In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, psychiatric nurse and intuitive eating counsellor Sinéad Crowe explains what intuitive eating really is — a way of caring for yourself, not another set of rules.
She shares why letting go of the diet mentality comes first, and how making peace with food can quiet years of guilt and reconnect you with your body's own signals.
🔑Key Points
• What intuitive eating actually means (a self-care framework, not a diet)
• Why \"rejecting the diet mentality\" is the starting point
• How making peace with food can ease guilt around eating
• Reconnecting with the body's own signals
💛 If anything here resonates, you're not alone. In Ireland, Bodywhys, the Eating Disorders Association of Ireland (bodywhys.ie), offers support and information.