If you’ve ever thought “intuitive eating” for you would mean having all the cookies, cakes, bagels and fries, this one’s for you! Today, Jenn is joined by Alysia Pope, founder of PurelyYou. Alysia talks about intuitive eating and intuitive movement as well as how our relationship with food can bleed into other areas of our lives. She discusses how to tune in to your body to better understand what it is desiring by utilizing mindfulness and intuitive practices. Alysia shares the connection between finding your self worth and happiness, and how to let go of pleasing people. She provides so much great information in this episode about changing your mindset and becoming the most empowered version of yourself. Tune in today to uncover where you may be getting stuck and how to incorporate intuitive eating and movement into your daily habits. The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store. IN THIS EPISODE: ●   [6:43] Alysia shares how intuitive eating and movement changed her life. ●   [13:28] What is intuitive movement and intuitive eating?●   [17:01] What are tangible things we can do to help us interpret what our bodies are telling us?●   [25:07] How to navigate our responsibilities when there is no motivation.●   [31:02] What is the connection between being a people pleaser and food struggles?●   [36:03] How do we reconcile self love vs. self improvement?●   [39:54] How can you stay accountable to your goals?KEY TAKEAWAYS:●   Change your mindset away from restriction and pushing yourself too hard, instead look at what makes you feel the most energized and feel like the healthiest version of you. Operating from the place that is going to be what’s best for you. ●   Start to note how you feel before and after each meal and look at what you may need to add into your meal to feel more energized and satiated, or what you may need to remove in the future. Check in with yourself a few hours after the meal to note how your body is feeling. ●   Instead of being at war with your body, think of how you can be on the same team as your body. ●   Continuously check in and ask yourself what you need to do to feel like the best version of yourself. Life and the things you need will eb and flow, and you’ll continue to evolve and grow. QUOTES: "'I'm just gonna eat the pizza and the hot dogs and the donuts and the sugar...' I think when you actually start to listen to your body...removing the noise, you'll be surprised with what you actually crave.” - Alysia Pope“There's a transition...the education is the middle piece between following all the external rules and following the internal signals.” - Jenn Trepeck“Focus on what you need to add in versus take away” - Alysia Pope“I needed to learn the lesson that you need to figure out how you can serve yourself first and love yourself first, not try to conform to make other people love you, and do things for them. You have to act out of a place of what's best for you, because that's how you're going to show up as the best version of you in every area.” - Alysia Pope“I think that the healthiest relationships are when you have the healthiest relationship with yourself.” - Alysia Pope“I think it’s continuously looking and reevaluating how I can be a better version of myself because I love myself because I know I can consistently grow, I can consistently get better. Because I think that if we think that self love is being perfect as I am, no I think that self love is loving yourself every day but also loving yourself enough to say ok this is an area that I want to improve upon.” - Alysia PopeRESOURCES:Become A Member of Salad with a Side of FriesJenn’s Free Menu PlanA Salad With a Side of FriesA Salad