We've spent the past few weeks talking about all of the things that you’ve tried to stop emotional eating, binge eating, and/or overeating, to stop feeling out-of-control with food, and/or to lose weight.  

And now that we've talked so much about what doesn't work, we're going to talk about what does.  But before we get to that, let's talk about what I even mean when I say what "works."  What's the goal here?

In the past, your goal was probably to stop whatever eating behavior you didn't like, control your eating, and/or lose weight.  And those goals make sense!  We hear messages about how we need to do those things allllllll the time.

But here's the deal:  those goals are also a set-up for failure.  Food doesn't need to be controlled (in fact, the more we try to control it, the more out-of-control it becomes), and neither does your body.  

No, the goals aren't control and shrinking yourself.  They're peace and freedom.

What would that look like?  When you have peace and freedom with food and your body, you:

• Eat your favorite foods without losing control
• Know and connect with the parts of you that lead you to food
• Eat for comfort, stress-relief, etc. when you need to
• Have compassion for yourself when you struggle with food
• Trust what your body is telling you about what it needs
• Trust yourself to eat in ways that serve you well both physically and emotionally
• Treat your body with respect and kindness 

Doesn't that sound amazing?  And it's really possible!  How?  With a combination of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Intuitive Eating (IE).  What are those and how do they work?  That's exactly what we're talking about in this episode so take a listen!! 

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