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THE INTUITIVE CLIMBER

Say hello to fueling with intention + making peace with food

Learn how to leverage nutrition to support your climbing while healing your relationship with food.

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Okay, so it’s no secret that you can’t climb your hardest without dialing in your nutrition.

What, when, and how you fuel ultimately affects

  • Your energy levels

  • How strong your muscles and bones are

  • Your ability to concentrate

  • How likely you are to get injured or sick

  • How well you recover

  • Your overall physical health and longevity

That’s all fairly obvious, right?

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Here’s what’s not so obvious:

A negative relationship with food hijacks your ability to fuel.

What’s more than that, it takes up so much brain space and keeps you from living your fullest, freest, life.

Does any of this sound familiar?

  • Thinking of certain foods as “good” while others are “bad”

  • Eating what you “should” versus what you actually want

  • Feeling like you have to “earn” the right to eat (or on the flip side make up for “overeating”)

  • Feeling guilty when you eat a “bad” food, or too much, or too late at night

  • Skipping meals or making yourself wait to eat when you’re hungry

  • Feeling out of control around food, which may lead you to avoid certain things or not keep them at home

This is what disordered eating looks like.

Woman suffering from disordered eating looking at an empty plate and a head of lettuce

Disordered eating is the norm in the climbing community thanks to diet culture and a lighter-is-better-at-all-costs mindset.

If you’ve never heard of diet culture before, in a nutshell it’s a belief system that’s obsessed with thinness and moralizes food, making you feel “good” for eating cauliflower rice and guilty for eating bread.

It’s oppressive, damaging to health and well-being, and e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e.

We learned it from our parents and they learned it from their parents.

Woman climbing in indoor rock climbing gym

But ultimately, stressing about food and feeling like you can’t trust your body make it impossible to fuel freely and strategically.

All too often climbers

  • Are so afraid of “overeating” that they end up underfueling

  • Avoid carbs (your body’s #1 energy source)

  • Worry about eating processed foods that are perfect for certain fueling situations

  • And are disconnected from their hunger and fullness cues

Diet culture promises to give you the body and performance of your dreams for the price of a little “discipline,” but only leaves you poorly fueled, not to mention feeling miserable and obsessed with food.

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If you’re going to get stronger and climb harder you need to heal your relationship with food.

Only by unlearning diet culture are you free to actually fuel the way your body needs you to (plus free to live your darn life!).

It takes time and practice, but I can show you how!

Group nutrition coaching program for climbers including modules, workbooks, templates, and text support

The Intuitive Climber

The group coaching program that teaches women climbers to fuel with intention and make peace with food through intuitive eating.

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Learn

Learn the ins and outs of fueling and understand what intuitive eating is, how it works, and how to integrate it into your life.

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Connect

Meet other like-minded women who want to fuel without dieting, and make progress together.

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Transform

Translate the knowledge and skills you gain into meaningful changes that actually last.

The end result: you feeling at peace with food and confident in your fueling.

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You don’t have to figure this out on your own!

It’s all too easy to feel like you’re the only one who is lost when it comes to fueling and stuck with a negative relationship with food.

That’s how I felt, and so many of my 1:1 athletes have said the same exact thing.

But you are not alone! The Intuitive Climber brings like-minded women together in intentionally small cohorts (up to 8 women) to create community and foster growth.

This is a space where you can come as you are, ask your questions, share your challenges, and celebrate your wins!

Dietitian Chiara Jorritsma in her kitchen holding a mug

Hey there!

I’m Chiara Jorritsma MS, RDN, CDN.

I’m a registered dietitian, climber, and resource for all things sports nutrition and intuitive eating.

And I know what it’s like to have a negative relationship keep you from fueling for climbing (and living your best life).

After suffering from an eating disorder for a long and miserable decade, I stumbled across intuitive eating and started my own journey of making peace with food.

Having a positive relationship with food has changed EVERYTHING and I’ve watched the same transformation happen for dozens upon dozens of climbers through 1:1 coaching over the past several years.

I created The Intuitive Climber to teach you how to make peace with food and fuel for climbing, give you the support and accountability you need to actually apply what you learn in a way that is practical and sustainable, and connect you with climbers who are on the same journey—all in a format more accessible and affordable than 1:1 coaching.

You deserve to be free from a negative relationship with food and free to fuel the way your body needs you to so you can climb your hardest and live your best life.

  • You never felt out of control around food, deprived, or guilty

  • You kept all your favorite foods at home without worrying about overeating them

  • You knew exactly how and when to fuel strategically for climbing and recovery but in a way that's flexible and free of rules

  • You had more compassion and respect for your body and accepted it vs judged it

Imagine what it would feel like if…

  • You climbed and trained and moved because you want to, not because you needed to "earn" the right to eat

  • You were more comfortable and confident at the crag and in the gym

  • You had more energy and actually felt fueled for your sessions

  • You got back the brain space occupied by negative thoughts about food and you body

This is what happens in this program.

