In my last article I explained that restricting food leads to food guilt and overeating, what it means to give ourselves unconditional permission to eat (i.e. the Permission Paradox), and why permission is essential for making peace with food.
The idea of permission is scary for emotional and restrictive eaters. In this article I answer the three most common questions I get from clients when they begin this work.
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My clients reach out to me because they’re unhappy in their food life. They’re using food to deal with emotions, they feel stressed and guilty about their food choices and body, and they’re exhausted from trying to stick to a healthy diet. They want support learning how to live joyfully, feel at ease around food, and regain trust in their bodies and decision making. This is 100% possible. But in order to get there, I help them understand that…..
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There's a strong connection between racism, diet culture, and body discrimination. Diet culture is rooted in the ideal that thin bodies are better; that thin promises health, love, and acceptance. Diet culture does not tolerate the inherent and healthy diversity of body shapes and sizes in the human race. But science shows there are healthy people in large bodies and unhealthy people in small bodies.
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