Learning to love eating is vital to developing a healthy relationship with food. In this episode we discuss the distinction between food as a substance and eating as an experience. I’ll share my personal journey of struggling with emotional eating and the mindset shifts I made to trust myself and my body.

Understanding your needs and values allows you to make intentional food choices, and I’ll give you tips to shift how you make choices, so you can have the freedom of enjoying food without guilt or restriction.

Takeaways

Chapters

00:00 Introduction: Learning to Love Eating

02:04 Struggling with Food and Eating

04:02 Trusting Yourself and Your Body

06:24 Attunement to Needs and Values

08:24 Intrinsic Responsibility for Food Choices

10:23 Feedback Loop and Making Choices

13:37 Food as Neutral and Functional

15:37 Enjoyment and Weight Loss

18:56 Loving Yourself and Loving Food

21:06 Importance of Eating and Connection