Lisa explains how we got where we are today with our relationship to food and eating from a cultural perspective and what we can do to begin to heal.

Topics Include:

[2:10] The power of observation, raising your consciousness, and unlearning

[5:15] Dr. Gabor Maté and the conflict between attachment and authenticity

[13:28] Our culture of skinny privilege, fatphobia, trending beauty ideals (cultural relativism), and the stigma around mental health issues

[17:28] The intersection of cultural identities and body size

[19:40] The impact of the diet industry and media on our struggles around food, body, and weight and the lack of conversation around holistic health

[20:58] The lack of mind-body health in the western medical and pharmaceutical industry

[21:30] Capitalism and our bodies

[23:00] All these cultural influences interact with our brain explain exactly how we got here with food, weight, eating, and our body image

[25:30] Choosing attachment rather than authenticity around food as children

[27:00] Asking yourself, “Is my desire for weight loss rooted in attachment or authenticity?” and the cost of perpetually choosing attachment

[29:20] The role of shame now that we are grown ups aka, “Shame has a shelf life”

[32:14] You are living the way you were designed to do so, where you are with food, eating, and your body image makes sense and now it’s time to unlearn and begin to choose authenticity

[34:25] What does it mean to say, “Life is a choice between what hurts and what hurts worse,” when it comes to food, eating, and our bodies?

[41:30] Giving up trying to heal our feelings through changing our bodies, beginning to think critically and see ourselves as holistic beings, and engaging in the full human experience

[45:15] The importance of attachment for survival and living authentically

[50:00] Remembering how to eat without a plan, or a diet, and learning to trust our own bodies again

[54:06] Lisa explains how she has been able to maintain her weight after her unhealthy weight loss

[58:08] Practical steps to integrate this information into your healing journey

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Resources:

Dr. Gabor Maté on Authenticity vs. Attachment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3bynimi8HQ