From the vault: how intutive eating and my work overlap

CW: this post makes references to disordered eating and diet culture.

I talk about intuitive eating quite a bit around here. Why? Well, let's start with the basics of intuitive eating:

"Intuitive Eating is about trusting your inner body wisdom to make choices around foods that feel good in your body, without judgment and without influence from diet culture. When we filter out the noise and influence that diet culture presents to us as false truths, we can then truly listen to what our body wants and needs from food."

What if we replace “food” in that statement with “clothes”?

Intuitive (dressing) is about trusting your inner body wisdom to make choices around (clothes) that feel good on your body, without judgment and without influence from the (fashion industry). When we filter out the noise and influence that (ideal standards of beauty) present to us as false truths, we can then truly listen to what our body wants and needs from (our clothes).

Makes sense, right? The way that I like to a…