Intuitive Living Eating RD

18/04/2026

✨ Ready to rebuild trust with yourself? ✨

I’ve created a 30-Day Self-Trust Challenge—and it’s all waiting for you on my YouTube channel.

If you’ve been feeling disconnected from your body, second-guessing your choices, or stuck in cycles of self-doubt… this is for you.

Each day is a simple, doable step to help you:
✔️ Tune back into your body
✔️ Make decisions with more confidence
✔️ Break free from all-or-nothing thinking
✔️ Feel more grounded in you

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about showing up, one small step at a time, and proving to yourself that you can trust your own voice again.

🎥 Start Day 1 now and follow along:
https://youtube.com/

And if you join in, let me know—I’d love to hear how it’s going for you 💛

07/04/2026

Behaviour change is HARD

01/04/2026

Someone sent me a 50km walking challenge for April and my first reaction was basically… “haha, yeah okay.”

In February, I did a 50km cross-country ski challenge. I thought it would be easy.

It wasn’t.

It took way more mindset work than I expected to get myself out there, over and over again, to hit that 50km.

So when this new challenge landed in my inbox, I brushed it off pretty quickly.

But then—out of curiosity—I checked my fitness watch data.

Not the intense workouts.
Not the “intentional” exercise.

Just… my everyday movement.

And in March?

I had moved over 115km.

I actually sat there like… wait, what?

Without trying to hit a goal.
Without pushing.
Without even realizing it.

And it hit me—

This is exactly what happens with so many of my clients.

They’re:
• drinking more water
• getting a bit more sleep
• adding fiber
• being more consistent with meals
• moving their bodies in small, sustainable ways

But because it doesn’t feel dramatic…
Because there’s no big “before and after”…
Because it’s not loud or extreme…

It feels like nothing is changing.

But underneath?

Everything is shifting.

It’s like those body composition scans all over social media—
there’s a whole layer of progress happening that you just can’t see day to day.

Sometimes the most important changes are the quiet ones:
→ repairing your relationship with food
→ learning to listen to your body
→ building consistency instead of extremes
→ creating habits that actually fit your life

And you don’t always notice them… until you zoom out.

So here’s your reminder:

You’ve likely come a lot further than you think you have.

The question isn’t “why am I not there yet?”

It’s:
What have I already built… and how can I build from here?

05/03/2026

https://youtu.be/gPfyB1crQGY

17/02/2026

A few months ago, my daughter asked me to teach her how to make sushi rolls.

I said yes right away.
Of course I’ll teach you. That sounds so fun.

And then… I didn’t.

Not because I didn’t want to.
But because it felt like a thing.

I’d have to figure out where to get the seaweed.
Find the right sushi rice.
Look up how to actually roll it properly.
Make sure it turned out okay.

It quietly became one of those “I’ll do it soon” promises.

And “soon” turned into months.

On Valentine’s Day, instead of doing something big or fancy, we finally did it.

I went to the store.
Bought the seaweed.
Bought the rice.
Watched a 10-minute video.
And we rolled sushi together at the kitchen counter.

That’s it.

And here’s what struck me:

It wasn’t hard.
It wasn’t complicated.
It didn’t require perfection.

It just required starting.

So many of the things we avoid — whether it’s cooking sushi, having a conversation, setting a boundary, starting a habit — grow in our minds. They feel heavier. Bigger. More overwhelming.

But once we take the first step?

Now I know where to get the seaweed.
Now I know which rice works.
Now I know we can do this anytime.

And I’m pretty sure sushi rolls are going to be part of our future in a way they never would have been if I kept waiting for the “right” time.

This is self-trust.

Not in the dramatic, life-altering way.
But in the small, quiet way.

Keeping the promise.
Taking the step.
Showing up.

Inside my 30-Day Self-Trust Challenge, this is exactly what we practice — noticing the thing that feels bigger than it is… and gently doing it anyway.

Because self-trust isn’t built through massive leaps.

It’s built through seaweed and rice. 💛

If you’re ready to stop letting the small things turn into heavy things, come join us https://www.youtube.com/

We start with one small step.

And then another.

12/02/2026

Already on Day 11! It's not too late to join.
I’m doing a 30-day self-trust challenge — and it’s NOT about discipline, willpower, or fixing yourself..
Because let’s be honest: You don’t need another plan. You don’t need more motivation. And you definitely don’t need to try harder
What you do need?
👉 To rebuild trust with your body
👉 To stop overriding your needs
👉 To practice self-care that actually fits real life
So for the next 30 days, I’m going live on YouTube with short, practical self-care prompts you can do in under 5 minutes a day.
No perfection. No tracking. No “start over Monday” energy.
Just:
✨ listening to your body
✨ honouring your capacity
✨ letting self-care be supportive instead of another thing you fail at
If you’re tired of:
• pushing through exhaustion
• ignoring hunger, stress, or pain
• feeling like self-care is another box you can’t check
This challenge is for you.
Join me on YouTube for the 30-Day Self-Care Challenge
Evidence-informed
Weight-neutral
Zero diet culture
Head to my YouTube channel and start with Day 1 on February 1st.

You don’t need to change your body.
You need to start listening to it.
Let’s do this together.

This video is part of my 30-Day Self-Trust Challenge — a gentle daily practice to help you rebuild trust with your body, your signals, and yourself.If you’ve...

