You don’t need another set of rules. You need a way back to yourself.
Intuitive Eating is a compassionate, evidence-based approach that helps you rebuild trust with your body and make peace with food. It’s not about controlling your behavior. It’s about learning how to listen to what your body is already telling you. This isn’t a diet or a short-term fix. It’s a return to something that’s always been yours: your internal wisdom.
In today’s world, we’re constantly flooded with messages about what we should or shouldn’t eat, how our bodies should look, and what it means to be “healthy.” This constant noise often leads to confusion, guilt, and a disconnection from ourselves. Research shows that chronic dieting is one of the strongest predictors of future weight gain¹, and nearly 95% of diets fail to produce long-term weight loss². Intuitive Eating offers a different way forward—one that centers your body, your values, and your lived experience.
Developed by registered dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, Intuitive Eating is defined as a “dynamic mind-body integration of instinct, emotion, and rational thought.”³ It teaches you how to honor your hunger, respect your fullness, and rebuild a sense of satisfaction with food. At the same time, it helps untangle the deeper emotional and mental patterns that may have kept you stuck in cycles of restriction, stress eating, or shame.
My work focuses on what I call the three P’s: paying attention, patience, and practice. Together, we’ll work on strengthening your interoceptive awareness—your ability to notice and respond to the signals your body is sending you. We’ll also gently work through the obstacles that block attunement, such as food rules, perfectionism, fear of weight gain, or emotional eating triggers. These are met with compassion, not judgment.
This process takes time, but it creates lasting change. When you begin to trust your body again, everything starts to shift. Not just the way you eat, but how you live. The word diet comes from the Greek word diaita, which originally meant “way of life”⁴. Intuitive Eating reconnects you with that original meaning. It’s not about rigid plans or restriction, but about creating a more peaceful, nourishing relationship with food and your body as part of your whole life—not separate from it.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW INTUITIVE EATING SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO YOU AND YOUR LIFE?
- Mann, T., Tomiyama, A. J., Westling, E., et al. (2007). Medicare’s Search for Effective Obesity Treatments: Diets Are Not the Answer. American Psychologist, 62(3), 220–233. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.62.3.220
- National Institute of Health. (1992). Technology Assessment Conference Panel: Methods for Voluntary Weight Loss and Control. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK63659/
- Tribole, E. & Resch, E. (2012). Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works. St. Martin’s Griffin.
- Harper, D. (n.d.). Diet. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved from https://www.etymonline.com/word/diet
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