Intuitive Eating Basics

With diet culture screaming from the rooftops about what, when and how much to eat, we can completely lose touch with our own appetites, preferences and sense of satisfaction. When you've internalised so many messages about what's healthy and good for you (and what will control your weight) and what's...

If two things are mutually exclusive, it means they can't occur simultaneously. This is often the accusation levelled at Intuitive Eating practitioners - that we're steering people away from health. This is absolutely not the case. First and foremost, we steer people towards what matters to...

According to Wikipedia, intuition is 'the ability to acquire knowledge without recourse to conscious reasoning.' There's an inner knowing which doesn't require a conscious process of thinking. Many believe that it's something some people just have - and others don't. But I disagree. I think...

About self-sabotage... In my blog 'What's Hiding Behind Your Self-Sabotage', I explained why I'm not a fan of the notion of self-sabotage: it's purely because I don't think it's very helpful when you're trying to understand why you're not creating the result you want in your relationship with food...

The first thing to think about when you ask, does Intuitive Eating 'work' - is to ask: what do you mean? Work in what way? Does it work for weight loss? If you mean 'does Intuitive Eating work for weight loss' - then I'd have to say it might, and it might not. It depends on whether you're within your...