Healthy Eating Starts Here: How to Build a Positive Relationship With Food [Video]

In this video, psychotherapist Veronica Vargas explores how to build a healthier relationship with food and build healthy eating habits. She guides us through reflective questions about food and body image. She explains how diet culture is not effective. Many people internalize guilt and shame around food, often blaming themselves for struggling with diets that are designed to fail. Intuitive eating is an evidence-based alternative where you listen to the body’s natural hunger and fullness cues, and replace diet-driven judgments with self-trust and kindness.

Veronica also discusses the principles of mindful eating, which involve slowing down and reducing distractions during meals to better connect with the body’s needs. Emotional eating is a common coping strategy, but it shouldn’t be the only one. Developing a wider toolkit, such as using support systems, meditation, or journaling, can help address the emotions driving unhealthy food behaviors. Healing your relationship with food takes time and self-compassion. Therapy can be a powerful support in this journey.

Read more about intuitive eating here.