Finding Pleasure in Eating, Body Hierarchies & Grieving the Thin Ideal with Kristina Bruce

In this episode of the Escape Diet Prison Podcast, I am joined by Kristina Bruce.

As a Certified Integrative Life coach and Body Trust® Provider, Kristina specializes in helping people break free from diet cycling and negative body image. Calling upon her education in health studies, sociology, yoga, meditation, and The Work of Byron Katie, Kristina works one-on-one with people to help them develop a positive relationship with their bodies so they can live empowering and fulfilled lives, in the bodies that they have.

We talk about:

Diet Culture and the hype and fear around what foods are "good" or "bad" foods

Turning into a "health nut" as a guise to manage your weight

How to find pleasure in eating again

Why food shouldn't be a source of stress. Ever.

Why your weight doesn't say anything about your value or worth as a person

Picking your challenges when it comes to confronting the beauty ideal

Kristina's breaking point

Micromanaging your food intake and exercise so much that any stray from your routine means weight gain

How Kristina's attempts to keep her weight down affected her relationship

The way Kristina integrates The Work of Byron Katie into her work with clients

What happens when we change our perception of ourselves even just a little bit

Body hierarchies and grieving the thin ideal

Why we often feel worse before we feel better

The problem of commenting on people's weight loss and what to do instead

Weight gain as a necessary part of puberty

The evidence behind weight and pain

and so much more!

Ressources we mention:

Kristina's Instagram Account

Isabel Foxen Duke's work

"Will Weight Loss Cure my Back/Knee/Joint Pain??"

Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon (affiliate link)

The Work of Byron Katie

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Love and light,

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