Intuitive Eating · Health at Every Size

Food freedom
starts with you,
not a diet.

Evidence-based nutrition counseling rooted in intuitive eating and Health at Every Size. No food rules. No weigh-ins. Just a healthier, more peaceful relationship with food.

Please note: I do not offer weight loss services. My practice is grounded in Health at Every Size (HAES) — because your health and your worth are not determined by your size.
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95%
of diets fail long-term
200+
studies support intuitive eating
$72B
diet industry profits from your return
01 / The Approach

Three frameworks. One body — yours.

Every conversation we have, every tool I share, sits on three evidence-based pillars. They aren't trends. They're decades of research about how humans actually heal their relationship with food. The program built on these principles is The Full Dropout.

01

Intuitive Eating

Created by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch in 1995. Ten principles that reconnect you with your body's natural hunger, fullness, and satisfaction signals. No forbidden foods. No counting. The practice of trusting your body again.

02

Health at Every Size®

A weight-neutral approach to wellbeing. Health is measured by labs, energy, sleep, and mobility — not the number on a scale. Every body deserves dignity, basic care, and respect, regardless of size. We focus on health behaviors, not weight.

03

Motivational Interviewing

A collaborative, evidence-based counseling style. I won't lecture you, prescribe rules, or tell you what to do. Instead, we explore what you actually want — and resolve the ambivalence that's quietly kept you stuck. Your wisdom drives the work.

Kayla Smith, founder of Diet Dropout
02 / About

Hi, I'm Kayla.

For most of my adult life I believed the next plan would be the one. The cleanse. The macros. The "lifestyle, not a diet." Each one promised peace and delivered exhaustion — followed by another cycle of restriction, rebound, and self-blame.

What finally changed wasn't more discipline. It was learning that the system was rigged from the start. Diets fail because of biology, not character. Once I understood that, I could finally do the real work: rebuilding trust with my own body.

Now I help others walk that same path — gently, at their own pace, without weight loss as the goal. This work changed my life. It can change yours, too.

Trained in the Intuitive Eating framework HAES® Aligned Motivational Interviewing 1:1 Online Sessions

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Diet Dropout: An Intuitive Eating Workbook by Kayla Smith — front cover
Front Cover
03 / The Book

The journal that started everything.

Diet Dropout: An Intuitive Eating Workbook is a 35-page guided journal that walks you through seven chapters of healing your relationship with food — your diet history, your hunger language, emotional eating, nutrition without rules, mindful meals, joyful movement, and your own intuitive eating manifesto.

  • Freedom from food rules and guilt
  • Your personal hunger & fullness language
  • Nutrition 101 — in plain language
  • Emotional eating, decoded with kindness
  • Joyful movement — not punishment
  • Your own Intuitive Eating Manifesto

Buy the book and you'll get a free 60-minute 1:1 session with me — the password to redeem it is printed inside. No catch, just a thank you for trusting the work.

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You've tried every diet. They all worked until they didn't.

That's not a willpower problem. That's biology. Your body is designed to fight restriction — and it is very, very good at its job.

The answer was never a better diet. It was learning to work with your body instead of against it.

That's what we do here.

04 / Work With Me

Three ways to begin — or go all in.

Whether you're ready for one focused conversation or six months of real change, there's a path here that meets you where you are.

Single Session

The First Step

60 minutes · 1:1
$127
  • One session. Real clarity.
  • No meal plan, no calorie targets — just the conversation you wish you'd had years ago
  • Leave with a clear next step
  • One resource handout matched to exactly where you are
Start The First Step — $127
4-Week Program

The Foundation

4 weeks · 4 sessions · 1:1
$447
  • This is where the real work begins
  • Move through your diet history, hunger signals, emotional eating patterns, and what eating for real health actually looks like
  • No restriction, no rules, no scale — ever
  • Most clients tell me this one month changes more than years of dieting ever did
Begin The Foundation — $447
Most Popular
6-Month Mentorship

The Full Dropout

6 months · 12 sessions · unlimited support
$1,697
  • For the person who is done — done dieting, done obsessing, done starting over every Monday
  • Personal Food Freedom Roadmap
  • Voice memo support between sessions
  • Full resource library access
  • Graduation Session in month 6
  • Only 6 Full Dropout clients accepted at a time
  • 30-day satisfaction guarantee — full refund after first month if you don't feel a meaningful shift
Begin The Full Dropout — $1,697

Not sure which option is right for you?

Book a free 20-minute discovery call. No pitch, no pressure — just a real conversation about where you are and what would actually help.

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The Diet Dropout Guarantee

If after your first full month working together you don't feel a meaningful shift in your relationship with food — I will refund you completely. No hoops, no questions. I'm that confident in this process. The only thing you risk is finally figuring this out.

⚠ Limited Availability

I work with a small number of clients at a time so I can show up fully for every single person. The Full Dropout program currently has 2 spots open. When they're filled, the next availability goes to the waitlist. If you're on the fence, the best thing to do is book a free call — it costs you nothing and you'll know by the end whether this is right for you.

05 / Common Questions

Things people often ask.

Don't see yours? Email kayla@thedietdropout.com — I read every message.

Is this just another diet in disguise?

No. Intuitive Eating is explicitly weight-neutral. There's no meal plan, no calorie target, no food rules, and no scale. The framework was developed by registered dietitians and is supported by over 200 peer-reviewed studies. It is the opposite of a diet.

What if I want to lose weight?

I don't prescribe weight loss as a goal — that's part of why this work succeeds where dieting fails. Your body has a genetically influenced set point it actively defends. As you eat in ways that nourish you, sleep well, and move joyfully, your body may settle at its natural weight. But weight is a possible by-product, not the target. The goal is your relationship with food and yourself.

Are sessions virtual or in person?

All sessions are virtual via secure video, so we can work together from wherever you are. Clients come to this work from all kinds of places — schedules and time zones welcome.

How is this different from therapy?

I'm a counselor, not a therapist. The work I do focuses specifically on your relationship with food, your body, and movement — using motivational interviewing, intuitive eating principles, and HAES-aligned nutrition education. If you're navigating a clinical eating disorder or significant mental health concerns, I work alongside (not in place of) a licensed therapist or treatment team.

What does a session actually feel like?

Less lecture, more conversation. We'll talk about what's coming up for you, get curious about patterns, and look at the science behind what your body is doing — never with shame. You leave with one or two specific things to practice, never a rulebook.

Do you accept insurance?

I don't bill insurance directly, but I can provide a superbill for you to submit for potential out-of-network reimbursement depending on your plan. Reach out and I'll walk you through it.

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Healing your relationship with food is not about eating perfectly. It is about no longer needing to.
— From the journal
Ready when you are

You don't need a new diet.
You need a new relationship with yourself.

Book a free 20-minute session and let's see what's possible. No pressure, no pitch — just a real conversation about what you actually want.

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