How Intuitive Eating Works (the Science!) and How to Do It with Victoria Evans

Episode 35. Today I have the pleasure of talking with Victoria Evans. Victoria Evans began her career in the corporate world with a prominent Fortune 500 company in the beauty industry in Montreal. During this time, her challenges related to eating disorders, mental health,  extreme dieting, and overexercising became a catalyst for creating a solution to an issue millions of women deal with today. As a successful Intuitive Eating Coach, she is disrupting the wellness industry through her fundamentally science-based approach. Victoria helps countless women heal their relationship with food by optimizing their mindset for happier and healthier lifestyles.  You can find Victoria and connect with her here! IG: @victoriaevansofficial LinkedIn: VJEVANS This Episode was SOOOOO good. Here are the Highlights: If you are like me, you love to understand the science of WHY something works. But also, I'm a practical person. By the time I found Intuitive Eating, I had tried every diet under the sun, and frankly, most of them were quite "healthy" by societal standards. I did Weight Watchers many times, MyFitnessPal, Jenny Craig, and tons of self-directed attempts, usually recording calories or making myself a meal plan. My first Weight Watchers attempt worked fairly well, meaning I lost some weight and kept it off for maybe a year or so. What Victoria does so well in this interview and her work is really breaking down the science of why intuitive eating is so effective. She ties it to a theory by Stephen Porges called Polyvagal Theory that helps us understand our body's threat response and what starts it. This interview helps explain things like: Why binge eating never was and never will be a willpower problemHow your brain is trying to self-protect, because your primitive brain, the part that makes sure you stay alive, truly hasn't evolved for the availability of food that we have todayHow understanding your body and it's physiology can be the difference that truly makes the difference for you in