*These are the 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD and Elys Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD, Fiaedp, FADA.  For more information on their work, please visit their website at intuitiveeating.com.

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​​Mind, Body, Spirit Counseling Derry LLC

230 Rockingham Road

Derry, NH 03038

Intuitive Eating

With Katie LaPlant,LICSW

Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor​​

 

  • ​Reject the diet mentality.
  • Honor your hunger.
  • Make peace with food.
  • Challenge the food police.
  • Respect your fullness.
  • Discover the satisfaction factor.
  • Honor your feelings without using food.
  • Respect your body.
  • Exercise-feel the difference.
  • Honor your health.​​

 

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What is Intuitive Eating? 


​Intuitive eating is an approach that teaches you how to create a healthy relationship with your food, mind, and body--where you ultimately become the expert of your own body.   You learn how to distinguish between physical and emotional feelings, and gain a sense of body wisdom.   It's also a process of making peace with food---so that you no longer have constant "food worry" thoughts.  It's knowing that your health and your worth as a person do not change, because you ate a food that you had labeled as "bad" or "fattening”. 

The underlying premise of Intuitive Eating is that you will learn to respond to your inner body cues, because you were born with all the wisdom you need for eating intuitively. On the surface, this may sound simplistic, but it is rather complex.  This inner wisdom is often clouded by years of dieting and food myths that abound in the culture.  For example, “Eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full” may sound like basic common sense, but when you have a history of chronic dieting or of following rigid “healthy” rules about eating, it can be quite difficult. To be able to ultimately return to your inborn Intuitive Eater, a number of things need to be in place—most importantly, the ability to trust yourself! 


-Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch



My Story...

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I've had personal experience with eating disorders since the age of 18.  My relationship with food became dysfunctional by age 8 and became emotional eater by age 11.  I started using laxative and diet pills which quickly escalated into full blown disordered bulimia & anorexia by age 19.  My relationship with food was unhealthy and destructive.  My self-esteem was broken and my relationships with people were greatly impacted.  I started therapy at age 21, Overeaters Anonymous at age 23 and read book after book to heal my relationship with food and body image.  The eating disorder subsided, but the constant battle in my head remained.  I thought I would spend the rest of my life in my head until I discovered Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch.  I read the book and began taking the certification classes so I could help others rediscover their natural cues and heal their relationship with food.  To read more of my story, pick up a copy of "RENEWED:  A Mind, Body, Spirit Approach to Self-Renewal" on Amazon.com.


How Can I Become an Intuitive Eater?


10-Week Online Private Coaching Program

This program includes one 50 minute intake appointment, 10 weeks of online weekly guided support and coaching and one 50 minute exit appointment.  Cost of this program is $680.00.  


Private Coaching Program​

This program will teach you the stages of Intuitive Eating to help you know what to expect as you learn new ways to relate to food and your body.  Each session will include a 15-20 minute teaching on one of the 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating followed by hands on experiential activities and/or discussion led by Katie LaPlant, LICSW & Certified Intuitive Eating Pro.  Each 50 minute session is $90.00. 


Short Home Cleanse Private Coaching

You will learn the benefits of a 4 day short home ayurvedic kitcheri cleanse.  You will be given direct instruction on how to complete this cleanse including daily emails with reminders, a brief synopsis of what to expect as well as ideas for how to incorporate self-care and nurturing into your cleanse.  This cleanse is very gentle and does not require you to make any changes with work or daily activity.  This program includes one 30 minute intake appointment where you will be given a brief overview of what to expect and what to buy for your cleanse, 4 days of private online coaching, and one 30 minute exit appointment where you will be given guidance on how to transition into your regular daily routine.  Cost of this program is $180.00.  


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Program Reviews


​Just finished an Intuitive Eating workshop with Katie! I learned so much about I.E., myself, my struggles with my body and food. It's a process but I love the freedom this process brings me. Freedom to rethink, freedom to be happy right now, freedom from guilt... thank you Katie, Maggie and Leslie! Katie, you are a great example as well as a great teacher.

-Callie