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The Trap of Halloween Candy, Sugar, and Parenting
Specifically, as millennial moms, there’s so much confusion around what our kids need, especially when it comes to food, sugar, and holidays like Halloween. We were raised in an era of mixed messages: one minute we were told sugar was poison, the next that “everything in moderation” was fine. Many of us grew up with low-fat snacks, diet culture, and parents who hid the “good” candy on top of the fridge. Now, as adults raising our own children, we’re left sorting through a swi

Johanna Kulp, MSW, LCSW
Oct 303 min read


The First Step Towards Embodiment
“Going deeper into your body means that you let go of the outside culture’s expectations of what it should be.” This is a quote from my...

Johanna Kulp, MSW, LCSW
Feb 112 min read


Is Change Possible? A Look at Thoughts and Feelings
My friend asked me a while back— “Johanna, do you really think it’s possible to change the way we feel about our bodies? Is that really...

Johanna Kulp, MSW, LCSW
Jan 62 min read


Thanksgiving, With(out) the Side of Diet Talk
It happens far too often—you head into Thanksgiving dinner ready to enjoy yourself and then Aunt Linda makes off-hand comments about your...

Johanna Kulp, MSW, LCSW
Nov 26, 20242 min read


Healing Your Body
So you saw a picture of yourself that you hated… It happens to us all. Even when you’ve done the work on body image and acceptance of...

Johanna Kulp, MSW, LCSW
May 17, 20233 min read


How Flowers Taught Me About Mindfulness
I recently made a post on social media about the flowers that had bloomed outside my ho use. Every day I walk in and out of my house at...

Johanna Kulp, MSW, LCSW
Mar 23, 20233 min read


Damned if you do, damned if you don't
We recently lost yet another celebrity to suicide. And now there are posts everywhere from all sources saying things like “Reach out”...

Johanna Kulp, MSW, LCSW
Dec 19, 20223 min read


Let Candy Be Candy
Halloween is around the corner, and with Halloween comes spooky costumes, haunted hayrides, and horror films. But for some, the most...

Johanna Kulp, MSW, LCSW
Oct 24, 20223 min read


Fat Is Beautiful
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the stir that Lizzo has been making lately. In recent events, she won an Emmy...

Johanna Kulp, MSW, LCSW
Sep 20, 20223 min read
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