Craving Food Freedom

Today's featured guest is none other than Pumpkin, one of the few things motivate me to keep adulting. Everything I do is to provide a roof over Pumpkin's head because she has done so much for me in my recovery journey with food.

In today's ep:

• how walks set ME up for success
• taking care of something else helps one feel better about themselves --> more positive self regard
• takes away some of the emptiness of being alone

• Take the Quiz – Is Intuitive Eating Right for YOU? (after years of dieting and bingeing)
• Request an Appointment – 1:1 private coaching with Elise
• Let's be friends on IG! @craving.food.freedom.com

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SPOILERS AHEAD

"He's literally trapped himself in his body. At one point he disregarded that he had a body. He no longer cared. He didn't feel like he deserved any better".

In today's episode, I share my thoughts on this gut wrenching movie and what it means for all of us.

• how low self-esteem causes us to self sabotage
• the negative spiral of disappointing yourself over and over again
• what do you feel you deserve
• why someone may be burying themselves alive with food/binge eating
• how grief, remorse, regret, low self esteem, self hatred can cause us to binge
• why someone may not be able to stop eating
• how much do youu value yourself and your own happiness/health
• how many patients of mine are like Charlie
• how guilt/shame causes binges
• how judgement of others, feeling disgusting causes more self sabotage
• can we really be healthy at ANY size

In his last days, the main character Charlie wanted to do things differently, change his beliefs, and make things right.

It's always possible to believe new things, build up our own self esteem by doing the things that matter, and in turn feel more deserving of good tthings. We have a whole life ahead of us. Imagine spending the majority of our days believing that we're good people, that we can do good for the world, that we can say true to our words, that we deserve more. Had Charlie done that earlier, he probably would have felt better about himself and perhaps gotten the support that he needed.

• Take the Quiz – Is Intuitive Eating Right for YOU? (after years of dieting and bingeing)
• Request an Appointment – 1:1 private coaching with Elise
• Let's be friends on IG! @craving.food.freedom.com

If you liked this episode, please take a moment to SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW, would love to hear from you! You'll be helping me reach more people just like you.

TRUST is a forever work in progress - with yourself, with others, with food, with anything in life. If you can trust yourself with something small, you likely have the ability to trust yourself with bigger things.

Today I have the absolute pleasure of welcoming Emily Feikls, host of the podcast I'm Trying. Emily just took a BIG leap of faith. She quit her job and is living on her own in Houston as a content creator, entrepreneur, and podcast host. She is trying like all of us and has cultivated such a tremendous amount of trust in herself. Hopefully this episode will help you cultivate more confidence and trust in yourself, whether it's with food decisions or otherwise.

In this episode, we get to hear:

• Emily's struggles with food/body and mental health
• doing the work of calming her nervous system
• ways to stop intrusive thoughts
• how to make huge life transitions and just GOING FOR IT
• cultivating trust with herself around food AND big life decisions

• Take the Quiz – Is Intuitive Eating Right for YOU? (after years of dieting and bingeing)
• Request an Appointment – 1:1 private coaching with Elise
• Let's be friends on IG! @craving.food.freedom.com

If you liked this episode, please take a moment to SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW, would love to hear from you! You'll be helping me reach more people just like you.

One last diet? Or is it time to try something radically different?

Why you're here - perhaps years of dieting hasn't worked and you're tired of having seasons of being on the bandwagon/disciplined and then seasons of going off the rails.

Today's ep:

• What is Intuitive Eating --> TLDR venn diagram between LOGIC x EMOTIONS x PHYSICAL CUES
• We can't be 100% logical everyday forever because WE ARE NOT ROBOTS
• Do you trust your hunger/fullness
• Fear of losing control
• Is food your answer to every emotion? What do you really need?
• What beliefs do you hold about your body, where do they come from?

Remember, the most beautiful and appreciated among us are those who dared to be different and remain true to themselves. They pushed forward until the world recognized what they had to offer.

If you're ready to release the brainspace that dieting has controlled for so long, I encourage you to stay tuned and join along.

• Take the Quiz – Is Intuitive Eating Right for YOU? (after years of dieting and bingeing)
• Request an Appointment – 1:1 private coaching with Elise
• Let's be friends on IG! @craving.food.freedom.com

If you liked this episode, please take a moment to SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW, would love to hear from you! You'll be helping me reach more people just like you.

Overwhelmed by the idea of starting a new year and getting back "on track"? In today's episode, I talk about why you're feeling stuck and I have a feeling it has to do with your need to do everything perfectly. Whenever we think about new habits, we have lofty ideas of doing it everyday (i.e. journaling, sleeping earlier, moving daily, eating more veggies, etc). BUT are you being realistic and sprinkling in a healthy dose of flexibility?

