I’m not your average intuitive eating coach.

I believe it’s ok to care what you look like.

It’s ok to pause on certain foods – even if you’re not allergic – if you notice they’re not making you feel great…

… and I’m not someone who’s unaware of the risks involved with caring too much about your appearance, and restricting food for no reason other than vanity.

I’m not someone who intuitive eating was immediately natural or easy for.

I’m not someone who never really struggled with food and my body.

Food and my body were THE struggle. My main challenge for nearly a decade.

My behavior was breaking down my body, until I began practicing intuitive eating.

But just because I’m an intuitive eater, that doesn’t mean I don’t care what I look like, or that I don’t get to enjoy the way I look…

… and I don’t shame my clients for caring what they look like, and for wanting to enjoy the way they look.

It’s a delicate balance, and appearance definitely needs to be decentralized, but it’s normal to care, and there’s a healthy way to care.

It takes a lot of maturity to discern healthy care from preoccupation.

To discern food restriction from self-reverence – respect for your body and how it’s responding to different foods.

There might be months or years where appearance needs to be on the back burner, so you can heal.

As you uncover the roots of your food-body struggles, as you grow, and as you realize what’s *most* important in life, caring for your physical body comes naturally.

You realize that food is your best friend – not your saboteur.

Enjoying your appearance becomes one of many things you enjoy – a balanced desire rather than a frantic need.

As your self-love grows – as it goes from bubble baths and massages to boundaries and personal freedom – you reach harmony within yourself, inside and out.

A day where you’re not loving your appearance could never take you down, but you don’t feel shame for caring about what you look like.

Have you ever felt ashamed for caring about the way you look?

I’d love to hear your experience in the comments below.

Much love,
Lula