Lisa sits down again with group coaching alum, Bridget. They discuss Bridget’s journey with disordered eating, obsessive compulsive disorder, how she found community and understanding her OOTC group, and how she feels confident in how she will raise her own family around food. 

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[1:26] Bridget introduces herself as a community engagement director for a nonprofit, an artist with a nice little and growing family and she love her dog. 

[2:26] Bridget shares her early life experiences including how there were rules around dessert in her family and how that caused her stress. She also discussed her frustration when the rules changed.   

[9:55] Bridget goes on to talk about how at eight years old things changed in her family with her mom struggling with a bunch of health issues and becoming disabled. This changed the mealtime routines in her family and mealtimes became stressful and chaotic with them trying to figure out meals on the fly.  

[15:33] Bridget and Lisa discuss middle school and how she felt pressured to have a crush and make friends, despite not being extroverted, and became self-conscious about her body and appearance. Bridget talks about feeling like something was wrong with her body since she didn’t have anyone actively returning her crush. Bridget shares her attempts to fit in by changing her appearance and feeling embarrassed to ask for help.

[22:08] Lisa and Bridget discuss high school years and how Bridget’s relationship with food became more complicated with increased social self-consciousness during lunchtime and a lack of knowledge about nutrition and cooking. Bridget shares how skipping meals became a way for her to feel in control amidst family chaos and lack of structured meal times.

[28:59] Lisa and Bridget move to college and post-college years. Bridget discusses how her life and eating habits continued to worsen with her meals consisting of fast food or still continuing to skip meals. Bridget talks about purging being a response to stress and anxiety, providing a sense of control and relief. She shares how she started therapy and was afraid to share her eating habits of skipping meals and purging with her therapist for fear of being institutionalized. 

[42:25] Bridget talks about difficulties in finding effective therapy and managing food-related behaviors, especially during the pandemic. Bridget shares with Lisa how the pandemic allowed for more communal cooking and her to reevaluate food habits. Through social media, Bridget found Lisa and started following her content. 

[46:42] Lisa and Bridget talk about Bridget’s initial rejection of joining the OOTC group coaching program. But after a conversation with Lisa, Bridget joined the program where she found such a sense of community and validation for all of her feelings around food and eating.  

[1:10:34] Lisa and Bridget close out the discussion by sharing that true control comes from making informed choices without guilt. Freedom is having the permission to choose without feeling judged or guilty. Bridget and Lisa also talk about how improving her relationship with food was crucial for her when she thought about her future children.

*The views of podcast guests do not necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of Lisa Schlosberg or Out of the Cave, LLC.

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