The Messy Intersection

Emotional Eating after Loss with Rabiya Bower

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Content warning: infant loss

In this episode, we hear from Rabiya Bower, RD, LDN,  a registered dietitian aligned with the intuitive eating approach who experienced a personal loss and turned to emotional eating as a coping tool. In the episode:

  • Rabiya's story of infant loss
  • Her healing journey, including why she turned to food
  • Preconceived notions of emotional eating
  • Emotional eating outside of the loss community
  • How some women use food restriction as an emotional coping mechanism in a similar way
  • That emotional eating is a symptom of an issue but not a condition in and of itself
  • How to understand if you are using emotional eating in a constructive way
  • Helping our children learn to connect food and emotions in a positive way

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    https://dianakrice.com/
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