Today's ep:

• what's causing you to stay stuck
• why lofty goals may be causing you to feel overwhelmed
• how to close the gap between lofty expections and your actual day-to-day life
• what does CONSISTENTLY SUSTAINABLE look like to you

• Take the Quiz – Is Intuitive Eating Right for YOU? (after years of dieting and bingeing)
• Request an Appointment – 1:1 private coaching with Elise
• Let's be friends on IG! @craving.food.freedom.com

If you liked this episode, please take a moment to SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW, would love to hear from you! You'll be helping me reach more people just like you.

"Psychedelics can help us remember truths we've always known about ourselves."

Jenny Weinar, LCSW

Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Jenny Weinar, LCSW onto the podcast!

Jenny is a Psychedelic Assisted Therapist providing ketamine assisted psychotherapy in Philadelphia as well as virtual psychedelic integration therapy in Pennsylvania, Colorado and New Jersey. She weaves Western mental health treatment with the sacredness of psychedelics to help people come home to themselves and remember the truth of who they are.

"People logically want to believe that they're beautiful enough, good enough... but just can't.

Sometimes with psychedelics, you get a glimpse of universal love and that is fertile ground for healing."

Jenny Weinar, LCSW

Get to know Jenny Weiner at homebodytherapy.com

• Take the Quiz – Is Intuitive Eating Right for YOU? (after years of dieting and bingeing)
• Request an Appointment – 1:1 private coaching with Elise
• Let's be friends on IG! @craving.food.freedom.com

If you liked this episode, please take a moment to SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW, would love to hear from you! You'll be helping me reach more people just like you.

• Why we may feel so strongly about our stomachs
  • biological
  • health
  • a sign of willpower, self control, SES, and more

• Do a check in - does bloating have a pattern, does it relate to your menstrual cycle, what foods you eat
• There's nothing you're doing wrong
• Gas is a transient thing, it will pass
• So what if your stomach is bigger
• So what if it doesn't fall under the ideal shape
• Body appreciation exercise
  • what function does this body part provide you
  • what messages have you received about this body part in your life?
  • what would you adult self react in that past situation?

• Take the Quiz – Is Intuitive Eating Right for YOU? (after years of dieting and bingeing)
• Request an Appointment – 1:1 private coaching with Elise
• Let's be friends on IG! @craving.food.freedom.com

If you liked this episode, please take a moment to SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW, would love to hear from you! You'll be helping me reach more people just like you.

In today's ep, I talk about:

• anxiety before a trip
• when your eating schedule is different from everyone else's
• not being a perfect intuitive eater
• being rigid vs flexible
• how to get back to your normal routine

• Take the Quiz – Is Intuitive Eating Right for YOU? (after years of dieting and bingeing)
• Request an Appointment – 1:1 private coaching with Elise
• Let's be friends on IG! @craving.food.freedom.com

If you liked this episode, please take a moment to SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW, would love to hear from you! You'll be helping me reach more people just like you.

In today's ep, I talk about sugar cravings!

• Consider what else is happening in your life (movement, sleep, energy, etc)
• Train your tastebuds to enjoy less sweet foods
• Explore the nuances of why you're reaching for it (palate cleanser, hydration, not full, etc)
• Set gentle guardrails i.e. try to cook it from scratch
• When is it worthwhile, when is it not
• If you're already eating it, really enjoy it mindfully
• There's nothing wrong with you for wanting sweets every day
• "So what if I want…"

• Take the Quiz – Is Intuitive Eating Right for YOU? (after years of dieting and bingeing)
• Request an Appointment – 1:1 private coaching with Elise
• Let's be friends on IG! @craving.food.freedom.com

If you liked this episode, please take a moment to SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW, would love to hear from you! You'll be helping me reach more people just like you.

Cuties gate, Love is Blind S3 Reunion has me invested on a psychological, emotional, and physical level.

In this episode, I talk about:

• whether or not Zae's reaction to the cuties was warranted
• why Zae may have reacted that way
• what you're triggered by is more of a reflection on you
• if Brennon were to say that to Alexa..
• having a strong sense of self vs insecure

Were you triggered or could you see that Cole was (mostly) well-intentioned?

• Take the Quiz – Is Intuitive Eating Right for YOU? (after years of dieting and bingeing)
• Request an Appointment – 1:1 private coaching with Elise
• Let's be friends on IG! @craving.food.freedom.com

If you liked this episode, please take a moment to SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW, would love to hear from you! You'll be helping me reach more people just like you.