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Trying hard to be your healthiest self,

 

and 

 

find it hard to stay consistent? 

I have three tips for you…

 

Tip #1: Try this diet → NONE 

Tip #2: Aim to have this body → THE ONE YOU HAVE

 

Tip #3: Start running → AWAY FROM DIETING, CLEANSES, FADS & RESTRICTIVE FOOD RULES 

 

The thing is, you’re looking to get healthier in the wrong places, like by trying to control:

 

  • your weight 

  • the foods you eat and avoid eating 

  • the amount of exercise you do 

 

But you know what, your health is so much more than just your physical health, and the above points can't even guarantee that.  

 

So, what if you dedicated as much time and energy (and $) to your emotional and mental health as you do to your physical health?

 

And since I'm asking questions, here's one for you to reflect on:

 

Does dieting and pursuing weight loss make you feel happy, fulfilled, and at peace? 

 

If the answer is no, how about instead of trying to pursue health and well-being by doing the same painful things over and over again, you try a new way of doing health? One that invites peace of mind and true self-care. 

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You can totally do it, even if at the moment doing health without trying to lose weight feels totally ridiculous! 

Click here to get started. 

1:1 Food & Body Image Coaching

Learn to tune out societal chatter and beliefs about food, health and body and begin tuning in to your own body's signals through Intuitive Eating.

Time for Less Wine! 

This 6 week 1:1 coaching program is for women who want to learn to drink less. The program include 3 individualized coaching sessions and weekly emails with themed content and reflection questions. The program is ongoing.

Guilt-Free Evening Snacking with Intuitive Eating workshop at Ottawa Market in Hamilton, ON on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 6pm

In this interactive workshop we're going to explore the reasons you snack more than you'd like in the evening. You'll also learn how to incorporate Intuitive Eating so that you can snack without feeling bad or guilty, but also snack in a way that feels satisfactory and good to you. Snacks included!

Good Enough!

Weekly Email Series 

 For food loving women who want to ditch dieting and feel at peace with themselves and life. Receive weekly actionable tips and insights on all things, food, eating, body, health, mindset, and habits (like drinking), within a container of Intuitive Eating & Body Neutrality. 

Hi! I'm Violeta,
a bread-loving Nutritionist,
Certified Intuitive Eating counselor
& Integrative Life Coach


I help women improve their relationship to food & body...and drinking!
Ayudo a las mujeres mejorar su relacion con la comida, sus cuerpos...y el alcol! 

No seriously, I friggin' LOVE bread...and wine...but I cut it way back ...wine that is. 

I'm a nutritionist who's dabbled in a little bit of everything: health education, academics, holistic nutrition, weight loss, blood sugar management, and finally, Intuitive Eating.  

I was really happy to discover Intuitive Eating because weight loss counseling felt wrong deep in my core. The way women described themselves and their bodies sounded as if there was something fundamentally wrong with them, and weight loss was going to fix them. I didn't want to contribute to this perpetuation of body hate. 

But it didn't end at Intuitive Eating. There was something else. 

 

I couldn't fully relate to women when they would describe their struggles with food. But the language they used, which was charged with with strong emotion and self-loathing, resembled the way I felt about my drinking.  

The guilt and regret. 

The feeling out of control. 

The loneliness drinking.

 

The constant thoughts of drinking. 

The "I'm good all day (or week), and bad in the evening (or on the weekend)".

And on and on. 

We weren't that different. Similar struggle. Different substance. 

And so I began my Intuitive Drinking journey. Intuitive Drinking uses the same principles and foundations as Intuitive Eating, and is grounded in curiosity and self-compassion versus judgement. 

Learn more about my journey...

En español...

Me encanta el pan...y tambien el vino...pero lo he reducido bastante...el vino, no el pan (tambien ayudo a las mujeres mejorar su relacion con el alcol). ​

Gozo de la comida y me siento de lo mas gourmet cuando preparo una rica pasta con tomates fresco, albaca, queso feta, y aceitunas. Y la verdad es que no soy muy fanatica de los restaurantes 'hip'. Prefiero los sabores nostalgicos de una empanada de mariscos en la costa Chilena. 

 

No soy tan fina. Me gustan las comidas que me gustan y con eso estoy bien. Tambien soy practica y a veces me preparo comida congelada, o sopas envasadas. Para mi ya no es prioridad preocuparme que las comidas sean de la mejor calidad. 

Pero no siempre fui asi. 

Me encanta la comida pero ya no me obsesiono con ella. Por ejemplo, en el pasado solia planear lo que iba a comer a cada rato, estudiaba los menus de los restaurantes antes de visitarlos, contaba las porciones de carbohidratos, evitaba la mayoria de las comidas procesadas, me servia porciones de 'snack' al almuerzo, controlaba lo que los otros comian, me sentia culpable cuando me comia un platano entero, o mucho pan a la once. 

Mi vida dejo de ser rodeada por la comida. 

Y alomejor tu relacion con la comida es distinta a lo que era la mia. Alomejor te sientes fuera de control con la comida. Pero ambos, rigidez y sentirse fuera de control, te previenen de sentirte realmente tranquila y contenta en la vida.

 

Comparto esto contigo porque disfrutar la comida sin obsesion y culpababilidad es realmente liberante.  

La nutricion intuitiva se trata de escuchar al cuerpo y a la vez aprender a silenciar los mensajes de la cultura de la dieta. La nutricion intuitiva es comer en paz, y cuidar nuestra salud mas alla de los numeros. 

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ABOUT ME

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Hi! I'm Violeta, a bread-loving nutritionist, certified Intuitive Eating counselor, and Integrative Life coach. I'm passionate about helping women reconnect with their passions and interests while healing their relationship to food, body or alcohol. 

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BOOKS

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Biology of desire by Mark Lewis
Intuitive Eating Book 4th edition
Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
Gentle Nutrition by Rachael Hartley
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