Mental Health Awareness Month: How Therapy Changed My Life

…But the other day as I walked out of my therapist’s office onto a sunshine-doused sidewalk with spring blossoms scattered about, I closed my eyes and stood there for a moment; overwhelmed, not only by my gratitude to my situation that allows me to see a therapist regularly again, but also the fact that I started on this journey some 5 years ago. I was then reminded that May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it finally felt like the right time to talk more in depth about my process with therapy over the past few years and why I think there is not a single person on this earth that can’t benefit from it in spades.

Well-BeingMinna LeeMay 15, 2019Eating Disorder, Mental Health, Self-Improvement, Mind

Nutrition and Food Non-Negotiables

Soooo I posted a shorter blurb of this on my Instagram a few months ago, but I wanted to give you guys some (literal) food for thought this Wellness Wednesday!

I overheard an interesting conversation at a coffeeshop one day. A man was telling his friend how his trainer told him that coffee/caffeine is horrible for you and it was off limits. He then proceeded...

RecipesMinna LeeAugust 31, 2016Nutrition, Mind, Eating Disorder

Food for Fat Loss: Less is NOT More

As a trainer and nutrition coach, I frequently hear these inaccurate "facts" based in the worst antiquated weight-loss theory all the time: Calories in, Calories Out.

"Just eat less, move more and you'll lose weight."
"1200 calories a day and cardio at least 3x/week!"
"All my meals are...

Well-BeingMinna LeeJune 8, 2016Nutrition, Physical Health, Eating Disorder, Body Positivity, Mind, Body

Body Shaming/Judgment Part 2.

My original body judgment/shaming post is still one of the most popular hits on my blog. I didn't think I needed a follow-up piece to it, because I had shared the majority of how I felt about it in that post. But more things happen, and unfortunate problems like these in our society don't just tend to disappear altogether. So, rather than assuming that things will change, I want to help CHAMPION this change. Problems don't change until we change them...

Well-BeingMinna LeeJanuary 13, 2016Body Positivity, Eating Disorder, Mental Health

Not a Reward or the Boogeyman: It's Just Food

Food shouldn't have to be BAD vs. GOOD or a reward vs. something to fear.

It is not the enemy. It is not a reward or a punishment.

It is nourishment that enables us to roam and travel the world, our tastebuds to be thrilled, our brains to create and think, our bodies to run, jump, dance, love, and live in all expressions possible...

Well-BeingMinna LeeDecember 9, 2014Nutrition, Self-Improvement, Eating Disorder, Body Positivity, Mind

Body Judgement

Before I launched the site, I created a list of topics I wanted to write about and in what general order I thought of doing them. But sometimes when you're really...

Well-BeingMinna LeeAugust 25, 2014Eating Disorder, Mind, Body Positivity