If you’ve ever looked up and realized it’s 4 p.m. and you haven’t eaten, or found yourself grabbing whatever’s around because you’re exhausted, foggy, and starving, this episode is for you. Michelle shares candidly about her current season of “chaotic eating” — coming home from Morocco, navigating perimenopause, disrupted routines, and a fridge that doesn’t quite match what her body can tolerate anymore. Together, you’ll explore how chaotic eating develops, why it can be so hard to shift out of, and how to gently rebuild regular, intuitive rhythms with food using compassion, structure without control, and small, doable steps.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• What “chaotic eating” is (and what it isn’t)
• How overwork, decision fatigue, travel, and changing seasons quietly disrupt eating patterns
• The role of perimenopause/menopause in shifting appetite, digestion, and food preferences
• Why chaotic eating is not a failure of willpower or a sign you’re “bad” at intuitive eating
• How your body quickly adapts to irregular eating and why that makes hunger/fullness cues harder to hear
• The trap of turning “fixing your eating” into another perfectionist project
• Gentle ways to rebuild rhythm with food (without strict rules or meal plans)
• The idea of “bridge foods” that help you move from chaos to nourishment
• Using predictability and a few go-to meals to reduce decision fatigue
• Simple questions to ask instead of “Am I hungry enough?” when cues feel unreliable
• Eating before you’re hangry as a way to re-train hunger and fullness signals
• Making your environment work for you — creating a home “grab-and-go shelf”
• Letting your eating be imperfect while you navigate a very lifey season

If you’re in a chaotic eating season right now, you are not alone and you’re not doing it wrong — your body is asking for support, steadiness, and gentleness.

Michelle would love to hear your experiences with chaotic eating and how you’re finding your way back to a more attuned relationship with food and your body. Reach out on Instagram or Facebook @wayzahealth, or email [email protected]

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