If you want to FINALLY:


  • Have a positive relationship with food
  • Stop bingeing in the evenings
  • Simply enjoy food without guilt, stress, or shame
  • Have more energy
  • Feel confident about your food choices
  • Feel less self-conscious in and out of the saddle
  • Stop telling yourself 'I'll start my diet again Monday'
  • Know what, when, and how much to eat without measuring food, counting calories, macros, or points...






Then you've come to the right place.


This course will give you the tools to:


  • Reconnect with your body's cues to guide your eating 
  • Eat what you love without the guilt or shame
  • Use your body's cues to determine portion size
  • Stop feeling addicted to sweets and carbs
  • Improve your body image
  • Use food as a tool to optimize health and athletic performance without dieting
  • Sustainably incorporate nutrition strategies to optimize your health and athletic performance


I know you probably have some doubts like:


  • Is intuitive eating really for me?
  • I've tried everything - how will this be any different?
  • If I eat whatever I want, whenever I want, I won't be able to stop!
  • I've tried eating when I'm hungry, stopping when I'm full, and allowing myself to have what I want in moderation - it still didn't work.
  • I'm scared of gaining weight.
  • I need to follow my diet for health reasons.
  • I can't recognize hunger or fullness cues, so how could this work for me?

Those are all super valid concerns to have! Here are some things that may help:


  • Is intuitive eating really for me?
  • YES! Intuitive eating is a self-care approach to eating that is made to be highly individualized to your own goals, needs, and preferences.


  • I've tried everything - how will this be any different?
  • Every diet, nutrition program, tracking app, and 'lifestyle plan' is rooted in restriction. Even the ones that promote 'moderation'. Intuitive eating is an against-the-grain approach to food & nutrition that allows you to work WITH your body, not against it.


  • If I eat whatever I want, whenever I want, I won't be able to stop!
  • Despite what you may have heard, intuitive eating isn't a free-for-all! It's a self-care approach to food & nutrition that's guided by 10 principles.
  • This course will walk you through each principle that will teach you, step-by-step, how to remove the restriction, reframe your thoughts around food, and make peace with ALL food in a way that WON'T leave you feeling out of control.


  • I've tried eating when I'm hungry, stopping when I'm full, and allowed myself to have what I want in moderation - it still didn't work.
  • Diets and nutrition programs are starting to co-opt intuitive eating language in their marketing (cool, right? *cue eyeroll*). That includes taking 2 of the 10 intuitive eating principles and turning intuitive eating into a 'hunger/fullness' diet - which it's not. Also, even the term 'moderation' implies restriction if you find yourself not truly allowing yourself to have exactly what you want, when you want it OR if there are any feelings of guilt or shame after eating that food. Because restriction is the at the root of the problem and is what keeps the diet cycle going, you'll learn how to break that restriction here.


  • I'm scared of gaining weight.
  • That's a valid concern. This is one of the biggest pain points diet programs and our health/wellness industry uses to keep people stuck in a dieting cycle.
  • The thing is, ironically, dieting is one of the main predictors of future weight gain!
  • Intuitive eating has been shown to reduce weight cycling and allows your body to settle in a weight that is healthiest for you.
  • Intuitive eating is a weight-neutral program, so while this course doesn't focus on weight as an outcome measure, it does include body image work and resources to help you feel better in your body.


  • I can't recognize hunger or fullness cues, so how could this work for me?
  • Dieting is notorious for creating disconnection from your body's cues. Think about it - there are literally rules that tell you what, when, and how much to eat which makes it easy to question your body.
  • This course will help you reconnect with those cues and teach you to learn to trust them in a strategic and effective way.



With this course, you can expect to experience LESS:


  • Anxiety around food
  • Brain space taken up by food
  • Bingeing 
  • Emotional eating
  • Body image concerns
  • Guilt and shame after eating food you love



And experience MORE:


  • Connection with your body's hunger & satiety cues
  • Enjoyment from foods you love
  • Body appreciation
  • Confidence in yourself & in your food choices
  • Overall life satisfaction
  • Energy in & out of the saddle

But don't just take my word from it! Hear what graduated clients are saying:


"Your classes are still the best thing that ever happened to me."

