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Alexandra scrolling on social media and recognizing her worth beyond the highlight reels that make up the feed.

I started today with a good cry. Just a whole bunch of tears in the car. It wasn’t triggered by anything specific, just a culmination of the pressures and uncertainties weighing on my mind. As I sat there, wiping away the tears, I couldn’t help but think about how different my morning looked compared to […]

Tips, Tricks, & Advice

Social Media Vs. Reality: Navigating Life Beyond Your Feed

Alexandra sitting at a table in a cafe writing this blog post about how health has nothing to do with the size of your body.

In a world obsessed with appearance and the pursuit of the “perfect” body, it’s easy to fall into the trap of equating health with body size. However, the reality is far more nuanced than the number on a scale or the measurements of your body. The truth is, health has nothing to do with the […]

Body Image Healing

The Truth About Health: It’s Not Defined by the Size of Your Body

Alexandra about to eat at a cupcake, knowing that she will never feel guilt about food again.

Have you ever felt guilty over something you ate? I remember when I used to swear to myself that I would be “better.” I would stop eating sugar, carbs, or [insert food demonized by diet culture]. And when I inevitably ate said food or food group, because let’s be real, you can’t avoid or restrict […]

Ditching Dieting

Letting Go of Food Guilt

Alexandra, smiling at her computer, writing this post which focused on the importance of honoring the individual when it come to authentic health.

Authentic Health Can’t Come From A Formula There is no magic formula that makes you healthy, whether is authentic or generic health. No clear cut steps. No foolproof, fail proof diet. Despite everything we have been told.   The answer to authentic health is so much more complicated and simple than that… Wait, whaaa?!  The […]

Ditching Dieting

The Contradiction of Authentic Health: How To Cope Without Magic Formulas

Alexandra of Intuitively Alexandra leaning into the photo to tell the reader what she has gained since giving up dieting.

Giving up dieting has changed everything for me, in the best possible way. Without dieting, I have gained freedom and peace, joy and trust. My relationship with myself has flourished. My relationships with other people have deepened, and I have literally become the woman of my dreams. I know, I know, it sounds dramatic, but […]

Ditching Dieting

6 Things I’ve Gained Since Giving Up Dieting (And How You Can Too!)

3 Secrets of Hunger Cues that everyone misses

Picking Up Cues Hunger cues can be tricky. Hunger is one of the most basic, biological, primal parts of being human.  Think of your body like an amazing car.  You need fuel to make your car go, and with cars, you try not to push it.  You watch the fuel meter and you don’t usually […]

Ditching Dieting, How To, Tips, Tricks, & Advice

3 Secrets of Hunger Cues That Everyone Misses

If this past year has taught me anything it’s that we desperately need change.  The ways we existed up until this point were never acceptable, and the time has come for change. Change in the world, change in the way we treat ourselves, and change in the way we treat others. But how does Radical […]

Body Image Healing, Ditching Dieting, Inspiration

What is Radical Self-Love?

Alexandra in three similar photos, looking happy and carefree. This is because of the freedom and happiness she has gained from Intuitive Eating.

One of the most common questions I get is about Intuitive Eating. What is it? Recently, it has been buzzing around the internet a bit. But, most people have either never heard of it or have no idea what it is. Honestly, if you had asked me a year ago, I wouldn’t have known what […]

Ditching Dieting, Uncategorized

What Intuitive Eating Means to Me

This picture collage, of Alexandra looking serious and smiling serves to further illustrate both the struggle and the joy of the journey to healing our body image. Its not about perfection, but progress.

What does it mean to measure up? What scale do we measure ourselves against? As we break away from dieting and the culture of destructive health and wellness, how do we measure our worth? Without the points, the macros, the BMI, the restriction, the calorie burn, what measurements are there? When I’m not coaching or […]

Body Image Healing

Measure Up

Alexandra tells her story healing her relationship with herself, her body, and food with a series of four pictures. In these, she is outside, show emotions ranging from serious to laughing, thus illustrating the dynamic nature of her story.

Hey there. You are so welcome here. Now, you might be asking yourself, where is here? Here is where I tell my story. My name is Alexandra. You have landed at my blog, Intuitively Alexandra. My story starts when the global pandemic hit the States in March 2020. I took the opportunity to look at […]

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