Group nutrition coaching program for rock climbers

Here’s what you get

  • Each of the modules speaks to an aspect of food freedom, body image, or strategic fueling.

  • The workbooks go hand in hand with each module and include exercises, prompts, and templates to help you dig deeper and take action.

  • Turning knowledge into action is so hard without accountability and support which is why these calls are so powerful. Each call will be an opportunity to check in with yourself and the group, to be encouraged and challenged, and to have your biggest questions answered.

  • This is usually only part of my premium 1:1 coaching offer but you get it for nada!

    In these call I will answer your questions, help you with identify barriers, problem solve, and move forward, help you gain clarity and confidence, support you and graciously hold you accountable.

  • Another invaluable piece of 1:1 coaching that you get. Gain clarity about your own individualized nutrition needs, where you might be missing the mark, and how to make sustainable shifts to optimize your fueling.

  • These provide an opportunity to slow down, catch up on previous modules if need be, reflect on the past few weeks, and keep working on your goals. There is still a group call.

  • I get just how hard it is to do this work alone which is why you have the full support of myself as your coach and your fellow climbers. I am here to brainstorm with you, to answer your questions, give you feedback, cheer you on, celebrate your wins, and support you. I will be your shoulder to lean on and someone you can talk through things with!

  • You’ll always be able to access the modules and download any written resources to keep forever.

  • The content is usually updated annually if not every cohort.

  • Want to add on a 1:1 call with me during or even after the program? You can book a call for $100 ($225 value) and save 55%.

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What climbers are saying:

  • "This program broke down barriers I had around exercise and fueling properly to help me be a better climber!"

    Haley P.

  • " I definitely feel more confident and I'm looking forward to CRUSHING MY CLIMBING GOALS."

    Hannah S.

  • "This program was so specific and exactly what I needed."

    Brittni S.

10 Modules

to help you dial in your fueling + make peace with food

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Module 1

Making sustainable changes

  • Discover what is at the core of what really motivates you and learn how to harness it

  • Learn how to truly understand a problem so you can engineer a solution that will work

  • Understand why it’s so easy to fail when you’re trying to make a change and how to set yourself up for success

  • Practice choosing action steps that will help you achieve your ultimate goal

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Module 2

Intuitive Eating 101

  • Understand how your relationship with food impacts how you fuel

  • Learn about the dark side of dieting and why you’re literally destined to fail every single time

  • Take deep dive into diet culture and weight stigma and how they impact your climbing, health, and happiness and cause disordered eating

  • Discover what intuitive eating is, how and why it works, and what steps to take to begin healing your relationship with food

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Module 3

Making peace with your body

  • Discover the surprising and liberating definition of true positive body image

  • Unpack the story behind your body image and understand how you’ve gotten to where you are

  • Learn 3 myths diet culture wants you to keep believing

  • Start moving from judgement to respecting and accepting your here and now body

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Module 4

Nutrition 101

  • Learn foundational nutrition principles without a side of diet culture

  • Understand energy (aka calories), macros, micros, food groups, and how to use this information in a way that’s strategic and helpful, not restrictive and harmful

  • Learn about the dark side of the supplement industry and how to know what you actually need and how know what brands are legit and safe

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Module 5

Honoring your hunger

  • Understand how hunger and fullness work from a physiological perspective and learn 8 hunger signs we often miss

  • Learn how diet culture has disconnected us from our bodies and made it impossible to pick up on body cues

  • Understand the physiology and psychology behind the restrict-binge cycle and how to break out of it for good

  • Practice tuning into hunger cues and cultivating trust so you can eat without second guessing or feeling guilt

Module 6

What balance looks like

  • Learn the 3 layers of fueling and how to know where you should start

  • Understand how to fuel intentionally without dieting or rules

  • Learn how to fuel depending on whether you have a lighter, more moderate, or hard climbing or training day

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Module 7

Making peace with food

  • Understand why some foods feel addictive (even though that’s not what’s happening from a scientific perspective)

  • Discover the steps to stopping feeling out of control around food for good

  • Practice normalizing foods you used to feel like you couldn’t stop eating

  • Learn 3 signs that you’re sabotaging yourself by mentally restricting and how to stop

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Module 8

Fueling strategically for climbing

  • Learn the 3 core elements of fueling throughout the day

  • Understand the ins and outs of fueling and hydration before, during, and after your sessions

  • Identify gaps in your own fueling and create a sustainable, flexible plan to start taking action

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Module 9

Standing up to the food police

  • Discover how diet culture impacts how you think about food and why the negative labels and rules are so problematic and counterproductive

