52: Why Diets Fail: The Problem with Diet Culture and Diet Beliefs with Dr. Shawn Hondorp

Are your beliefs about dieting holding you back? Today I’m talking to Dr. Shawn Hondorp, a board-certified clinical psychologist whose expertise is helping women master their relationship with food and focus on their dreams and goals.

Shawn shares how her own struggles with eating and body image led her to pursue her career and help others maintain a healthy emotional relationship with food. She helps her clients find a sustainable lifestyle, which gives them more control over their habits.

She dives into the role of internal motivation, external motivation, and physical biology when it comes to dieting. We talk about negative beliefs, why diets don’t work, and how to create a more positive relationship with food.

Listen in to learn why autonomous change is the path you want to travel, why weight cycling is bad for your health, and why internal motivation is the most significant factor in realizing a healthy lifestyle.

Show Highlights

[01:55] How Shawn became interested in food psychology.

[03:56] Negative beliefs surrounding diet and body image.

[07:18] The emotional impact of dieting and how it affects your psyche.

[11:39] Societal norms and how they create negative effects on eating habits.

[13:05] Outward perceptions we have from others.

[15:55] Internal motivation to change the way we eat.

[19:45] What willpower is good for and what it’s not so good for.

[25:04] Healthy versus unhealthy food and the implications for not eating healthy.

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