Hi, I’m Aubrey

Grace fueled dietitian & nutrition therapist. I'm passionate about helping you trade judgement & shame for joy, satisfaction & confidence in your relationship with food & your body.  

 
 

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Sharing grace fueled thoughts & tips on food, body, motherhood & beyond

 
Grace Fueled Blog
The Key to an Abundant & Free Life
The Key to an Abundant & Free Life
Getting Your Period Back with hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Getting Your Period Back with hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Pregnancy and body image with baby number 2
Pregnancy and body image with baby number 2
6 Tips for feeding your 2-3 year old
6 Tips for feeding your 2-3 year old
5 tips for creating a positive food culture in your home
5 tips for creating a positive food culture in your home
Shifting your perspective on rest for better health
Shifting your perspective on rest for better health
How Gratitude changes our relationship with food and everything else
How Gratitude changes our relationship with food and everything else
Satisfying Food
Satisfying Food
A Day in the Life of a Hungry Pregnant lady
A Day in the Life of a Hungry Pregnant lady
New Journal
New Journal
Being Full is a Good Thing
Being Full is a Good Thing
No more food shame
No more food shame
All Foods Are Clean
All Foods Are Clean
Hunger is God's good idea
Hunger is God's good idea
The False Hope of Dieting
The False Hope of Dieting
Body image, Jesus, And My Thoughts
Body image, Jesus, And My Thoughts
 
The choice to work on your relationship with food, to explore the beliefs that have led you to hate your body, to stop using food or exercise as an unhealthy coping mechanism may not be as easy as focusing on weight loss, but in my experience, the first sets you free, the second keeps you stuck. . Instead of looking at the choices in front of us and wondering which will be the easiest, let's try asking which option is most in line with our values? Which will lead to the most life in the long run?
Lunch views 😍. Fairly certain I'm part Greek way back somewhere due to my obsession with Tzatziki sauce and all things dill. Oh and also fudgy chocolate cake--but that just means I'm human . Some things we all have in common 😜
Do you have a hard time receiving big gifts?? I do. If I'm being honest, I always feel a little guilty and undeserving when someone spends a lot of money on me, and when it comes to my husband, my parents, or myself spending money on me, it can make me feel sick to my stomach. Why? . This morning, in the middle of listing all the reasons why I shouldn't have let my husband get a new minivan for me (he makes more money, he deserves a new car not me, I'm putting our family in debt, taking away from the money we could spend on other things...) God stopped me in my fear and shame soaked tracks and whispered, "Stop trying to earn it, and just receive this gift from me" 😭 . It's the same with the gospel. If we're honest, we're often offended that grace, forgiveness, and extravagant blessings would be given to people (even to ourselves) who we feel don't deserve it and didn't earn it. But Jesus says if you want to take part in his life, you have to give up your pride and receive him, his finished work, and his unearned love like a child (who receive everything freely and are incapable of earning a thing) 💗. It's my hope that we would all learn to accept gifts, to accept help, and to receive love, especially when we don't deserve it. Only then will we be able to give to others without restrain--knowing that they don't have to earn our love, just as we don't earn His . "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name" John 1:12
Rubber band trick for the win 👌🏻 because being comfortable in my clothes is waaaay more important than squeezing into my "pre-pregnancy jeans" just so I can say I did and then feeling super uncomfortable all night....even better will be getting my new here-and-now-body jeans in the mail and wearing them 🤗
Joy is God's gift, in eating, in relationships, in working, in moving your body. It's His will that you would be overflowing with joy, that you'd experience it regularly, and be motivated by it . I had the honor of reading @kaseybshuler 's book Move For Joy early (amazing btw) and in it, she quotes CS Lewis saying "Joy is the serious business of heaven", reminding us that we are made to experience joy as a gift from God regularly--what a concept!!! . True joy isn't a fleeting feeling, it's a fullness, a sense of contentment that lasts through the ups and downs. True joy is resting in the love of Christ no matter the circumstances . So let's go out and enjoy the things God's given us to enjoy, let's stop waiting for the other shoe to drop every time we're filled with contentment and instead thank Him that this is His serious business on earth 💗
Sharing our birth story video today at the link in my bio...because I have more words than I have time to write a blog post🤦🏽‍♀️ . Ezra has officially been outside the womb for longer than we waited past our due date, take a guess which period of time went faster 🤪. Talking a little about the wait plus our positive (first) homebirth experience in the video. Check it out if you're into waaay too much detail and birth stories🤣
It's almost* always healthier to eat something even if it's not nutritionally dense, balanced, etc, than it is to ignore your hunger and eat nothing. *Barring true food allergies and of course spoiled or undercooked food . I honestly have barely thought about food or nutritional density during this first week and a half post-partum - hasn't felt like a top priority between breastfeeding, resting and keeping 2 small humans alive. And yet I know I NEED to eat, something, anything, regularly to keep myself alive and healthy. Sometimes that looks like a quick smoothie when my wisdom teeth hurt (yea that's happening now for some reason) or leftover takeout when hunger hits and I just don't have time to think about anything else . Whether you're a new mama or another human trying to live your life without hanger and under nourishment getting in your way, there are so many times when the healthiest thing you can do for yourself is to let go of food rules and just feed yourself! There will be another opportunity to get some veggies (or whatever else ) in at the next meal --by eating now you're not falling off the proverbial wagon, cheating, or being bad, you're doing great, you're doing what's best for your health right now 🌊
First outing with all my boys 💙💙 . Today on our way out of the farmers market another new mom of two a few months ahead of me stopped us just to encourage me and tell me how good of a job I was doing--it's amazing how much this made me smile. I love people, there really are so many good ones out there 🌞 . For anyone who is new around here, normal posts have slowed a bit with the new baby and being on maternity leave. In the next few weeks, I plan to share some post-partum health/body image thoughts bc I have benefited so much from other moms encouragement, wisdom and positive outlook during this period. If you don't have kids or don't find this content helpful, I understand! Stick around though, there will be more grace fueled nutrition and body image content as I slowly get back into the swing of things 💗💗