Join the Intuitive Eating Program
The Beyond the Fork course covers the fundamentals of building an Intuitive Eating practice, including getting to know your hunger and fullness cues, honoring your emotions, building a balanced plate that works for you, and exploring your relationship with food and your body. Put dieting behind you with registered dietitians Allison Tepper, MS, RD, LDN, RYT and Emily Arkin, MS, RD, LD.
Who it’s for
- Are you exhausted by repeated attempts to control your weight?
- Would you describe yourself as a chronic dieter?
- Do you feel like you know a lot about nutrition but struggle to apply that to lifelong habits?
If this sounds familiar, you may benefit from Beyond the Fork! This course is specifically designed for those who are tired of dieting and ready to incorporate a more positive, healing approach to food through Intuitive Eating. Intuitive Eating is a compassionate and evidence-based way to nourish yourself that honors the instinctive, rational and emotional parts of the eating experience.
What you’ll get
- 6 interactive modules with video lessons!
- 14 handouts for skill-building!
- Guided activities to explore your relationship with food and your body!
- Access to our most recommended resources and research articles!
- The expertise of 2 registered dietitians, Allison Tepper, MS, RD, LDN, RYT and Emily Arkin, MS, RD, LD!
- Opportunities for ongoing support!
Meet the Hosts
Allison Tepper, MS, RD, LDN
Allison is a registered dietitian in the DC Metro area with offices in Washington, DC and Northern Virginia. She holds a degree in Nutrition from Syracuse University and completed her dietetic internship at Penn State. Allison also holds a Masters degree in Health Promotion Management from American University in Washington, DC where she currently teaches in the Department of Health Studies. Allison is passionate about helping clients achieve their goals through an overall lifestyle approach that is unique to each individual.
Emily Arkin, MS, RD, LD
Emily is a registered dietitian nutritionist based in Washington, D.C. She first studied nutrition as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She holds an M.S. in Nutrition and Public Health from Teachers College at Columbia University and completed her dietetic internship there as well. Emily specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and gastrointestinal disorders, as well as Health At Every Size®-aligned medical nutrition therapy. She provides one-on-one nutrition counseling in her private practice and educates students and other medical professionals on non-diet approaches to health promotion.
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FAQs
Intuitive Eating is a framework for approaching food that was developed by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch in the 1990’s. It’s becoming increasingly popular today as more and more people realize that dieting and weight control are unsustainable (and, often, miserable!). Intuitive Eating has 10 principles that distill down to:
- Giving yourself unconditional permission to eat (as much as you need to feel physically satisfied, the types of foods you enjoy, etc.)
- Letting body signals like hunger and fullness guide most decisions about when and how much to eat, and
- Developing tools beyond eating (or avoiding food) to navigate emotional distress
Intuitive Eating is well studied and shown to have a positive effect on health-promoting behaviors and psychological factors like self-esteem and body image. To learn more about the research, visit https://www.intuitiveeating.org/resources/studies/
This course is designed for individuals who want more ease in their relationship with food and to move away from eating patterns that attempt to control their body shape or size. These changes are challenging to implement alone, so we’re here to help you set up your Intuitive Eating practice.
This course can be compatible with well-managed chronic conditions; however, individuals with active health concerns should consult their healthcare team before enrolling.
The purpose of this course is to improve your relationship with food, increase awareness of hunger and fullness cues, and move away from using food to cope with various forms of stress. Addressing these issues surrounding food may or may not result in weight changes. We discourage participants from using weight as a metric for “success.”
Yes! This course is for bodies of all shapes and sizes. Our belief is that all bodies can achieve wellness regardless of their weight and the focus of this course is to improve psychological well-being, in addition to physical health, through intuitive eating,
This course is self-paced and can be done at your own speed. We recommend taking some time to process the information being discussed in each module before moving on to the next one, so we believe the course would take a few weeks to complete at a minimum.
Once you purchase the course you will have it life-long!
No, unfortunately due to the nature of the course, we cannot offer refunds for the self-study program.