Embracing your inner child is a concept that you might see coming up when you work on ditching diet culture and embracing a nondiet or intuitive eating approach to disordered eating recovery. What is this all about? Do we need to do this in order to heal? This conversation explores:  What is the inner child? Being “too much” What is the point of inner child work? Where did you first learn your body was “wrong”? Stef’s adolescent period of restrictions Stef’s three moments of “splitting” at ages 8, 10, and 13 Sarah’s padded bra Overriding original neural pathways How do we address our inner child and the stories we carry? Sarah’s experience at the Adele candlelit string quartet Throwing yourself a temper tantrum The body as an inner child  Join the LAD Membership Connect with the show! Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/ Email – lifeafterdietspodcast@gmail.com Website – www.lifeafterdietspodcast.com Connect with Sarah Dosanjh Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist  Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon Connect with Stefanie Michele Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com Binge Eating Recovery Course: www.iamstefaniemichele.com/iamstefaniemichelecourse Body Image Webinar + Workbook: https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/get-started/p/bodyimage  

114. But Do I Need To Do Inner Child Work?

Many people are waking up to the fact that diets don't work, but if we're not dieting, now what? How are we supposed to find balance with food and reach intuitive eating?

Join Sarah and Stef, a psychotherapist and a health coach, as they talk about all things related to disordered eating, bad body image and creating a life that's free from food and body obsession.

The hosts draw on their own eating struggles and openly share the highs and lows of pursuing food freedom over weight loss.

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This episode is all about relapse in the context of eating disorder recovery. We cover topics such as shame, self-awareness, boundaries, dopamine regulation, catastrophization, and the impact of life circumstances on relapse. Relapses can be very distressing; it's tempting to think we've failed or that we'll "never really get better." In the second half of this episode, we talk about the idea of "remembering and forgetting" as a muscle that actually builds resilience over time in eating disorder recovery -- even if the "forgetting" is relapsing. Join our growing support community. This community is for you if you want a safe space to work through your daily struggles with food and body image. Community membership includes livestream episode recordings (online), monthly Zoom support meetings, a private Facebook group and member-only Q&A; episodes. For more information go to: https://www.patreon.com/lifeafterdiets Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast Email – hello@lifeafterdietspod.com Connect with Stefanie Michele, Food & Body Image Coach, Somatic Therapist IT Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele Work with Stefanie - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application Stef’s body image workshop – https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/bodyimageworkshop2024 Connect with Sarah Dosanjh, Author & Psychotherapist Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon Sarah's Connect and Recover groups: https://thebingeeatingtherapist.com/connect-recover-groups/

152. But How Do I Deal With a Relapse?

This week we are talking about attachment styles. The psychological concepts of anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, and disorganized attachment have been used to understand our relationship dynamics with other people, but can it also be used to understand our relationship dynamics with food? For example, anxious attachment in relationships looks like constantly seeking validation and having porous boundaries with ourselves and others for fear of losing connection. Might this also translate to having porous boundaries with food? Would we consistently seek out and overeat because we have scarcity around that, too? Tune in to see how an understanding of attachment theory might help you understand why Intuitive Eating feels difficult and binge eating, compulsive eating, and/or restricting feels so primal... x Stef & Sarah Join our growing support community. This community is for you if you want a safe space to work through your daily struggles with food and body image. Community membership includes livestream episode recordings (online), monthly Zoom support meetings, a private Facebook group and member-only Q&A; episodes. For more information go to: https://www.patreon.com/lifeafterdiets Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast Email – hello@lifeafterdietspod.com Connect with Stefanie Michele, Food & Body Image Coach, Somatic Therapist IT Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele Work with Stefanie - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application Stef’s body image workshop – https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/bodyimageworkshop2024 Connect with Sarah Dosanjh, Author & Psychotherapist Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon Sarah's Connect and Recover groups: https://thebingeeatingtherapist.com/connect-recover-groups/

151. But What Do Attachment Styles Have to Do With Food Boundaries?

The world talks a lot about self-care, but many people in this community feel selfish taking care of themselves. It can be seen as indulgent to take the time to tend to our own needs, especially as mothers -- check out the second half of the podcast where Stef addresses this from her perspective as a parent (her take might surprise you). So what's the difference between self care and self indulgence? Speaking of indulgence, we also look at the way we talk about food under this lens. Are the connotations of this word inherently problematic? Are we just gluttons or is there a case for the healthy pursuit of food as pleasure, or even as self-care? Tune in... Join our growing support community. This community is for you if you want a safe space to work through your daily struggles with food and body image. Community membership includes livestream episode recordings (online), monthly Zoom support meetings, a private Facebook group and member-only Q&A; episodes. For more information go to: https://www.patreon.com/lifeafterdiets Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast Email – hello@lifeafterdietspod.com   Connect with Stefanie Michele, Food & Body Image Coach, Somatic Therapist IT Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele Work with Stefanie - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application Stef’s body image workshop – https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/bodyimageworkshop2024   Connect with Sarah Dosanjh, Author & Psychotherapist Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon Sarah's Connect and Recover groups: https://thebingeeatingtherapist.com/connect-recover-groups/

150. But Is It Self-Care or Self-Indulgence?

This episode is a review of "The Hunger Habit" by Judson Brewer, MD, PhD. Is this a book that can help people who struggle with binge eating and disordered eating? Will Sarah and Stef come to the same conclusions about the book? Most importantly, will Stef remember her note-to-self about making her points of contention calmly? I guess you'll have to tune in to find out! Sarah's Connect and Recover groups: https://thebingeeatingtherapist.com/connect-recover-groups/   Join our growing support community. This community is for you if you want to improve your relationship with food and become more comfortable in your own skin. Community membership includes invites to live episode recordings (online), support meetings, a private Facebook group and monthly Q&As.; For more information go to: https://www.patreon.com/lifeafterdiets   Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast   Email – hello@lifeafterdietspod.com      Connect with Stefanie Michele binge eating health coach   Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com   Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele   Work with Stefanie -  www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application   Stef’s body image workshop – https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/bodyimageworkshop2024   Body Image Webinar + Workbook:  https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/get-started/p/bodyimage      Connect with Sarah Dosanjh psychotherapist   Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com   Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist   YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist   Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon

149. Review of The Hunger Habit by Judson Brewer

We are back with another recovery story -- this time from Louise, a member of our community (which you can join here, by the way!) Louise explains her story of disordered eating and restriction starting in adolescence, eventually leading her to give up dieting to lean into an anti-diet approach. Like so many others in ED recovery, Louise had to deal with weight gain and body image issues in exchange for food freedom -- but came out with this story to tell. Listen to her inspirational message about sex, attraction, and empowerment in this very cool, real-story episode.  Join the LAD Membership  Life After Diets on Instagram  The LAD Website Email us @ lifeafterdietspodcast@gmail.com  Stefanie's Website  Stefanie on Instagram Join Stef's Body Image Workshop! (click here)  Sarah's website  Sarah's YouTube Channel Sarah’s book, I Can’t Stop Eating, is available on Amazon

114. But Do I Need To Do Inner Child Work?

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