Dr Lara Zibarras is a psychologist and food freedom coach. She helps women create a healthy and happy relationship with food, without guilt or emotional eating. She is the founder of the Health Mindset Matters program which helps women discover the science and psychology behind their eating struggles and binges. She teaches women how to tune into their bodies and rediscover how to eat for both nourishment and enjoyment - creating a mindset for sustainable health.

[0:01-1:46 ] Intro

• Introducing our guest for today.

[1:47-12:29] Dr. Lara's Journey with Food

• Dr. Lara shares her story from struggling with an eating disorder to food freedom
• How images in media can have an affect on you and your body
• How did she get sucked into the wellness culture?
• Sharing her struggles with Orthorexia
• Training as a health coach introduced her to intuitive eating and Health to Every Size

[12:30-17:08] What was her experience as a health coach?

• She learned how to neutralize food and practiced different approaches that helped her in her recovery
• When she got immersed in the wellness culture, she began eating less and less food
• Talking about the Health to Every Size and Intuitive Eating

[17:09-21:11] Her Take on The Wellness Diet

• Wellness Culture has become more palatable to consumers because of its good marketing strategy but that's not necessarily a good thing
• If you don't dig below the surface of diet culture, you could get pulled in
• There's always this underlying assumption that to be healthy, you must look a certain way and be a particular shape

[21:12-27:34] How Could People Notice That There's Something Wrong in The Wellness-Diet Culture Industry?

• How the Wellness-Diet Culture is Promoting Disordered Eating
• When immersed in wellness culture, you don't see it as disordered eating because their marketing strategy is fooling you so well.
• Wellness Culture is so sneaky, and it makes you feel like you're doing the right thing for your health, but it's the opposite
• Why does society continue to normalize something disordered?

[27:35-37:33] Laura's Tips in Starting to Work Towards Food Freedom

• Labeling your food as healthy or unhealthy is harmful
• Permit yourself to enjoy all sorts of foods
• Learn the difference between food rules and food preferences.
• Think about food as more than just fuel; it goes beyond that.
• Stop following accounts that demonize food.

[37:34-] Outro

• Where to follow Dr. Lara?

Resources Mentioned:

• Dr. Lara Zibbaras' Instagram
• Dr. Lara's YouTube
• Dr. Lara's Website
• Anti Diet by Christi Harrison

Tweetable Quotes

"People don't need to follow such extreme rigid rules to their health because they continue down that route. It would probably have a massive impact on their mental health." - Dr. Laura Zibarras

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