Intuitive Eating Principle #3: Making Peace with Food
Let's consider that up until this point food is the enemy or you have a love/hate relationship with food.
MIND BODY SPIRIT SERIES POST #2: INTUITIVE EATING PRINCIPLE #2
I remember picking up the Intuitive Eating book for the first time and thinking.... This can't really work. I truly believed you had to be on a diet in order to maintain your weight. I knew the only times I as able to stay thin was through dieting.... What I didn't realize was that you could actually listen to your body to eat.
So here’s the first way to listen to your body: Honoring your Hunger
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Mind Body Spirit Series Post #1: Intuitive Eating Principle #1
Over the next few months I'm going to give you a sneak peek into the Mind Body Spirit Online course. So you can get an idea of what it covers and what you can get out of the program. I'll be sending out a blog post for each of the sessions that I cover in the course. So I hope you enjoy!
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Another Way To Give the Gift of Health This Holiday Season
If you haven't finished up your holiday shopping yet, I want to send you another holiday gift idea to give the gift of health! My good friend Sarah is a representative of DoTerra and she’s put together a list of specific oils and blends she thought would be perfect for you to gift health over the holidays for your family and friends.
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Gift the Gift of Health this Holiday Season with This Tibetan Superfood
I recently reconnected with a good college girlfriend, Lulu Ge, who just left her corporate career to be the first U.S. importer of a rare antioxidant-rich superfood she discovered while traveling through the Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau. I’m excited to be the first blog to feature DrinkZenChi.com and share with you about how this herb, which has been used in the Tibetan Medical Classics for 300+ years, can be easily integrated to our modern lifestyle and help boost immunity, increase collagen (helping with skin + digestion) and have an overall calming effect on the body. Who doesn't need all of these things?!
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Are you addicted to feeling guilty?... or shameful... or anxious?
I've been doing a lot of reading lately about feeling better and elevating our mood. Obviously this makes a huge difference when it comes to emotional eating, binge eating, and sugar cravings. The worse we feel the harder it is to stop any of those things. So emotions/feelings are one of my biggest areas of focus.
What I learned yesterday, is that our body's actually become addicted to or desensitized to emotions that we experience a lot over time. So if you feel guilty about food likely you feel guilty about everything else in life.
Happy Thanksgiving! Read this if you're nervous about eating tomorrow
I know there are a lot of people out there who are nervous about Thanksgiving. The thought of having all kinds of food, that you only get once a year, right in front of you, can be me scary. Especially if you're known to binge or emotionally eat. Or maybe it's the thought of NYE approaching and wanting to look beautiful (i.e. lose weight) before that night. Or the fear that your aunt, mom, or grandma is going to comment on your weight or how much you're eating. Whatever it is for you, you're not alone. I've already heard from many of you that these fears are already here.
So I want to leave you with a few things to take on before tomorrow:
Are you hungover from Halloween candy?
I hope you're not sitting there today full of regret because you've over eaten Halloween candy. If you are, don't be hard on yourself, you're not alone. I was once there. Halloween, Easter, Christmas, any holiday I would eat candy until I was sick or almost sick. I would eat every last bit of candy I collected, finish the entire Easter basket and then feel horribly guilty about it.
The amazing thing is that there is another way to live besides being tempted by candy when it's around. I don't even know how many years it's been since I became an Intuitive Eater and I also can't remember the last time I had candy on Halloween or Easter.
Are you ready to find your purpose?
I want to share with you about one of my amazing clients, Ashley Lobaugh! Through our work together as a part of Hello Beautiful Health she has created an amazing business called Paper Love.
It was through our work together...
Need better sleep? Here are 4 yoga poses that will help you rest better!
I want to introduce you to my fantastic co-presenter for my event this Sunday September 17th Jenna Carpenter and share with you some of her amazing health wisdom.
Jenna is a yoga instructor and health coach and has a wellness business based here in San Diego and hosts international yoga retreats. So if yoga is your thing, check her out.
Here's a little piece of Jenna's wisdom:
Are You Being Yourself?
Last week during our Elevate Our Inner Light session we had an amazing conversation about what it takes to REALLY be ourselves so I thought I'd give you some of the juicy tidbits we covered.
What do I mean by being yourself?
Do You Have Trouble Saying No? It's impacting your eating habits!
If you're anything like me, using the word "no" can be difficult and yet not saying it can make things overwhelming, stressful and even more difficult. If you're not someone who can easily throw it out there, it can be a process and journey.
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Do You Struggle When Eating In Social Situations?
I know you'll be able to relate to this week's blog! I mean, who hasn't gone out to dinner with friends and compared what you want to order to everyone else! It's not uncommon to want to "fit in" at the dinner table! The truth is that isn't always the best choice for us.
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I ate a salad for breakfast yesterday. Do you wish that happened to you?
Ok so I know that it sounds a little weird that I ate a salad for breakfast. AND I don't want you to think you've got to eat salad for breakfast, BUT as an intuitive eater there are no rules about when you eat what. It's all about what your body is asking for. So yesterday morning I had a salad for breakfast because that's what sounded good to me. You might be saying "what the heck, that will never be me!"
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Is being out of spiritual alignment affecting your eating habits?
Our mind, body and spirit play a big role in our happiness and our health, and they are all interconnected. When we're trying to transform one area it doesn't always make the difference we think it should. For example, you can focus all of your attention on food, but your good eating habits won't stick for long or you'll never feel satisfied with your results unless you have a healthy mindset and your life is in alignment.
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What is your spirit telling you through your eating habits?
this week I would talk to you about the relationship between our spirit/soul and our relationship to food.
When we are related to ourselves as powerful, beautiful, and worthy of amazing things we don't obsess about our weight, or bodies, or constantly criticize ourselves. You're thinking, well duh, I mean if I felt that way I wouldn't be in this situation at all...
Are you body shaming yourself without even knowing it?
A couple of weeks ago I went to see the movie Embrace, which I highly recommend if you haven't seen it!
The movie talks all about body image and the struggles that women of every shape and size struggle with living during this day and age. We're constantly bombarded with "Nutritional Information" on social media, in the news, on TV, you name it and it's around reminding you that you need to eat a certain way to feel good, be skinny and happy.
Your body is telling you exactly what you need. Are you listening?
Our bodies are extraordinary. They communicate exactly what we need, the only problem is that most of us ignore them or interpret the messages improperly.
The good thing is, that by using simple awareness and asking questions you can actually begin to understand exactly what you need.
Are you a rebellious eater?
So today, I want to talk about all of the different reasons why we eat when we're not hungry! Eating when we're not hungry once in a while, isn't so bad, but when it becomes something we're doing every day or every week, it can add up! Even people who eat really nourishing foods can over eat and gain weight. So it's important to talk about our mindset and emotions when it comes to food. Since you might be eating perfectly and yet still over eating! Next week I'll talk about what happens if we are not eating ENOUGH.
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It's not the food, it's not your body, it's your mind that's sabotaging your health
So you might think, who cares about changing my mindset when it comes to food, all you need to do is "eat healthy" or "eat perfectly for a few weeks". My answer to that is that your mindset is everything! What if you could naturally without even trying consistently stay pretty close to eating perfectly instead "eating perfectly" and then slowly or quickly slipping back into old habits until you feel awful again? What if fried food, fast foods, and things that make you sick didn't even taste good to you anymore?!?! That's where our mindset comes in.
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