  • Learn how to start rewiring your brain and shutting down old thought patterns so you can unapologetically enjoy all food without any guilt

Module 10

Planning and preparing

  • Learn strategies for simplifying planning, grocery shopping, and preparing your meals so you can save time, energy, and money

And to make sure you’re supported every step of the way you’ll also get access to:

Amazing bonuses

Amazing bonuses

Dietitian Chiara Jorritsma on a video coaching call

  • A 45-minute 1:1 coaching call - $225 value

  • Personalized nutrition assessment - $150 value

  • 10 guides/templates & 100+ recipes - $100 value

  • Total bonus value: $475

Climbing dietitian Chiara Jorritsma in her office

Bonus #1

45 minute 1:1 coaching call ($225 value)

This is usually only part of my premium 1:1 coaching offer and you get it for nada.

In these call I will

  • Answer any and every question you have about the content we're covering

  • Help you with identify barriers, problem solve, and move forward

  • Help you gain clarity and confidence

  • Support you and graciously hold you accountable

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Bonus #2

Personalized nutrition assessment ($150 value)*

Another invaluable piece of 1:1 coaching that you get.

  • Gain clarity about what your individual body needs for performance, recovery, and health

  • Learn your macro, food group, and nutrient gaps

  • Learn how to make tweaks to fill these gaps

  • Find out whether or not you should consider supplementation

Guides on nutrition for climbing, hydration, intuitive eating

Bonus #3

10 guides, templates & 100+ recipes ($100 value)

Resources for you to refer to when you need a quick refresher + recipe ideas.

This bundle includes:

  • Intuitive eating guide + hunger/fullness scale

  • Nutrition 101 guide that dives into macros and micros

  • Guide on how to fuel for main meals on light, moderate, and hard days

  • Fueling for climbing guide that covers pre-, mid-, and post-climbing fueling

  • Hydration guide with targets and a template

  • Supplement guide to help you understand what you actually need

  • Meal planning template to help you plan meals and groceries

  • Food group cheat sheet to help you navigate food choices

  • Goal-setting guide + template to take meaningful action

  • Snack guide with 75+ ideas and 35+ easy recipes

  • 100+ easy recipes with fueling notes for pre/post-climbing

Are you ready to make peace with food and fuel confidently?

Virtual group nutrition coaching program for women rock climbers

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Questions people ask before saying "Heck yes!" to The Intuitive Climber

  • The day and time will be determined based on everyone’s availability and calls will be recorded if there’s a week you can’t make it.

  • Yes! I intentionally keep the group small so that everyone gets a chance to share their progress, challenges, and questions each week. There’s also a HUGE opportunity in the 1:1 coaching call and the individual nutrition assessment bonuses!

  • Absolutely not! If you love climbing, you’re welcome in this group. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been climbing for over a decade or less than 3 months, if you’re constantly at the crag or only climb in the gym. All women climbers are welcome!

  • The hardest part of making peace with food is pushing through the reverse honeymoon phase in the very beginning. There are a lot of reasons why we don’t push through and it’s hard for me to say without getting to know you more, but every single one of the climbers I’ve worked with have made it past this! It’s just a matter of knowing what steps to take and having the support to take them. That being said, having a therapist is ideal, but I get that therapy is not accessible for everyone.

    If you were going to only work with a therapist ideally they’d be equipped for disordered eating and eating disorders. Otherwise there’s a risk of them unintentionally projecting their own unresolved issues with food and body image.

  • Yes! I offer an extended payment plan up to 12 months (or $58/mo) and you can choose however many payments works for you. There’s no markup and you get all the bonuses regardless of whether or not you pay in full.

  • TIC is for climbers who identify as women in a way that’s meaningful to them.

  • Because this is a group program (vs an online course) I’ll be sending you the pre-recorded modules and workbooks every week so it doesn’t get super overwhelming. If there’s something that you want to cover ASAP chances are it’s in one of the bonus guides or we can chat about it in one of the 1:1 calls!

  • The biggest time investment is for the modules and coaching calls and to get the most out of the program ideally you would set aside ~2 hours a week.

    Outside of that it’s implementing the action steps we chose and if we did a good job with those, they should feel super realistic and exciting vs like homework!

  • These are a time for us to connect, check in, share wins and challenges from the week, recap the new content, cover questions, and get clear on goals.

  • TBD! This program will run at least once more in 2023.

What climbers are saying:

  • "This program broke down barriers I had around exercise and fueling properly to help me be a better climber!"

    Haley P.

  • " I definitely feel more confident and I'm looking forward to CRUSHING MY CLIMBING GOALS."

    Hannah S.

  • "This program was so specific and exactly what I needed."

    Brittni S.