Hot Topics
​in Menopause!

Midlife Body Image
​Support Group

Future Dates & Topics:

Body Image Group Information:
January 12 - Ditch the Diet! 
But...Doesn't Weight = Health?
February 9 - Lost in a Box of Chocolates?
​Healing Your Relationship with Food
March 9 - Spring Cleaning: A Healthy Pantry Makeover (with cooking and recipe tips for one or two!)
Join me and a small group of women as we explore the intersection of body image and nutrition/midlife health!  How we see and feel about our bodies can be  quite complex. So this group is not intended to provide therapy, but rather is based on the following principles: 
What: A monthly group that meets virtually to explore HOT topics in menopause for midlife women with the purpose of:
1) promoting positive nutrition messages
2) raising awareness about health in midlife and beyond
3) providing support and community for women
When: The second Wednesday of each month.
Fee: This is a FREE offering for all women who are interested in learning more about nutrition and lifestyle interventions that don't involve diets or restrictive eating and helps women reclaim freedom and peace in their relationship with food, fitness and body image.  
Registration: Email Val@enlightenUnutrition.com (or click the link below) to receive information, handouts and a Zoom link to access the meeting.
  • To provide a safe and compassionate space for midlife women to connect, share, laugh, and support each other.
  • Explore how diet culture and anti-aging messages impact midlife women and work on behaviors that move you away from negative body image toward positive body image.
  • Grounded in an anti-diet and Health-at-Every-Size®-informed approach.
  • Based on understanding how food, activity, and body image are linked, such that the better you are able to nourish and care for yourself, the better you feel about your body, and vice versa.
  • And...if your goal is to change your body size or lose weight to improve self image, this may not be the best fit. However, I'm happy to meet with you to discuss why and more about my approach.
My work in this area is inspired by numerous references and previous groups I've led in a formal eating disorder treatment environment, as well as the work by Nichole Wood-Barcalow, Tracy Tylka, and Casey Judge in the Positive Body Image Workbook and the Body Image Course by Marci Evans and Fiona Sutherland.