"Intuitive eating is like trusting your brain to take care of you." - Amber Kleven

Welcome to another episode of the Rebuilding Trust With Your Body podcast! Today's episode is a little bit different because it is going to be an interview, and I'm going to be continuing to do these types of episodes where I chat with average, everyday people just like you and me, who have struggled with various forms of dieting, or disordered eating or eating disorders, body image issues, and people who decided to make a change. These people have decided to ditch diet culture and to heal their relationship with food, and in these interviews, I'll be exploring what led them to dieting and to hating their body in the first place.

Our first guest is an incredible woman from our Facebook Group, Amber Kleven. Amber and I touched on so many different things, and I think you're really going to love it. We talked about the freedom that she has gained from listening and trusting her body, the scarcity mentality around money and food and how that impacts our eating. We talked about food as a coping mechanism for social anxiety and other stressors in our life. We talked about the idea that especially for women, the way to handle your body is to try and change it and the way that that mentality gets passed down to us generation after generation. All these and more on the episode so make sure to tune in until the end!

[00:01 - 08:44] Open Segment

• Welcome to the podcast!
• A preview of our topic for this episode
• I will be interviewing Amber from our Facebook Group!
• Amber shares about her relationship with food growing up

[08:44 - 24:11] Body Awareness and Wanting Change It

• Amber shares about all diets that she got herself on to be "healthy"
• Feeling weak and exhausted from all the restricting
• How proper diet gives you energy and improves your mood
• Learning to trust your brain to take care of you
• Body image and pregnancy
• Teaching kids to have healthy relationship with food

[24:11 - 22:05] Challenges with Intuitive Eating

• Being guided by Intuitive Eating principles
• Trusting yourself that you know what's good for your body
• The importance of trusting the process

[32:36 - 38:47] Closing Segment

• What Amber loves most about her body
• Rapid fire questions
• Advice and reminders
• Final words

Resources Mentioned:

• Intuitive Eating
• Health at Every Size
• Free guide + journal prompts

Key Quotes

"Intuitive eating is like trusting your brain to take care of you." - Amber Kleven

"Intuitive eating comes down to patience and kindness for yourself." - Amber Kleven

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