The relationship with food is often interpreted as a matter of discipline or willpower.
It is commonly assumed that greater effort, stricter rules or stronger self-control are enough to create lasting change.
In reality, what we observe in eating behaviour is only the visible expression of a much more complex internal functioning.
Our relationship with food is an area in which deeper dynamics become particularly evident: emotional processes, decision-making automatisms, inner images and self-regulation mechanisms that often operate outside conscious awareness.
Behaviour is the outcome, not the origin
Focusing exclusively on what to eat or what to avoid means working at the final level of the process.
Before behaviour, there are internal structures and functions that generate it.
This includes how the nervous system responds to stimuli, how identity shapes choices, and how the body perceives discomfort or ease, safety or threat.
When these levels are not recognised and integrated, any attempt at change remains fragile, intermittent, or dependent on constant effort.
Food as a regulatory function
For many people, food ceases to be simple nourishment and takes on a regulatory role.
It becomes a way for the system to seek relief, compensation, emotional containment or a temporary sense of stability.
In these situations, eating behaviour cannot be corrected by imposing new rules.
As long as food fulfils an internal function, removing or controlling it creates a void elsewhere.
Change becomes possible only when that function is no longer needed.
Working with internal functioning
In my work, I do not focus on isolated behaviour.
I work with the internal functioning that supports it: the functions operating within the structure, and the way body and identity make decisions before they turn into action.
Through hypno-coaching, identity work and the integration of automatic processes, I support people in observing their patterns without judgement, interrupting automatisms that no longer serve them, and creating a more stable alignment between body, awareness and choice.
This is not theory, nor temporary motivation, but direct experience and concrete integration.
From individual work to an in-person experience
In recent months, the need to bring this work into a shared, in-person space has become increasingly clear.
An experiential context that allows internal functioning to be observed and reoriented in an immediate, guided and applicable way.
For this reason, I am preparing an in-person experiential workshop focused on the relationship with food, the body and the decision-making processes that run through them.
It is not yet officially open, but it is already in preparation.
For those who feel this area resonates, the next step is not to force change, but to create the conditions for it to emerge.