Masterclass on Eating Systems and Intuitive Eating

Introduction

Speaker: Kim
Host: Grateful for Kim's insights on food, body relationship, and diet culture
Host's personal note: Talks about daughter's experiences with food culture vs. boys

Definition: A subsystem within our internal system that deals with our relationship with food and body
Components: Parts relating to food, diet culture messages, body shame, exercise, and movement
Client Work: Identifying these parts, understanding their relationships, and addressing polarizations

Host reflects on their own eating subsystem: childhood experiences, being teased, dieting with mom, gym motivation
Significance of early experiences in shaping current food relationships

Example 1: Client with various eating disorders with a binge part traced back to infancy
Example 2: Child with a fast metabolism not being fed on demand leading to adult eating issues

Discussion on feeding on demand vs. scheduled feeding
Examples of long-lasting impacts on children's trust in their hunger signals and resultant adult issues

History: Created in the 90s by dietitians questioning traditional methods
Core Principles: 10 principles focusing on tuning into the body’s needs, anti-diet culture
Goals: Eating to serve body and parts, understanding emotional eating, challenging diet culture, moralizing food

Parts Work: Importance of integrating IFS with intuitive eating to avoid turning it into another diet

Client Understanding: Helping clients understand their eating system and related parts
Common Parts: Binge eaters, restrictors, body critics
Polarizations: Working with opposing forces (e.g., binge vs. restrict)
Legacy/Cultural Burdens: Addressing inherited and cultural messages about food and body
Fears and Concerns: Addressing clients' fears (e.g., food as a sole comfort mechanism)
Methods: Practical approaches, demos, self-work, body image concerns

Workshops: Regular workshops on intuitive eating and experiential practice workshops
Therapist Group: 4-month group specifically for IFS therapists and practitioners to work on personal eating/food relationships
Training Cohort: Planned training for those wanting to specialize in this approach