So what is intuitive eating? Sometimes the easiest way to understand it is by comparing it to what you already “know.” For most of us, what we already know is what we’ve absorbed or obtained from our parents, peers, the media, societal influences, and our greater culture.
Read MoreIf you know me or have worked with me, then you know I talk a lot about intuitive eating in my therapy practice. I’m a proud anti-diet and intuitive eating dietitian and therapist, which just means that I reject all notions of dieting, restricting, managing, or controlling the food you’re eating in any way.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever struggled with compulsive behaviors, you know how utterly defeated they can make you feel. Most of us struggle with one compulsion or another, whether it’s compulsive eating, drinking, shopping, sex, gambling, working, drug use, or anything else that makes us feel blissfully calm for a moment and profoundly terrible the next.
Read MoreInside your skull lives a highly intelligent computer. And seeking to understand how this computer functions can be the difference between a life of pain and suffering, or a life of peace and joy.
Read MoreFocusing on weight loss as the problem to address simply doesn't work and it often causes more damage and drives further dysfunction with food. There's simply no need to focus on the weight as it all too often leads to chronic dieting patterns and cycles of restriction and overeating or binge eating.
Read MoreWhen I found out I wasn’t enough it awoke a sleeping giant of not enoughness.
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