07/02/2026

If you feel like you know what to do but you just can’t do it- why not join me for my 30 day self-trust challenge.

Learning how to notice instead of control.

Rebuilding the body connection.

Letting go of external control.

And

Living intuitively.

It’s all available for you.

Join me in my FREE 30 day self-trust challenge.

This video is part of my 30-Day Self-Trust Challenge — a gentle daily practice to help you rebuild trust with your body, your signals, and yourself.If you’ve...

04/02/2026

01/02/2026

I’m doing a 30-day self-trust challenge — and it’s NOT about discipline, willpower, or fixing yourself.

Because let’s be honest: You don’t need another plan. You don’t need more motivation. And you definitely don’t need to try harder

What you do need?
👉 To rebuild trust with your body
👉 To stop overriding your needs
👉 To practice self-care that actually fits real life

So for the next 30 days, I’m going live on YouTube with short, practical self-care prompts you can do in under 5 minutes a day.

No perfection. No tracking. No “start over Monday” energy.

Just:
✨ listening to your body
✨ honouring your capacity
✨ letting self-care be supportive instead of another thing you fail at

If you’re tired of:
• pushing through exhaustion
• ignoring hunger, stress, or pain
• feeling like self-care is another box you can’t check

This challenge is for you.

Join me on YouTube for the 30-Day Self-Care Challenge

Evidence-informed
Weight-neutral
Zero diet culture

Head to my YouTube channel and start with Day 1 on February 1st.



You don’t need to change your body.
You need to start listening to it.
Let’s do this together.

02/01/2026

✨ Entering 2026 softly.

Not with rules.
Not with punishment.
Not with another promise to “do better.”

But with curiosity.

What if this year you didn’t fix your body…
but listened to it?

What if instead of restricting foods,
you allowed them—

and noticed what happened when you slowed down enough to taste?

🍓 Savouring each bite.
🍞 Eating without urgency.
🫶 Feeling your body instead of overriding it.

This is what mindful eating actually looks like.
Not perfection.
Not discipline.
Presence.

And here’s what I know—
after 25 years in practice and 6 years deep in intuitive eating and embodiment work:

➡️ Restriction doesn’t create freedom.
➡️ Control doesn’t create trust.
➡️ Diets don’t create expansion.

But intuitive eating does.

And so does intuitive living.

When you eat intuitively, you begin to live intuitively.

You stop abandoning yourself.
You start responding instead of reacting.
You expand—gently, sustainably, honestly.

2026 doesn’t need a harder version of you.

It needs a more connected one.

💬 Tell me—
What would it feel like to enter this year with curiosity instead of control?
👇 Drop a word below.

08/12/2025

I was telling my coach (of six years) how I always leave dirty dishes on the table after my kids go to their dad’s. Sometimes they stay there for days. For the longest time I told myself the story that it meant I didn’t respect myself — that if I wanted a minimalist, calm space when the kids were away, why couldn’t I just clear the dishes?

Her question stopped me: “Is keeping the dishes on the table letting you feel like the kids are still with you?”

I hadn’t even thought of that. The real thing was simpler: clearing the table just wasn’t a priority. I hadn’t assigned any value to that space because I didn’t need it... until I started making space for creative play and doing more for me — not just giving, giving, giving at work and in relationships.

Now the table means my creative time. It feeds me. So the dishes get cleared — not because I respect myself more, but because the thing became a priority.

Pause with me for a second — what story are you telling yourself about a small action that might actually be about priority, not character? Tell me one small thing you’ve been calling “lazy” or “disrespectful” — maybe it’s just not a priority (yet). 👇

06/12/2025

So yes… my clients do lose weight.
Let’s just say it out loud.

Not because they’re white-knuckling another diet.
Not because I hand them a list of “good” foods and “bad” foods.
And definitely not because we obsess over the scale.

They lose weight because they finally learn how to listen to their bodies instead of fighting them.

But here’s the truth I want you to hear loud and clear:

Expansion isn’t a weight-loss program. It’s a life expansion program.

And here’s something most women have never been told:
Your weight is influenced by far more than diet and exercise.
Trauma, stress, nervous system patterns, genetics, hormones, and decades of messaging about your body all play a role.
You were never supposed to “willpower” your way through that.

Inside Expansion, we work with the whole picture.

Women in midlife learn to:
✨ Understand their hunger cues without second-guessing themselves
✨ Break out of the all-or-nothing cycles that sabotage them
✨ Build trust with their bodies (many for the first time in decades)
✨ Make food choices that feel good physically, emotionally, and mentally
✨ Create space for rest, compassion, and nervous-system regulation
✨ Stop the shame spiral and start living intuitively

And when you do all of that?
Your body responds.
Your energy shifts.
Your habits naturally realign.
Your relationship with food softens.
Your weight may change—and for many of my clients, it does.

But it’s no longer the focus.
It’s no longer the boss of your day.

Instead of “How do I shrink myself?”
The question becomes,
“How can I live more fully?”

That’s the shift.
That’s the magic.
That’s Expansion.

Enrollment is open now.
Join today, get support through the holidays, and walk into 2025 already in alignment—not waiting for another “fresh start Monday.”

✨ You don’t need another diet.
You need a different way of being with yourself.

https://cathyrichardsrd.com/expansion/