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February, 2024 Newsletter

February has been a long month for me. My mother, who has been living with me for the last four years, passed away. Her...
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January, 2024 Newsletter

Have calendars been the bane of your existence? They have been mine since I became an adult! I remember reading First Things First, one...
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December, 2023 Newsletter

The vibe that December brings has changed for me now that my kids are adults. While the air around me still has the smell...
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November, 2023 Newsletter

November is a quirky month because it pulls me in many directions. Part of me wants to be busy, getting my gratitude on with...
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October, 2023 Newsletter

I wanted to explore the concept of transition this month. It feels like I have been in a state of transition for a few...
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September, 2023 Newsletter

The value of sorting is the theme I want to explore this month. For those of you who have been following me, you will...
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August, 2023 Newsletter

To all my fellow Leos, Happy Birthday! This month I want to explore how a mindfulness practice can help reduce stigma in diabetes care....
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July, 2023 Newsletter

I am delighted you are interested in mindful eating, weight-inclusive diabetes care, and inclusion. It is mid-July, and my brain is spinning because it...
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June, 2023 Newsletter

Thank you for reading my newsletter. I am delighted you are interested in mindful eating, weight-inclusive diabetes care, and inclusion. My life has had...
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May, 2023 Newsletter

Welcome May! I am happy to report that having April behind me feels like a blessing.  (If you are new to my newsletter, I...
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Welcome to the Megrette.com Monthly Newsletter!

I’d like to confess something. I hate the month of April. I live in New England and April is this horrible time when it...
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Why Celebrating National Nutrition Month is So Hard in 2021

Celebrating National Nutrition Month highlights the fun and enjoyment that nourishing the body offers. Each March, countless people are encouraged to ‘eat right’ to...
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The Patient Always Has The Answers

Patients have said to me, “My PCP thinks that I overeat, but I am not overeating. They think that I am not exercising or...
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D.E.B-D Looking at the Long-Term Impact of Weight-Centered Care

If you are like many professionals you might not have considered the long-term impact of a weight stigma or a weight centered approach to...
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Weight Stigma: The Common Denominator in Disordered Eating in Diabetes

To understand what makes DEB-D escalate, we must begin by understanding how weight stigma, DEB and diabetes are connected. This begins with some very...
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Researcher’s Wisdom – Quotes regarding the harm associated with DEB-D

Learning more about DEB – D begins with a key article by Deborah L. Young-Hyman and Catherine L. Davis titled Disordered Eating Behaviors in Individuals...
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Weight Stigma and Diabetes Care – A client story

Kim came into my office and after a short pause explained that she wanted to lower her A1C because she was going to have...
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Set Anti-goals to Prevent Being Overwhelmed

We’ve all been trained in creating S.M.A.R.T goals, and if you have been following me, you know that S.M.A.R.T goals aren’t always helpful.  Sometimes being too specific...
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