Obesity rates in America are on the rise, so the obvious solution is to start eating less and eating better. Simple, right?

Yeah, right. If only life were that simple.

Today's episode is a conversation with Chana Ganz, a family nurse practitioner. Chana is currently based in Israel, and spends her summers as a family and pediatric nurse practitioner in the US. Her year-round job is treating adult populations with acute and chronic conditions. Additionally, she's an intuitive eating counselor (yes, she has three jobs!).

This episode was born out of a conversation Chana and I had in response to an episode of Bari Weiss's Podcast, Honestly, entitled "Eating Ourselves to Death." Bari is someone who I deeply respect– she's someone who's unafraid to say anything. Chana and I talk about what we agree and disagree with in the podcast episode, and answer questions about obesity in America, the diseases associated with obesity, and what the real answers may involve. We also talk about how intuitive eating plays a role in that.

They're important questions that I know you have … and that most people don't talk about.

Tweetable Quotes

"As the voices of the external world get more and more manipulative and louder, the only way to fight that is to make our internal voices louder." – Chana Ganz, FNP, RN

"You don't have to worry about all the information out there, all the manipulation out there, or the systemic failure out there. The last thing to hold onto is your own self – your own self isn't broken, and it really can be trusted." – Chana Ganz, FNP, RN

Resources:

Bari Weiss's Podcast, Honestly

Chana's Instagram, @Intuivitely_Eats

Chana's Website, Intuitively Eats

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