Eat Intuit

11/20/2025

Many people think they’re “just being careful” with food… when what they’re actually carrying is fear.

Fear of losing control.
Fear of weight gain.
Fear of judgment.
Fear of fullness itself.

These fears are so normalized that we often don’t see them for what they are.

My newest blog post breaks down how diet culture masks food fear — and how to start identifying these patterns in yourself with compassion and curiosity. A downloadable self-assessment is included.

👉 Read the post + get the free self-assessment:
https://www.eat-intuit.com/post/the-hidden-weight-of-fearing-food

11/15/2025

Fear around food isn’t always obvious — it often hides in the day-to-day choices we make to avoid discomfort, shame, or judgment.

These quiet patterns take a toll, physically and emotionally.

I wrote a new blog post exploring what hidden food fear can look like, why it forms, and how to start noticing your own patterns. It includes a free self-assessment you can download and use for reflection.

👉 Read it here: https://www.eat-intuit.com/post/the-hidden-weight-of-fearing-food

11/12/2025

Most people don’t think they’re afraid of food — because it doesn’t look dramatic.
Fear around food often looks like hesitation, guilt, micromanaging, bargaining, or trying to control your body through every bite.

In my new blog post, I walk through the subtle signs that food feels threatening and how Diet Culture teaches us to normalize that fear.

Plus, there’s a self-assessment to help you explore your own patterns with compassion.

👉 Read the post + download the self-assessment:
https://www.eat-intuit.com/post/the-hidden-weight-of-fearing-food

11/11/2025

We don’t always recognize it as fear.

It shows up quietly — in rules, avoidance, shame, or the constant pressure to make “the right” choice.

In my newest blog post, I break down how fear around food becomes so normalized that we barely notice the weight it puts on us… and I included a self-assessment to help you identify the hidden fears you might be carrying.

👉 Read it here: https://www.eat-intuit.com/post/the-hidden-weight-of-fearing-food

11/06/2025

A client says: “I feel so ashamed — I worked hard to lose weight, and I’ve gained it all back.”

What’s your instinctive response?
💬 A) “That’s so frustrating — maybe we can figure out what went wrong.”
💬 B) “That must feel discouraging. What does this mean for you?”

Our gut reactions can reveal hidden biases — and opportunities for growth.

Explore more real-world scenarios like this in my free workbook, Becoming a Weight-Inclusive Mental Health Professional.

👉🏼 Subscribe here to get yours: Eat-Intuit.com/mentalhealth

11/01/2025

The holidays can stir up anxiety about food, fullness, and “self-control.”

This month’s Eat Intuit newsletter for Mental Health Professionals explores how Diet Culture pathologizes fullness — and how to guide clients toward peace with their body’s cues.

💡 Includes a printable Hunger-Fullness Scale Worksheet + reflection guide for your own practice.

👉 Subscribe here to get your copy → www.eat-intuit.com/mentalhealth

10/30/2025

“Is it disordered to expect ourselves to easily perform an impossible task?”

So much of what we label as “disordered eating” would make more sense when we view it through the lens of unrealistic weight expectations.
• 95–97% of weight loss attempts fail.
• 2/3rds regain more weight than they lost.
• The body fights for life.

If the body is doing what it’s designed to do, the question becomes not "Why are they bingeing?" but "Why are they being asked to shrink?".

As a Mental Health Professional supporting clients in relationship with food/body/exercise — how might this shift in lens change what you say or ask next?

👀 Check out my latest blog post for Mental Health Professionals: A Call to Reorient Disordered Eating 👉🏼👉🏼 eat-intuit.com/post/a-call-to-reorient-disordered-eating

10/29/2025

“Before we can hold space for our clients’ body stories, we have to understand our own.”

This free workbook helps you explore how Diet Culture has shaped your ideas about health, bodies, and worthiness — and how to begin unlearning them.

💌 Subscribe to my monthly newsletter for Mental Health Professionals to get your free copy of ✨Becoming A Weight-Inclusive Mental Health Professional✨

Go here to subscribe 👉🏼Eat-Intuit.com/mentalhealth

10/27/2025

Many clients who present with “disordered eating” may actually be responding to the weight-loss narrative. Believing their lack of self-control with food is unreasonable. Their "overeating" or "underexercising" is their problem.

The truth? Our bodies are wired to protect life, not to shrink on command. When we shift from blaming clients for “lack of willpower” to asking “How could this be your body taking care of you?” we open a path to freedom.

That's why I'm calling for a reorientation of our understanding of disordered eating. A shift based on how we know God made bodies to work and all the research showing just how little control we have over our weight and health.

👀 Check out my latest blog post for Mental Health Professionals: A Call to Reorient Disordered Eating 👉🏼👉🏼 eat-intuit.com/post/a-call-to-reorient-disordered-eating

Don't think very many of your clients struggle with disordered eating? You'd be surprised.

10/24/2025

How much energy are you willing to invest in an impossible goal?

95-97% of people regain the weight, with 2/3rds gaining back even more than they lost. We gain the weight back, because we're supposed to gain it back. Any health benefits we seemed to have gained when we lost the weight, evaporate. We're left more hopeless than before and are still told to "try again".

As if there was anything that we could do to succeed at maintaining long-term weight loss. Humans haven't yet found a single way to keep the weight off.

But until we believe that, we'll keep trying and blaming ourselves for our failure 😞

Your body is not the problem. Weight Stigma is. Healthcare injustice is.

10/22/2025

✨📒 Introducing a Free Guide for Mental Health Professionals!✨

We're all trained in systems that equate thinness with wellness. We're even taught that those systems help people 😬

Even the most well-intentioned providers can carry those stories into the therapy room.

That’s why I created Becoming a Weight-Inclusive Mental Health Professional — a free reflection workbook to help you recognize anti-fat bias and begin replacing it with compassion and inclusion.

📘 Get your free copy when you subscribe to my Monthly Newsletter for Mental Health Professionals → https://www.eat-intuit.com/mentalhealth

10/12/2025

Diet Culture says there's a right way to eat. Sure, we're told some of the right things to eat with an even longer list of the wrong things to eat. But the underlying constant through it all is restriction.

We're told that we should be able to live off of the bare minimum. Restricting as much as possible and only indulging our body in what it absolutely needs. But how do we know what our body needs at any given moment?

Because no matter what Diet Culture says, we don't get to decide what our body needs. The only way to know what our body needs at any given moment is to listen to it.