Intuitive Eating Counseling in Redwood City, CA

At Beyond Measure, we believe that your body is not the problem. If you’re feeling exhausted by the cycle of dieting, food guilt, and trying to control your body into submission, intuitive eating can offer a different path—one rooted in trust, nourishment, and self-compassion. Our team of registered dietitians and therapists in Redwood City specializes in intuitive eating counseling for individuals of all ages who are ready to heal their relationship with food and reconnect with their body on their own terms.

Whether you’re recovering from an eating disorder, stepping away from chronic dieting, or simply curious about what it means to eat more intuitively, we’re here to support your process.

Intuitive Eating Counseling in Redwood City, CA

What Is Intuitive Eating?

Intuitive eating is a non-diet approach developed by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch. It teaches you how to listen to your body’s cues around hunger, fullness, satisfaction, and emotional needs, and to separate those cues from the noise of diet culture.

Intuitive eating is not a meal plan or a set of food rules. It’s a practice of tuning inward, honoring your body, and making peace with food.

The process is guided by 10 core principles, including:

Reject the Diet Mentality
Honor Your Hunger
Make Peace with Food
Challenge the Food Police
Discover the Satisfaction Factor
Feel Your Fullness
Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness
Respect Your Body
Movement—Feel the Difference
Honor Your Health with Gentle Nutrition

Intuitive eating is evidence-based, with research supporting its effectiveness in improving physical health markers, body image, emotional well-being, and sustainable eating habits.

Why Diets Don’t Work

Many of our clients come to us having tried diet after diet, hoping the next one will finally give them control or make them feel better about their body. But the truth is that diets don’t work—not in the long term, and not without harm.

Diets often create a cycle of restriction, obsession, and eventual backlash. You may start with willpower and structure, but end up feeling like you’ve “failed” when the diet becomes unsustainable. Over time, this pattern erodes your trust in your body and contributes to guilt, shame, and weight cycling.

We’re here to interrupt that cycle. Intuitive eating counseling at Beyond Measure helps you unlearn the rules that no longer serve you, and build a way of relating to food that is flexible, respectful, and aligned with your values.

A Weight-Inclusive, HAES-Aligned Practice

Intuitive eating is for anyone who is ready to stop fighting with food.

You may benefit from this work if you:

Have a long history of dieting, binge eating, or emotional eating
Constantly think about food, calories, or body size
Avoid certain foods due to fear or guilt
Feel like you can’t trust your hunger or fullness cues
Swing between restriction and loss of control
Want to feel more neutral or accepting toward your body
Are recovering from disordered eating or an eating disorder
Want to set a different example for your kids or community

We work with children, teens, and adults in a variety of bodies, cultural backgrounds, and lived experiences. Our approach is individualized and rooted in respect for your story.

What Happens in Intuitive Eating Counseling?

Our dietitians create a space where you can explore your relationship with food without judgment. In your first session, we’ll talk about your eating history, what you’ve tried before, and what you’re hoping to get out of this work.

Then, we’ll begin identifying which intuitive eating principles resonate with you and which areas feel most challenging.

Depending on your needs, sessions may focus on:

Reconnecting with hunger and fullness cues
Exploring food rules and how they developed
Unpacking emotional eating and building other coping tools
Reducing food anxiety and body-checking behaviors
Practicing gentle nutrition without perfectionism
Navigating social pressures and fatphobia
Challenging internalized beliefs around morality and food
Rebuilding trust in your body’s signals

What Happens in Intuitive Eating Counseling?

Sessions are collaborative and go at your pace. You don’t have to work on all ten principles at once, and you don’t need to “get it perfect.” There is no failing in intuitive eating—only learning and unlearning.

Integrating Therapy and Nutrition Counseling

Many clients at Beyond Measure work with both a dietitian and a therapist as part of their care. If you’re exploring intuitive eating in the context of anxiety, trauma, depression, or identity concerns, our therapists can support the emotional side of the work while your dietitian guides the food-related pieces.

This integrative model allows for deep, sustainable healing. We communicate regularly behind the scenes (with your consent) so that your care feels cohesive, attuned, and connected.

For Parents: Raising Intuitive Eaters

We also support parents who want to raise children with a healthy relationship to food and body image. If you’re trying to unlearn diet culture yourself while parenting kids in this system, we can help.

Intuitive eating counseling for families may include:

Guidance on responsive feeding and structure
Supporting picky eaters or food anxiety
Helping kids stay connected to body cues
Talking about weight, food, and health in age-appropriate ways
Addressing fears around sugar, processed foods, or portion sizes

You don’t need to have it all figured out to break generational cycles. We will meet you where you are and walk alongside you with compassion and science-backed support.

Our Philosophy

We believe that:

Your body is wise, even if you don’t fully trust it yet
You deserve access to food and healthcare without shame
Healing your relationship with food takes time, but it’s possible
You are more than a number on a scale
You don’t need to earn rest, nourishment, or pleasure

At Beyond Measure, our name reflects what we believe about you: that your worth, health, and potential are not measurable by calories, macros, weight, or other arbitrary markers. You are beyond all of that.

What to Expect Logistically

Nutrition intake sessions are 75 minutes ($310), with follow-ups at 45 minutes ($180). Frequency is flexible and based on your needs.

We also offer:

One-time consultations for specific issues like gut health, sports nutrition, prenatal nutrition, or nutrition and mental health.
Individual meal support sessions for clients who need extra guidance during meals.

All services are available in person at our Redwood City office or virtually across California. We do not accept insurance but are happy to provide superbills for possible out-of-network reimbursement.

Ready to Unlearn Diet Culture and Reconnect With Your Body?

If you’re tired of food rules, guilt, and body shame, and you’re curious about what life could look like with more freedom and trust, we invite you to begin intuitive eating counseling with us. Together, we’ll help you build a relationship with food and body that is rooted in respect, flexibility, and joy.

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