80 | A “thank you” to binge eating + giving up control for healing with Bree Shook

Bree Shook is a certified holistic health coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and today we’re getting DEEP into the nitty gritty, emotion-filled details of our relationships with food and our bodies and where those come from. We’re also talking about how the notion of control and a want of control plays such a huge role in those two relationships and the development of disordered eating patterns and disordered eating. PLUS, why Bree is giving a “thank you” to binge eating.

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Discussed on today’s episode:

The biggest influences on Bree’s relationship with food and her body growing up?
Why we think our eating disorders are just “healthy eating” before we realize they are a disorder
Why she’s saying “thank you” to binge eating.
You stopped bingeing and then you binged again. We discuss why that’s normal.
If your diet is the only thing that makes you feel “in control” of your life, you’re most likely avoiding the real issue and it’s probably going to backfire into disordered eating.
We’re looking for a semblance of control with dieting and eating disorders – when really, they make us feel even more OUT of control.
Why do we “sneak food?”
We’re afraid of gaining weight. How do we start to get past that as a necessary step to stop dieting and controlling our food?
What does Bree’s relationship with food and her body look like now?