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Between Bites
The blog about body-inclusive, anti-diet nutrition - exploring the intersections of food, neurodivergence, wellbeing, psychology, and Intuitive Eating.
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Why Dieting Disrupts Hunger and Fullness Cues (and How to Rebuild Trust With Your Body)
Are you aware of how clear your hunger signals actually are? Most people assume the answer is yes, since they still feel hunger. But feeling it and being able to read it clearly are two different things. Dieting doesn't switch hunger off. It just makes the signal harder to trust, and there's a real reason for that.
Yasmina Louise Abbas
Aug 125 min read


Limiting Beliefs About Food and Body: Why "I Have No Willpower" Isn't True
"I have no willpower." "I always self-sabotage." "I'll never have a normal relationship with food." These aren't facts — they're limiting beliefs, repeated so often they've started to feel true. Here's where they actually come from, and how to start questioning them.
Yasmina Louise Abbas
Aug 54 min read


How Executive Function and Stress Affect Eating Patterns: Why Eating Well Is About Far More Than Willpower
Eating habits are rarely just about willpower. This piece looks at how executive function and eating are connected, and how stress shapes appetite, meal planning, and daily eating patterns, especially for neurodivergent readers, from a neuro-affirming, non-diet perspective.
Yasmina Louise Abbas
Jul 206 min read


Still Feeling Summer Body Guilt? A Practical Guide to Eating, Dressing, and Moving Through the Rest of Summer
By the time summer arrives, most of us have already been hit with months of 'summer body' messaging, and the pressure doesn't stop once the season starts. This is a practical, non-diet guide to letting go of summer body guilt: what to do if a spring diet didn't stick, if you're avoiding the pool or photos, or if guilt (or shame) keeps creeping back in.
Yasmina Louise Abbas
Jul 155 min read


What Is a Non-Diet Approach to Nutrition? A Guide to Eating Without Rules, Restriction, or Guilt
This article explores what non-diet nutrition actually means in practice, why diet culture causes more harm than most people realise, and how a more flexible, individualised approach to eating can support both physical and mental wellbeing.
Yasmina Louise Abbas
Jun 305 min read


Why Do I Eat When I’m Not Hungry? Understanding the Causes
Eating when you’re not physically hungry is a common experience, but it’s often misunderstood. This article explores the many reasons it happens, including emotional eating, habits, stress, and environment, and helps you understand your eating patterns with more curiosity and less judgement.
Yasmina Louise Abbas
Jun 156 min read


Intuitive Eating Counselling: What It Is and How It Works
Many people spend years trying to “fix” how they eat, often feeling disconnected from their body, overwhelmed by food choices, or stuck in exhausting patterns around eating. This blog explores what intuitive eating counselling is, how it works in practice, and how a compassionate, non-diet approach can help you build a more flexible and supportive relationship with food and your body.
Yasmina Louise Abbas
May 294 min read


Who says you can’t? Why being neurodivergent shouldn’t stop you from becoming an Intuitive Eater
For neurodivergent individuals, Intuitive Eating may seem like a distant dream or an unattainable reality. Neurodivergent individuals...
Yasmina Louise Abbas
Sep 5, 20258 min read
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