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 The food philosophy of Oliver-Pyatt Centers is based in mindful and intuitive eating. We work to support each individual’s needs in reclaiming one’s recovered self as an intuitive eater. Mindfulness is the foundation for eating intuitively. The majority of the treatment experience with food takes place in the work of mindfulness. By becoming more aware of the food experience without judgment, one becomes more able to move in a recovery-oriented direction with intention and honesty. Mindfulness is a very intentional, directed experience for all of us. As we move into mindfulness we may become more aware of both our internal experiences (hunger/fullness/satiety) and our external reality (food quantity/food fears/sensory experiences). We are often just noticing our experience without attachment. We must first become comfortable with our awareness as it relates to food in order to develop the trust and respect for our individual experiences with food. To acknowledge that we can hold enjoyment, fear, and excitement about food all without judgment is mindfulness. Whereas mindful eating is based in awareness (both internal and external), intuitive eating requires a response to internal cues. When eating intuitively, one relies on their basis in mindfulness while responding to what their body is asking for. 
Intuitive eating involves the ability to recognize, listen, and respond to the body’s internal cues of hunger, fullness, and satiety. By recognizing the body’s cues, one is also acknowledging the physical and emotional aspects of hunger, fullness, and satiety. At Oliver-Pyatt Centers, we fully believe that each individual has the innate ability to listen to and respond to their body’s needs appropriately in recovery. As we move into a place of self-regulating and trusting the body more fully, we begin to explore the initial phases of becoming a more intuitive eater. Progression to becoming a fully intuitive eater takes time in the process of recovery-oriented work, which each person will continue to work towards after their time at OPC.  Mindful Eating is: Deliberately paying attention, non-judgmentally, to both internal cues and external environments Noticing sensory experiences with food (taste, texture, aroma, crunch, colors, etc.) Freeing yourself of reactive, habitual food patterns Promoting balance, choice, wisdom, and acceptance Intuitive Eating is: Unconditional permission to enjoy food Rejecting the diet mentality Honoring your body’s needs and desires regarding food Making peace with foods Challenging the food police Respecting physical sensations of hunger, fullness, and satiety Discovering satiety as separate from fullness Honoring your feelings without allowing emotion to override Honoring your health |
 The philosophy of Oliver-Pyatt Centers is grounded in mindfulness and intuitive living. This approach extends beyond food and eating, and encompasses movement and exercise as well. Struggles with exercise can take on many forms. Finding and connecting with an internal motivation and desire to experience the body in a mindful way through movement can be a difficult part of exploring recovery for many individuals who struggle with food, weight, and body image. At Oliver-Pyatt Centers, it is our hope to support the exploration and increased awareness that is vital to obtaining a more balanced approach to movement and exercise for each individual. The struggle for one individual of obsessively thinking about exercise, yet finding no internal motivation to move their body, is as much about the need for mindfulness as the individual who compulsively exercises to allow themselves the food they enjoy or the individual who maintains a rigid and grueling exercise regimen that they find no enjoyment in. When determining the impact of exercise for any one individual, “it’s not the amount of exercise that counts, but the negative emotionality around the idea of exercise” that must be considered. Mindful Movement is: Deliberately paying attention, non-judgmentally, to both internal processes and external environments Being aware of what is present for you mentally, emotionally, and physically in each moment Freeing yourself of reactive, habitual patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting Promoting balance, choice, wisdom, and acceptance Intuitive Exercise is: Unconditional permission to rest Rejecting the diet mentality Honoring your body Making peace with movement Challenging the body police Respecting physical sensations Discovering the satisfaction factor Honoring your feelings Honoring your health |
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NUTRITION GOALS FOR OUR CLIENTS (1:02)MINDFUL EATING: WHERE DO OUR CLIENTS BEGIN? (1:25)
EXERCISE (1:54)
TREATING ATHLETES (1:12)
BINGE EATING DISORDER (1:41)
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