Group Offerings
Seminars
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Participants will explore the physiological and psychological processes that influence appetite, including satisfaction and desire. We’ll explore appetite disruptors, including emotions and habits, and practice skills and language to promote appetite attunement. Participants will leave with a foundational understanding of interoceptive awareness for lifelong learning.
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Explore the cultural beliefs, social expectations, and nutritional misconceptions that shape the way we think about food and our bodies. This seminar invites participants to question inherited food rules, challenge diet culture, and develop a more informed, autonomous relationship with nourishment.
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Learn practical, empowering language that fosters curiosity, builds nutritional literacy, and helps young people develop a positive, informed relationship with food and their bodies.
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Our emotions, experiences, stress, memories, and environments all shape the way we nourish ourselves. Learn how psychological stress informs physiological hunger, and skills to navigate this often confusing landscape.
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Explore how socioeconomic status, food access, culture, agriculture, and public health messaging shape our understanding of health and nutrition.
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Why do we crave sweetness? How did humans develop a taste for bitter foods, acquire preferences for particular flavors, and learn to distinguish nourishment from danger? Travel through the evolutionary and cultural history of eating to explore how our ancestors' food environments shaped our appetites, taste preferences, and relationship with nourishment.
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Workshops
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A 3-part workshop focused on building body autonomy, interoceptive awareness, and feeding confidence in women.
The Intelligence of Appetite
Participants will develop internal sensory awareness, appetite, and eating behavior. Participants will learn to recognize physiological cues, explore the many dimensions of hunger, and practice responding to their body's needs with greater curiosity and confidence.
Pleasure: The Nutrition Signal
An exploration of the relationship between pleasure and nourishment, challenging the cultural narratives that position enjoyment and health as opposing pursuits. Participants will explore the sensory, psychological, and physiological dimensions of eating while considering how pleasure can become an intentional part of their relationship with food.
Unlearning Diet Dogma
Explore cultural expectations, inherited beliefs, and food rules that shape women's relationships with their bodies. Through guided reflection and creative expression, participants will identify the narratives they want to leave behind and consider what a more autonomous, compassionate relationship with nourishment might look like.
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“Pleasure communicates the presence of nutrients.”
- Stephanie Voytek, RDN