If you’ve ever experienced the yo-yo effect diets have emotionally and physically, you might have looked into an idea called intuitive eating. There’s a book, a website, trainings for health professionals, and many online communities all revolving around this approach to nutrition and health. At the core of this philosophy is making peace with food by ditching dieting and honoring your body’s innate ability to regulate hunger and fullness. Intuitive eating can change lives —

It's no secret that fad diets don't work; at least not in the long-term. Dieting is actually a consistent predictor of weight gain rather than long-term weight loss. People who recognize this truth are often left scratching their heads wondering what to do to live a healthy lifestyle if they're not dieting. Many people come across Intuitive Eating on their journey to find a healthy, non-dieting lifestyle. At the core of eating intuitively is to make peace with food, honor yo

Episode 6 of NMP Body Image Series is a beautiful recovery story from an eating disorder dietitian. Paige interviews food blogger and registered dietitian Kylie Mitchell about her personal recovery story and the twists and turns she took in discovering peace with food and her body. Kylie is infectiously positive and wise and shares a message that is so powerful. She talks about social media, blogging, being an eating disorder dietitian, positive affirmations, and more. Links

Sitting in a reclined adirondack chair, facing west, I found myself taking deeper-than-normal breaths, breathing in the salty, humid air. My skin was warm from a long day enjoying the Hawaiian sun, my stomach content with a delicious meal just before. I didn’t really have a care in the world because I was on vacation, after all. I watched the sun as it set on the horizon and noticed the perfect colors of orange, pink, purple and blue fade into blue, then into dark blue, then