The Body Dilemma

There’s more influencing our food choices than we may realize. Often, when we serve ourselves another helping or reach for a snack we know our body isn’t craving, we blame our lack of discipline and willpower. In reality, the reactive, compulsive, and automatic ways we engage with food are, in part, a downstream effect of living with unprocessed body grief, shame, and neglect, or feelings of unworthiness and disappointment in our bodies and ourselves. learn about the five mindsets and practices I turn to in order to help my clients gently process the emotional discomfort often tied to food, so they can begin to feel more at home in their body as it is and move forward in a healthier and more complete way.

Whole NourishmentApril 1, 2022Emotional Eating, Emotional Awareness, Mental & Emotional Wellness, Body Acceptance, Body Image, Mental Health Toolkit, Mindfulness, Mindful Eating, VideoComment

Radical Self-Care --- It's Not What You Think

In my work with clients, radical self-care is the practice of attuning to our physical and emotional bodies and responding in a way that creates an internal sense of calm and safety. You can start down this path by watching your energy usage throughout the day (e.g. where it goes and how it comes back in) and nurturing the energy deficits - whether you’re numbed out or strung out - in an intentional way. (Two specific practices are suggested at the end.).

Katie SchmidtNovember 3, 2021Self-Care, Radical Self-Care, Emotional Eating, Emotions, Emotional Trauma, Emotional Awareness, Mindful Eating, Mindfulness, Mental & Emotional Wellness, Mental Health ToolkitComment

How to Move Forward with Body Grief

In order to accept and embrace your current body, you must grieve the loss of your old body.

This is a suggestion I’ll offer my clients in session. As we move towards an accepting, compassionate and mindful existence with food and body, we often experience sadness and grief about our changing bodies.

Katie SchmidtOctober 5, 2021Body Acceptance, Body Image, Grief, Mental & Emotional Wellness, Mental Health Toolkit, Mindfulness, H, Emotional Trauma, Emotional Awareness, Emotional Eating, Mindset, Mindful EatingComment

(Video) Window of Tolerance: Why We Use Food to Soothe

I'm sharing a short clip from the workshop I gave a few weeks ago, Nurturing the Wise Mind for Conscious Nourishment. In the clip I talk about a psychological concept called window of tolerance to explain how and why we use food to soothe, escape, numb, or create a sense of control.

Katie SchmidtMarch 23, 2021Emotional Eating, Emotional Awareness, Emotional Trauma, Mental Health Toolkit, Mental & Emotional Wellness, Behavioral Food Therapy, Relationship to food, Food Habits, Mindful Eating, Mindfulness, Window of Tolerance, VideoComment

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