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Breaking the Restrict-Binge Cycle With Intuitive Eating
Have you ever found yourself saying you’ll never eat carbs again on Monday, promising yourself that this time you’ll be “good for real,” only to find yourself raiding the kitchen by Friday night? If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. This experience is part of a pattern many people who diet fall into – a…
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5 Ways Intuitive Eating Changes Your Life – Beyond Just Food
When diets, food and weight obsession are running your life, it’s challenging to focus on anything else. I know first hand what such existence feels like; you wake up wondering how to “make up” for what you ate the day before, you meticulously plan every single meal, counting calories, weighing food, following rigid exercise plan,…
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How to Use the Hunger And Fullness Scale: A Simple Guide to Intuitive Eating
We live in a world full of external food rules—when to eat, how much to eat, what to eat. Count this, count that. If you’re hungry, chew a gum.But what if your body already knew how to eat? After all, eating, and feeling hunger are essential for our survival—it wouldn’t make any sense if Nature…
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Why the French Don’t Diet (and What We Can Learn From Them)
Have you ever noticed how the French are known to enjoy buttery croissants, creamy cheeses, and wine without falling into the trap of diet culture? This is known as the “French Paradox,” and many researches in nutrition science have been fascinated by it because despite eating rich, non-diet foods, the French maintain better overall health…
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Spring Wellness Essentials: Glow From the Inside Out
In a world that often moves too fast, urging us to do more, achieve more, be more, right now, there is something deeply nourishing about romanticizing the seasons; slowing down, noticing and enjoying nature’s beauty as she shifts, and aligning our daily routines with the cycles of the Mother Earth. Spring, with its gentle warmth,…
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The Best Floral Teas for Spring Wellness
Spring whispers of renewal, inviting us to step out in the nature, breathe deeply, and embrace the beauty of the season. What better way to welcome the warmer days than with fragrant floral teas—delicate, soothing, and infused with nature’s quiet magic? Enjoying a good cup of tea is a ritual, a moment of presence, a…
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How to Build Satisfying And Filling Meals: The Intuitive Eating Guide
With the diet culture, most of us ever looked at creating “healthy” meals to be as small as possible, afraid of ever eating “too much” and barely paying attention to taste (or we try to gaslight ourselves that carnivore oreos taste EXACTLY like the real thing.. And no, I’m not making this up, you can’t…
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What to Expect When Working with an Intuitive Eating Nutritionist
Through the years of working with clients as an intuitive eating nutritionist, I’ve often heard them say, “Well, this is not at all what I expected from working with a nutritionist. I thought you’d give me a list of foods I should and shouldn’t eat, but this works so much better!” Many of my clients…
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10 Tips for Joyful Movement: How to Stay Active Without Forcing Yourself
In the diet culture, exercise and movement are usually viewed as a punishment; the way to control your size, “make up” for what you ate, or deserve your next meal. Also, it often gets pushed with harmful messages like “no pain, no gain.”Naturally, this approach to movement can leave you feeling drained, dreading the next…
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Why You Should Stop Labeling Foods As “Good” And “Bad”
Have you ever eaten a piece of cake and immediately thought, “I was bad for eating that”? Or praised yourself for choosing a salad because it was the “right” choice? If so, you’re not alone. We live in a world where food is constantly labeled as either “good” or “bad,” and these labels often determine…
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Nina Kaufmann 