WELLBEING → A BETTER YOU Issue 1097 · January 28, 2026

Build the Foundation 

Just as you can’t build a home without a foundation, your relationship with hunger and fullness also requires a solid base

Build the Foundation 
Build the Foundation
Shira Savit

SOmany women blame themselves for not being able to “eat intuitively.”

I hear it all the time: “When people say, ‘Trust your body,’ I panic… it’s so confusing. I feel like my hunger cues are broken. I either feel nothing, or I’m starving. How am I supposed to actually know when I’m hungry?”

Of course it feels confusing to tune in to your body’s cues. Intuitive eating isn’t something you can just start doing, like a new diet plan. It’s something that unfolds slowly, through awareness and gentle steps that build over time.

Just as you can’t build a home without a foundation, your relationship with hunger and fullness also requires a solid base. Before your body can “speak” and be heard, it needs to feel steady underneath. Once there’s a reliable foundation, hunger and fullness cues become easier to notice.

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