What is Intuitive Eating?

Intuitive Eating is a self-care eating framework which integrates instinct, emotion, and rational thought and was created by two dietitians, Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch in 1995. Intuitive Eating is a weight-inclusive, evidence-based model with a validated assessment scale and over 100 studies to date.

Through inquiry, listening, and practice, you will learn to settle into a way of eating that feels nourishing, sustainable, and fun for you.

Through working with me, clients have been able to:

  • Eat when they’re hungry and know when they’re full

  • Enjoy their favorite foods without guilt or fear of overeating

  • Feel more comfortable in their bodies

  • Let go of long-standing food rules

  • Stop counting calories

  • Stop binge eating

  • Eat regular meals and snacks through the day

  • Stop feeling pushed around by the lastest “Wellness” craze

  • Say “I am sick and tired of trying to change my body. I am done giving my money, time and attention to the diet industry. ”

Anti-diet, weight neutral approach, no forbidden foods, you can stop obsessing about food

The 10 principles of Intuitive Eating work in two key ways:

  1. As you cultivate attunement to physical sensations that arise from within your body, you will get both your biological and psychological needs met.

  2. By removing the obstacles and disruptors to attunement, which usually come from the mind in the form of rules, beliefs, and thoughts.

The process of Intuitive Eating is a practice. It takes time. Instead of punishing the body with restrictive diets and food rules, you will learn to eat in a way that honors your physical and mental health The pursuit of intentional weight loss is a failed paradigm, which creates health problems: including weight stigma, weight cycling, and eating disorders. All bodies deserve dignity and respect. Intuitive Eating is aligned with Health at Every Size.

Read more about the 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating.

How Does Intuitive Eating Improve your Relationship with Food?

It helps you develop a sustainable and relaxed relationship with food, which leads to freedom from restrictive diets and food-related anxieties.

Doesn’t that sound nice?

Benefits of Intuitive Eating

  • Enhanced Body Awareness: Rediscover what hunger and fullness feel like, guiding you to trust your body. No need to count anything (calories, grams, or carbs)!

  • No More Dieting: This is NOT weight loss program.

  • Reduced Emotional Eating: Explore emotional triggers within a non-restrictive approach to eating. Eventually, you recognize and reduce emotional eating.

  • Mental Health Benefits: Instead of beating yourself up, we emphasize self-compassion and self-care, which reduces guilt and anxiety associated with food.

  • Decreased Disordered Eating: Dieting is a huge risk for developing disordered eating. Intuitive Eating reduce the risk of developing disordered eating.

  • Lifestyle Changes: Intuitive Eating shifts the focus from external rules (like diets and “wellness culture”) to internal cues (hunger, fullness, satisfaction) giving you more trust in yourself

  • and more time for what you really love to do.