All Bodies Are Good Bodies This principle is all about respecting your genetic blueprint you were born with. So often I hear clients say something along the lines of “I eat _____ and exercise _____. I don’t see why I shouldn’t be able to have the body I want.” There is this idea in our […]
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Intuitive Eating Principle #7: Honor Your Feelings Without Using Food
Emotional Eating 101 It may surprise you that emotional eating is actually a part of normal eating. Most of us have all eaten for comfort at some point. Eating in response to emotions only becomes problematic when we are relying on it as our primary way of dealing with feelings. When food is our go-to […]
Intuitive Eating Principle #6: Discover the Satisfaction Factor
Can’t Get No Satisfaction? We live in a world of diet culture that focuses so much on the pursuit of thinness that it overlooks a super important aspect of healthy living: pleasure and satisfaction. That’s right – eating what satisfies us can improve our health. When we don’t eat foods that satisfy us, it creates […]
Intuitive Eating Principle #5: Feeling Your Fullness
Too Full or Not too Full? Just as it is important to get in touch with your hunger, it’s equally as important to get in touch with your fullness. It can be challenging to identify our body telling us it’s full sometimes, especially if we are distracted or not used to listening to our body’s […]
Implement Intuitive Eating on Halloween
How to Use the Intuitive Eating Principles for a Stress Free Halloween For many, Halloween is an exciting day filled with costumes, creativity, and candy. Children run and revel in awe and others enjoy pots of pumpkin punch at spooky soirees. Unfortunately, for some, Halloween induces wicked worry, instead. Often, people struggle with eating around […]