-Adult ammie


"Since I started working with The Equestrian Dietitian [through the Buck Diet Culture program], I have lost a lot of the stress and worry around nutrition. I have gained freedom and clarity around foods that support me in my everyday life and my riding goals. All by applying intuitive to diet and trusting my body to guide me. I highly recommend her program to my horse friends + anyone who needs to gain clarity around nutrition ."

-Tiffany P.


"Once of the best things to happen to me . . .!"

-Jennifer W.


"I used to spend so much energy and time worrying about food, trying to eat less, counting calories...and I'd have no energy to ride, get tired, feel dizzy, have worse anxiety. Intuitive eating and rejecting diet culture made such a difference in my physical and mental health!"

-Adult ammie

What's included in the course?


  • 12 modules with on-demand videos
  • Module 1: You'll learn about the science behind why dieting doesn't work, and get an introduction to the science behind intuitive eating.
  • Module 2: You'll get the tools that will help you shift your mentality away from dieting & learn how to reframe what you think of 'setbacks' in your eating.
  • Module 3: You'll get the tools (including a downloadable hunger/satiety scale) & a step-by-step action plan that will help you reconnect with your hunger cues.
  • Module 4: You'll learn the science behind why restriction doesn't work (on any level), and you will get a step-by-step action plan to help you slowly remove the restriction around your favorite foods WITHOUT feeling out of control.
  • Module 5: You'll learn how to reframe your thoughts around food so you could stop thinking about any food as good/bad, and you'll learn how to set boundaries so you could feel more empowered to make food choices that serve you best.
  • Module 6: This module covers the importance of satisfaction, mindful eating, and includes a guided mindful eating exercise.
  • Module 7: You'll learn how to understand and reconnect with your fullness cues, recognize when you're approaching comfortable fullness, and get tools that will help you feel less guilty & uncomfortable during times you overeat.
  • Module 8: This module covers emotional eating. Here we normalize the emotional connection that we all have with food, and you'll learn how to cope with your emotions with non-food related strategies.
  • Module 9: This module covers body image. You'll learn to understand what body image is (and isn't), learn how to create and foster body respect, and you'll get the tools that will help you feel more confident and foster a more peaceful relationship with your body.
  • Module 10: You'll learn how to reframe the way you think about exercise so you could sustainably incorporate movement in a way that feels good and in a way you enjoy.
  • Module 11: You'll learn what a nutritionally balanced dietary pattern looks like and will learn how to sustainably incorporate nutrient-dense foods into your dietary pattern WITHOUT the restriction!
  • Module 12 (BONUS module): You'll learn how to incorporate equestrian-specific sports nutrition tools & strategies, learn how to create & utilize performance plates, and learn how to identify which supplements can be helpful in enhancing your performance and recovery as an athlete.
  • PDF handouts for notetaking
  • Downloadable worksheets, journal prompts, and step-by-step action plans
  • Lifelong access to all current and future course material
  • Bonus sports nutrition module
  • Learning at your own pace!




Ready to finally heal your relationship with food, feel confident about your food choices, and feel better in your body?


If so, choose the pricing option that works for you and get started today!




Meet your course coach!


Natalie Gavi, MS, RDN is a non-diet performance dietitian who is passionate about helping riders heal their relationships with food and their bodies.


As an equestrian herself, she understands the physical demands, as well as the toxic diet culture, that is deeply embedded in the sport.


She has worked with hundreds of riders to help them heal their relationships with food and their bodies and created this self-paced course to make nutrition coaching accessible to every rider who wants to lose stress, anxiety & shame around food while gaining food freedom.


When she's not working, you can find her at the barn with her OTTB Stella, on a hike with her mini doxie Luna, or at home cuddled up with her cat Erice and a good book.

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