What is Intuitive Eating and How Can It Help Me? (Intuitive Eating Series 1 of 3)

Episode 17. We are talking all things Intuitive Eating today! What Intuitive Eating is, how it can help you, and how it relates to developing an autonomous and therefore sustainable relationship to food. But first, did you grab my free guide yet? In the moments when you have a strong desire to eat to cope with emotions, it can feel almost impossible to do something else. I created this guide for those moments. It lists several different options for things to do instead of eating. It's all about choice, increasing confidence, and therefore feelings of empowerment. Grab it for free here for quick and simple options right at your fingertips (with links, most 100% free) for those difficult moments. What is Intuitive Eating? You know people who stop eating after having half of their delicious dessert and put down their fork without effort? I'm not talking about someone who actively limits themselves to 1/2 their key lime pie because they only have so many calories left for the day, but someone who allows themselves to have it without guilt and then makes the choice to stop solely because they are satisfied, not because they are worried about weight gain. I'm talking about someone who truly has peace with their relationship with food. The intuitive eater. I used to incredibly be jealous of intuitive eaters and also in awe. I used to think to myself, "How on earth are they able to stop?" After much internal work, practice, and re-connecting with my body, I now consider myself an intuitive eater. I also think that the concept of Intuitive Eating has a lot of wisdom that we can all learn from as we work to develop a healthier relationship with food. The concept of Intuitive Eating has been around for some time and is extremely helpful for many people. The book Intuitive Eating was written by two dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch and is on it's 4th edition. Despite this, relatively few people have heard of it and it is rarely discussed in the mainstream medical community (though t