Have you ever finished a meal feeling physically full but strangely… unsatisfied? You ate, but something was missing — maybe flavor, maybe comfort, maybe joy. That “something” is what Intuitive Eating calls the satisfaction factor — the often-overlooked ingredient that can completely transform how we experience food. It’s not just about what you eat, but […]

Intuitive Eating

April 16, 2025

The Satisfaction Factor: The Missing Ingredient In Peaceful Eating

Learning to recognize your fullness cues is a powerful step in rebuilding trust with your body. These gentle signals—like a sense of satisfaction, a pause in eating, or a shift in energy—are your body’s way of saying, “I’ve had enough for now.” This practice is at the heart of Intuitive Eating Principle #5: Feel Your […]

Intuitive Eating

April 8, 2025

Fullness Cues: Get To Know And Trust Your Body’s Signals

Have you ever eaten something and immediately felt a wave of guilt? That nagging voice that says, “You shouldn’t have eaten that,” or “You’ll have to make up for it later”? That’s food guilt—and it’s not your fault. But it is something you can unlearn. Intuitive Eating Principle #4 invites us to Challenge the Food […]

Diet Culture, Intuitive Eating

April 2, 2025

Let Go of Food Guilt: Challenge the Food Police

If you’ve ever found yourself trapped in an endless battle with food—feeling guilty for eating “bad” foods or constantly cycling between restriction and overindulgence—it’s time to embrace Intuitive Eating Principle #3: Make Peace with Food. This principle is all about giving yourself unconditional permission to eat, releasing food rules, and ending the war with your […]

Intuitive Eating

March 26, 2025

Make Peace with Food: The Path to Food Freedom

One of the most powerful yet overlooked signals our bodies give us is hunger. In a world that often promotes restrictive eating and diet culture, we’ve become accustomed to ignoring, suppressing, or misinterpreting our hunger cues. However, learning to honor your hunger is a fundamental step in reconnecting with your body and developing a peaceful […]

Intuitive Eating

March 19, 2025

Honor Your Hunger: The Foundation of Intuitive Eating

Intuitive Eating is a revolutionary approach to food and body image that prioritizes internal cues over external rules. At its core, it seeks to dismantle the harmful effects of diet culture and reconnect individuals with their innate ability to nourish themselves. The first and most crucial step in embracing Intuitive Eating is to reject the […]

Intuitive Eating

March 12, 2025

Reject the Diet Mentality: The First Principle of Intuitive Eating

Over the past 25 years as a Registered Dietitian, I have listened to countless stories of restriction, frustration, guilt, shame, confusion, and hopelessness from individuals caught in the relentless pursuit of weight loss. As a healthcare provider, I believe in practicing ethically—and that means doing no harm. This includes challenging the harmful messages of diet […]

Diet Culture, Intuitive Eating

March 4, 2025

Anti Diet Dietitian: Redefining Health and Rejecting Diet Culture

Eating disorders are complex, serious, and often misunderstood conditions that affect millions of people worldwide. As an eating disorder dietitian, I see firsthand the physical, emotional, and psychological toll these illnesses take on individuals and their loved ones. In honor of Eating Disorder Awareness Week, I want to shed light on these conditions, debunk common […]

Eating Disorders

February 25, 2025

Eating Disorder Awareness Week: A Dietitian’s Perspective

For years, I believed that happiness, confidence, and health were only possible if I lost weight. I thought that once I reached a certain number on the scale, everything would fall into place. So, like many others, I jumped from one diet to another, chasing an ideal that always seemed just out of reach. But […]

Diet Culture, Uncategorized

February 18, 2025

How I Stopped Focusing on Weight Loss and Started to Heal My Relationship with Food (written by Anonymous past client of Rhonda Krick, RD)

Intuitive Eating is a powerful approach to healing your relationship with food, but there are many intuitive eating myths that create confusion and skepticism. Some people think it’s just “eating whatever you want,” while others assume it’s anti-health. These misconceptions can prevent people from experiencing the freedom, trust, and balance that Intuitive Eating offers. Let’s […]

Uncategorized

February 12, 2025

5 Intuitive Eating Myths—Debunked