The final principle of Intuitive Eating is gentle nutrition. To be clear, these principles don’t necessarily follow any particular order. Everyone I’ve ever worked with…

Intuitive eating proponents like the term “movement” to refer to physical activity of any kind. It’s a way of reframing it in a way that…

To respect your body means … Accept your unique genetic blueprint. Stop criticizing your body’s size, shape, proportions, etc. Show compassion toward yourself and the…

It’s important to learn to cope with your emotions with kindness and in ways that don’t always involve food. Intuitive Eating is not a cop-out…

Learning to feel your fullness is an important part of eating the amount of food that is right for you as a unique individual. Many…

It’s time to discover the satisfaction factor. When we’re constantly concerned with the weight, shape, and size of our body and all the shoulds and…

When you challenge the food police you say NO! to the messages that tell you that you should base your food selections on their calorie…

When we make peace with food we give ourselves unconditional permission to eat. Yes, chocolate, pizza, ice cream, donuts, cookies, burgers, and fries. But, also…

What does it mean to honor your hunger? For starters, keep your body adequately fed with energy. The problem with suppressing/ignoring hunger whether, through willpower,…

A great place to start when you reject the diet mentality is to toss out those diet books. Seriously. Most of them are nonsense and…