Embrace Grief and Heal Your Toxic Food Behaviors
In this episode, Alana dives deep into the topic of grieving your relationship with food. She addresses the often overlooked emotional complexities that arise when we actually succeed in overcoming emotional eating behaviors. Alana shares her personal journey and the internal battle she faced in healing from emotional eating and emphasizes the importance of honoring and grieving the process of healing and the need to address the deeper emotional aspects associated with our relationship with food.
Knowing and prioritizing yourself and becoming your own best friend is the foundation to happy, healthy relationships – food included!
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Takeaways
Healing from emotional eating involves addressing and grieving the healing process.
The fear of letting go of coping behaviors can lead to self-sabotage.
Growing a bigger capacity for life without food as a coping mechanism is essential.
Navigating through emotions is key to living a happy life and overcoming emotional eating.
Knowing and understanding oneself, prioritizing oneself, and becoming one's own best friend are crucial in the healing journey.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:26 - Dealing with Emotions Without Food
03:19 - The Grieving Process of Healing from Emotional Eating
04:19 - The Internal Battle of Wanting to Stop Toxic Behaviors
07:09 - The Fear of Letting Go of Coping Behaviors
09:05 - Growing a Bigger Capacity for Life Without Food as a Coping Mechanism
11:33 - Healing Isn't About Never Having the Urge to Emotional Eat
12:18 - Permission to Want to Binge
13:46 - Navigating Through Emotions to Live a Happy Life
14:42 - Not Knowing or Understanding Oneself
19:08 - Leaning Into the Feelings and Having a Dialogue with Oneself
20:08 - Becoming One's Own Best Friend
21:09 - Decoding Permanent Weight Loss Course
22:06 - Conclusion
