This week’s podcast is a snippet from my signature course, Breakthru The Binge. In our journey to food freedom, we often focus so much on the food and the weight loss. Often we forget about the simple things like learning to love ourselves and to give ourselves a break.

When I think back to times I restricted or didn’t give myself permission, I didn’t allow myself to have fun. To enjoy myself. To slow down. Now I look at it and think “Where did that get me?” And the answer? Absolutely nowhere. One of the most important shifts we can make in our journey to food freedom is to come at it from a place of love and compassion. We need to be our own best friends and take care of ourselves.

Top Takeaways

Give yourself a break. Judging ourselves and giving ourselves a hard time will not create change. Be kind to yourself and remember that you’re doing the best you can. You can't beat yourself up into success or yell at yourself into changing. We have to do it with love.

Take steps to start liking yourself. Start by just introducing the possibility to yourself. How would it feel? If you let in the possibility of liking yourself, the journey you’re on will become more grounded in a place of love. You want to have a healthy, confident feeling and most of all, you want to feel good about you. If you don't believe in yourself fully right now, that's okay. Remember to be kind and take each day as it comes.