Kristi Docwra shares insights about intuitive eating, a science-backed approach that helps us reject diet mentality and rebuild trust with our bodies to find freedom in how we nourish ourselves.

• Intuitive eating is about connecting with bodily cues and rebuilding interoceptive awareness
• Mindful eating focuses on the eating experience while intuitive eating addresses the diet mentality
• Children are naturally intuitive eaters until external rules override their natural abilities
• Rejecting the diet mentality means challenging temporary, restrictive approaches that don't work long-term
• Honor your hunger by recognizing body signals before reaching extreme hunger
• Use the STOP technique (Stop, Take breaths, Observe, Proceed) to manage emotional eating
• Challenge the "food police" that assign moral value to food choices
• Practice respecting your body for what it can do rather than focusing on appearance
• Intuitive eating helps bring joy back to food experiences instead of making meals just about nutrition

Join Kristi's mindfulness sessions through Work Well Texas to practice techniques that support intuitive eating.

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