People experiencing oppression are not generating illness from within, they're being poisoned from the outside and then punished for how they respond to that poisoning. If we, as therapists, don't let that part of the conversation into the room, we're going to pathologize the wrong part of the equation, we're going to make our client the "Identified Patient," and we're going to perpetuate their oppression.

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We hurt when the feminine is not present. We ache. Because qualities of the feminine are our most natural instincts, not instincts of war or protection, those are instincts but the feminine holds our instincts of peace, connectivity, spirituality, life itself. The feminine takes us beyond our skin and bones and allows us to reach our higher power, allows us to reach other human beings beyond just human chatter. The feminine gives us those experiences in life that are indescribable, that fill us with awe, that make us feel the most alive, so when we’re without that, things start to feel hollow. How can understanding our individual reactions to the collective’s repressed feminine help us understand our own hopelessness?

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With the masculine justifyingly dominant in military environments, how can civilians utilize feminine qualities to understand and support our military veterans who are struggling after service at an alarming rate? Culturally, we can support veterans in a few ways that help invite them back in to a world that may never fully feel the same again, limiting the impacts of their PTSD, grief, shame, and moral injury.

There are 18.2 million veterans in the U.S. as of 2018 census data. Nearly 1.4 million veterans live in households that use food stamps, about 20,000 of which joined the SNAP program while they were still on active duty because their military salary is often not enough to provide food for their family. The latest data from the Dept of Housing and Urban Development tells us there are 40,000 veterans in the U.S. experiencing homelessness. In 2018, the U.S. military experienced the highest number of suicides, 321, among active-duty personnel in at least 6 years. An approximate 20 veterans kill themselves every day. Our service members are in crisis. But I believe community care can help.

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What is moral injury and why are oppressive systems working so hard to convince us we're just "burned out" instead? From military to medical and mental health personnel, explore the human impacts of either chronically or extremely having to act outside of our values. The concept of moral injury explores what impacts that has on our psyche, self-worth, and subsequent behavior. It also asks us to stop taking on the blame through accusations of burnout. It's not burnout and self-care is not the solution.

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The feminine is our original source of nourishment, thus its silencing leaves our culture unconsciously malnourished. If we view food as a metaphor, we may see dis-ordered eating patterns as a misguided attempt to regain what has been lost. Plus learn about your implicit weight bias (we've all got it) and what self-work you can do to make sure it doesn't hurt someone you care about (or strangers for that matter).

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Touching on Clarissa Pinkola Estés' concept of the too good/too demanding dynamic and Marion Woodman's concept of the "illusory totality" of binge eating, this episode explores some of the unconscious functions that charge our relationships with food.

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I'm a depth psychotherapist and writer who's struggled with an eating disorder for 20 years. In this debut podcast episode, I share my own personal experiences with disordered eating and discuss the overall mission and philosophy of the hungry feminine.

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