5 Ways Meditation Can Improve Emotional Eating
You may have you heard of this little thing called…. Meditation. But, have you made it a daily practice? Yogis have been meditating for...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Jan 30, 2019
- 6 min
This is the Face of Depression...
I came very close to ending my own life on May 20th, 2013. And as I sat on the cold tile of my bathroom floor, propped up against the...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Apr 25, 2018
- 4 min
I Bet You'd Never Guess How Much Water You Really Need
How much water do you actually consume? And is it enough? Before we get into how much water you should be drinking (spoiler alert… it’s...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Feb 28, 2018
- 4 min
Should I try the KETO Diet?
You’ve probably heard it mentioned here and there. The word keto seems to be on everyone’s lips lately. And for good reason. The keto...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Jan 24, 2018
- 4 min
7 Ways to De-Stress
As a workaholic, the word relax isn’t in my vocabulary. Like most people, I don’t usually take the time to slow-down until forced to by...
Jenna Lessner, BSc, CHNC
- Sep 20, 2017
- 5 min
Your Guide to Postpartum Depression
Depression is a dark and scary place, never mind the added stigma that our society places around mental illness. Very few people talk...
