Today, I'd love to explore with you your current relationship with food - and start to explore what you would like that relationship to look like.
Here's something you can actually do with me - You will just need a few minutes to yourself, and something to write with.
Journalling for our Relationship to Food:
Take a moment to set up in a comfortable, quiet place if possible - because if you can give yourself some space to do this, then do :)
Let’s begin by writing down ten words that come to mind when you think about food. What foods would you call healthy/unhealthy?
Let’s pause to reflect on the words you have written down.
Do you notice any patterns?
Do they tell you anything about how you view food in your life?
Is food a friend or foe?
Take a deep breath in, and out.
Now, if it feels ok to do so, notice your body. Does it feel free when thinking about food and these words to do with food? Or does it feel like a battle or a struggle?
What sort of feelings are in your body?
Appreciation and gratitude?
Resentment and fear?
Do you feel expansive and spacious or restricted?
Just notice, without judging yourself. These feelings are allowed to be in your body.
Take a deep breath in, and out.
Now, imagine an ideal relationship with food. Write down ten words that encapsulate this relationship, and that you’d like to associate with food and eating.
Reflecting on these words now, notice your body. Take a breath in, and out. What sort of feelings now are in your body as you keep these new words in mind?
As we bring into awareness our current relationship with food, know that we can begin to shape it and take steps to move towards your ideal words and relationship.
And if you want to re-create your relationship into those words your wrote down second, then we can help you step into them with our Peaceful Eating course (this is the same stuff as was in my online course 'Home).
It's maximum 4 people, and we help you create freedom and peace in mind and body around food - it's for anyone who's ever dieted, felt like they 'should' lose weight, has struggled with emotional eating, or lots of mental chatter around food.
Because I believe that when we focus on our relationship to food first - that's we find true freedom, a style of eating that sticks and truly adds to our health. It makes the 'what' of food much, much easier, like the final piece of a jigsaw puzzle. It opens up our goals and makes more possible, rather than lead us in the opposite direction.
I know it might feel like you don't have the time, or if you could just lose weight then you'll focus on this stuff - but isn't it time you tried a different way? Learnt how to show up for yourself a little differently? Just imagine how that might feel...
There's only a couple of spots left, and we start September 10th.
Come on in.
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