Oct 28, 2021
In this week’s episode, Hannah and
Ali talk all things Intuitive Eating principle #7:
Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness.
Learning to validate and cope with
your emotions can be a very important step in the process of
Intuitive Eating which is why Mimi Cole was the perfect guest for
this week’s episode. Mimi is a 2nd year graduate student in the
Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counselling program at
The University of North Carolina and co-host of The Lovely Becoming
podcast. On her podcast, Mimi interviews mental health and eating
disorders practitioners from all over to discuss topics related to
Intuitive Eating, systems of oppression, anti-fat bias and much
more so there was no question Hannah and Ali had to have her on
this episode to answer all your questions about emotional eating
and coping with your feelings. How can I just rely on physical
hunger to guide my food choices? How do you break the vicious cycle
of emotional eating? Is it wrong to eat for boredom? Is it ever
okay to eat for emotions? How do I stop using food as punishment
when I feel I have made a mistake with my eating? What do you think
about using food or treats as a reward? How do I break the cycle of
using food as a motivation? Emotional eating is a topic that diet
culture likes to use to create guilt and shame around choices to
eat. Human beings eat for a variety of reasons including for
pleasure, joy, comfort, nurturing, excitement, celebration, and
many more including nutrients. The diet world wants you to believe
that the only permissible reason to eat is physical hunger and
eating in response to anything apart from hunger cues is wrong.
Hannah, Ali and Mimi are here to call B.S. on this harmful rhetoric
and help to support you in your journey of learning to cope with
your emotions while remembering there are no conditions on
“unconditional permission”.
Make sure to head over to the @eatcakepod Instagram account Thursdays at 3pm PST for a live support "Snack Time & Chill"- a chance for a supported snack at a physical distance, to ask your nutrition questions and have some laughs along the way.
How to find Mimi Cole:
https://mimi-cole.com/
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This season focuses on the 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating created by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch. For more information on Intuitive Eating check out https://www.intuitiveeating.org/10-principles-of-intuitive-eating/.
The information presented in this podcast does not replace the individual nutrition recommendations from your health care providers. Visit https://www.dietitians.ca/Your-Health/Find-A-Dietitian/ to find a specialized dietitian in your area.