Gentle Nutrition The last principle of Intuitive Eating is last for a reason. ‘Honor your health’ encompasses something we call gentle nutrition. It’s the idea that we can make changes to the way we eat to support our health, while still maintaining a healthy relationship with food. It’s difficult to make long lasting changes that […]
Intuitive Eating
Holiday Season Intuitive Eating Tips
Are food and eating a source of stress and anxiety for you during the holidays? Practicing intuitive eating can be doubly difficult during the holidays, as many eating experiences may be outside your norm. Coupled with stressful family situations and annoyingly, abundant diet and weight conversation, holiday feasts may induce paralyzing worry and fear. Worry […]
Intuitive Eating Principle #9: Exercise – Feel the Difference
Feel the difference when you find JOY in your movement! The focus on Intuitive Eating is mostly on food and eating, but having a healthy relationship with exercise is important too and can impact our nutritional needs! Regular movement has a ton of health benefits, including: Improving and maintaining cognitive abilities and memory Increases energy […]
Examples of Gratitude and How to Create It
Why is gratitude all the rage right now? Tis the season for thankfulness and that suuuuuuper trendy G word right now – Gratitude. Did you know expressing thanks is one of the easiest ways to feel better? It’s true. According to Harvard, “In positive psychology research, gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness. Gratitude […]
Intuitive Eating Principle #8: Respect Your Body
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 […]