Many of my clients arrive in my office convinced their body is broken. After years of diets, rules, and “good” and “bad” foods, they’ve learned to override hunger, ignore fullness, and push through discomfort.
They tell me they can’t trust themselves around food, or that they don’t know how to interpret their body’s cues.
It’s not your fault. Our culture sends countless messages telling us to ignore those cues.
Your Body Is Always Communicating
Hunger, fullness, energy dips, bloating, and cravings are all information, signals we have to relearn how to integrate.
When we spend years silencing them, they can become quiet or confusing.
Relearning Your Body's Language
Relearning this language takes patience, and it rarely happens in a straight line.
In my work with intuitive eating and eating disorder recovery, I often start small.
Pause before a meal and notice how your stomach feels.
Check in halfway through eating, without judgment.
Notice how you feel an hour after a meal, both in your gut and in your mood.
You’re not looking for a “right” answer. You’re simply gathering data with curiosity instead of criticism.
Supporting Your Gut and Digestive Health
Your gut plays a big role here, too.
Regular nourishment, fiber, hydration, nervous system regulation, and rest help your digestive system send clearer signals.
When it’s well supported, it becomes easier to discern physical cues.
Rebuilding Trust Takes Time
One of my mentors, Dana Sturtevant, RDN, says that trust is rebuilt through small, consistent acts over time.
So I ask my clients to be patient and keep showing up for themselves.
Before long, we can often start to make a little more sense of this organic, ever-changing human body we’ve been given.
Ready to Start Listening to Your Body?
If you’re ready to start this journey, I’d love to support you. You can schedule a free 15 min call with me here to know more about my approach.