How do you use food?
We all have a relationship with food, conscious or not. Maybe it’s respectful. Maybe it’s filled with awe, or fear. No matter how you feel about food, you would probably acknowledge that food has power. Once you recognize the physical, emotional and spiritual power of food, you’ll begin understand how you use it–and how you may choose to use it differently.
Nutrition plans tell you what to eat. We’ll do things a little differently; we’ll talk about what you eat as well as why you eat. The fact is, diets, rules, tips and tricks won’t work if you’re ignoring the underlying issues, the mental and emotional sides of eating.
Most of the time, when we’re craving cookies, we’re really hungry for love, sex, friendship, peace, a sense of purpose and meaning. And when you’re gripped by that kind of hunger, all the diets and tricks in the world won’t save you.
If your relationship with food is stressful, tense, rigid , chaotic or painful, we’ll find a way to help you make peace with food again, and learn to eat with comfort and pleasure again.
Email me at Lisa@InspiredEating.com for a free initial consultation.
Why inspired eating, and not intuitive eating?
Because for someone who’s never practiced eating intuitively, removing all the rules can be really scary.
While that’s happening, it’s helpful to have gentle guidelines about what general kinds of foods best support health–both physical and emotional. Bolstered by that knowledge, we can then begin to eat and live more intuitively.
That’s why I call my approach “Inspired Eating,” rather than intuitive eating. We’ll look at what you eat–your basic intake of food–and tweak it to best support your body. We’ll also find ways to add pleasure to your diet, and your life, to help you feel inspired about food again.
And we’ll also look at why you eat; that’s the food psychology part. I believe that disordered eating is rarely about food. It’s about old patterns, lack of self love, the need the control, the longing for expression, or any number of other deeper issues. Examining these is richly rewarding, even life-changing.
Call me or email me for a free initial consultation, and we can talk about how to help you feel good about eating again.
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