Online Course
An Intro to Intuitive Eating
An in-depth exploration of the self-care framework of Intuitive Eating
Cultivate a peaceful relationship with food, mind and body - learn to trust your body again.
In this self-paced course you will explore the guiding principles of Intuitive Eating, but with a Nourish Collective spin. You will feel more release rules, reclaim your joy and care for yourself through food.
This Course Is For You If:
You are curious or interested in learning more about Intuitive Eating, or have already been exploring this framework and you are feeling ready to deepen your understanding.
You want to move away from diet culture and stop the dieting cycle.
You are looking to find peace with food and take back the mental space for the important things in life.
You want to build a bridge from where you have been in your food relationship to where you would like to be.
You enjoy independent learning through video recordings and reflection exercises.
You are tired, and frustrated with all of the food guilt.
If you are looking for one-on-one support, please refer to our Nutrition Therapy page.
Why Intuitive Eating?
At its core, Intuitive Eating beckons us to let go of external rules and restrictions surrounding food. Instead, it invites us to listen to our body and mind’s unique signals and honor our body and mind. It can be a return to our born state of eating, where we tap into our inner wisdom.
In embracing Intuitive Eating as a framework, we create space for self-discovery, that goes beyond calorie counting or rigid meal plans. It requires cultivating a deep sense of trust in our body's ability to communicate its needs. Intuitive Eating explores the emotional and psychological aspects of our relationship with food, AKA topics we need to talk about in order to talk about food. It encourages us to reflect on our own food and body stories, and challenges the societal messages that have shaped our understanding of what is deemed "good" or "bad" when it comes to food and bodies.
Intuitive Eating offers an opportunity to reject the cycle of dieting and deprivation, and instead, embrace a sustainable and more easeful approach to nourishment. By dismantling the guilt and shame associated with food, Intuitive Eating helps cultivate a better understanding of self, ease and self-compassion.
Over the 10 modules you will:
Reduce your guilt and shame around food.
Think about food and body less.
Get curious with how certain foods make you feel - mentally, physically & emotionally.
Work on challenging the belief weight = worth.
Begin to understand what has shaped your relationship with food and why food may have felt really hard.
Reconnect with your body and foster your hunger & fullness cues.
Practice new tools to cope with your emotions with kindness.
Explore new ways of interpreting self-care.
Learn to embrace Intuitive Eating while navigating this diet culture obsessed world.
Meet Your Facilitator
Emily Lovell, RD
She/Her | Your Virtual Dietitian
Hi, I’m Emily Lovell! I am a virtual dietitian, and I am passionate about helping people heal from disordered eating. I support clients in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario. I studied at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and have been working as a dietitian for over seven years.
Clients I’ve worked with have described my nutrition-therapy style as compassionate and kind. I feel grateful to have been a part of The Nourish Collective since the beginning, it’s connected me to many incredible people (clients & team). Being a virtual dietitian has allowed me to live in a few different places over the years, with the most exciting one being the island of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean. I feel most expansive when in nature, and our dog, Frankie makes sure we’re out exploring several times per week.
My hope is for clients to feel hopeful, held/empowered and a sense of ease at the end of our session together. I support humans in eating disorder recovery, chronic dieters looking for an alternative to dieting, and clients living with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) navigate nutrition therapy in a weight-inclusive environment.
I look forward to holding a non-judgmental space for you, along this liberating journey of reclaiming home, trust and safety with food and your body.
Course Outline
Setting the Framework
Reject the Diet Mentality
What is diet culture?
Diet culture is harmful.
How to reject the diet mentality.
Honour Your Hunger
Signs of hunger.
The role of hunger.
How to honour your hunger.
Make Peace with Food
Binge and restrict cycle.
Food habituation.
Steps to make peace with food.
Challenge the Food Police
Food rules vs food values.
Destructive dieting voices.
6. Discover the Satisfaction Factor & Feel Your Fullness
You have permission to enjoy your food.
Factors that influence fullness.
Recognizing comfortable fullness for YOU.
7. Coping with Your Emotions with Kindness
Food is inherently emotional.
Building your toolbox (spoiler - food is one of the tools!).
Begin a self-compassion practice
8. Body Image and Respect Your Body
Learn the basics of body respect.
Why body image can feel so hard.
9. Movement Feel the Difference & Honour Your Health
What is joyful movement?
How do we define health?
Get curious with gentle nutrition.
10. Final Thoughts & What Next
