Intuitive Eating

Intuitive eating means listening to internal body cues of hunger, fullness and joy when it comes to food. We are actually born with intuitive eating skills. As children we ask for food when we are hungry and stop eating when we are full. These skills are based on internal body cues. We are raised in diet culture which turns us away from these internal cues and towards external cues. Diets, restriction and labelling foods as “good or bad” are examples of these external cues. It is possible to develop a healthy relationship with food by finding these internal cues again.