37: Navigating Thanksgiving with intuitive eating AND health in mind: Binge free, guilt free, obsession free holidays

Holidays should be a time to celebrate with family and friends, but if food is the only thing on your mind, you can’t be fully present for that joy. Overeating, feeling guilty, comparing your portions to other people, not knowing how to navigate your food preferences at gatherings, dealing with food pushers, and worrying about gaining weight are common holiday struggles. I’m here to tell you that this doesn’t have to be your reality when you heal your relationship with food for good. Listen to this episode to learn a better way that will leave you feeling good in your body on January 1st. 

 

I dive into…

• How can you navigate holidays with food freedom AND still honoring your health?
• Common struggles people have with food on holidays
• What’s the deeper work that’s needed before you can feel free around food?
• Should you overeat on Thanksgiving or other holidays?
• How to eat leading up to Thanksgiving so you can avoid a binge
• Scarcity mindset vs abundance mindset with food
• Comparing your portion of food to others
• What is co-dysregulation with food?
• How to feel free even if you are gluten free, dairy free, or plant based?
• What to say to “food pushers”
• Why you should be picky about what you eat
• What to do when you’re full but the food tastes so good
• How to cope with body and diet talk with family and friends

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Intro music created and produced by Wavesy!

Disclaimer: Nothing in this episode is to be taken as medical advice. Please speak to your own physician or functional medicine practitioner before making changes in your life.