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How to Explain Intuitive Eating to a Friend

How to Explain Intuitive Eating to a Friend

By Alissa Rumsey | April 26, 2019

It’s one thing to apply the principles of intuitive eating and reject the diet mentality, but for many, sharing these ideas with friends and in social situations can be a major point of stress. If you feel this way too, you are not alone! Building a strong support system is important, so today we’re talking…

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What is ‘Diet Culture’?

What is ‘Diet Culture’?

By Alissa Rumsey | April 11, 2019

If you’ve been around here a while you’ve probably seen the term ‘diet culture’ thrown around, but it’s not always explained in detail. So, today I wanted to clear up any confusion and fill in the blanks by talking about what ‘diet culture’ actually is and what it means for you and the intuitive eating,…

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How to Apply Gentle Nutrition In Real Life

How to Apply Gentle Nutrition In Real Life

By Alissa Rumsey | March 18, 2019

Today I’m sharing a few practical ways that you can apply the principle of gentle nutrition to intuitive eating, to help make nutritious meals easy and convenient. Breakfast used to be my favorite meal of the day. I’d wake up hungry and excited, anticipating what was in store for my first meal. Over the past…

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Intuitive Eating Q&A Part 4

Intuitive Eating Q&A: Part 4

By Alissa Rumsey | March 11, 2019

Intuitive Eating is gaining more and more popularity and recognition in the world of nutrition. With more awareness comes more questions and curiosity. Part 4 of this Q&A series addresses more intuitive eating questions about the different types of hunger, how to continue to be successful in your intuitive eating journey, and where exercise fits…

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Intuitive Eating Q&A: Part 3

Intuitive Eating Q&A: Part 3

By Alissa Rumsey | February 1, 2019

Intuitive Eating can be hard to wrap your head around at first. If you are starting the Intuitive Eating journey and are feeling a bit lost you’ve come to the right place. In part 3 of this Q&A series, I’m answering some intuitive eating common questions, such as where does nutrition fit into intuitive eating?…

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How to Embrace Gentle Nutrition

How to Embrace Gentle Nutrition

By Alissa Rumsey | January 23, 2019

Intuitive Eating is a non-diet approach to health that focuses on our internal cues around hunger, fullness and satiety, while also helping to heal our relationship with food and our bodies. The framework of intuitive eating is broken down into 10 pillars that can be explored in any order, depending on your experience and history…

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How to Shift Your Mindset From Scarcity to Abundance

How to Shift Your Mindset From Scarcity to Abundance

By Alissa Rumsey | January 15, 2019

A huge part of moving towards intuitive eating is shifting your mindset from one of restriction or scarcity to one of unconditional permission and abundance. In this post, I share more about ways that you can create an abundance mindset for yourself as you move through your intuitive eating journey.  Your mindset plays a huge role as…

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9 Non-Diet New Years Resolutions

9 Non-Diet New Years Resolutions

By Alissa Rumsey | January 8, 2019

Heading into January, it’s natural to want to start planning ahead and thinking about what you want to accomplish over the next year. If you’re looking to incorporate more of the non-diet approach into your life, check out the non-diet New Years resolution ideas below for some inspiration.  A new year brings a fresh start,…

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Meal Planning with Intuitive Eating: A How-To Guide

Meal Planning with Intuitive Eating: A How-To Guide

By Alissa Rumsey | December 20, 2018

Meal prep food photos and “inspiration” can be found all over the internet, but so often these posts promote rigid, restrictive ways of eating that are reminiscent of dieting. Moving away from dieting and towards intuitive eating doesn’t mean that there can’t be any structure around meals and eating – but there’s a way to…

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