Tis the season for many people for eating, over-eating, binge-eating, too much cooking, thinking about food, worrying about food, feeling frustrated or like giving up, avoiding or stuffing yourself at big gatherings or family feasts, or imagining how your new diet will be after January 1st and this year’s resolution.
How many times did I make another new resolution?
Hundreds.
I gave up after awhile.
But it was either despair and apathy, or, fiercely staying on top and “winning” the battle.
There had to be another way.
I would think this, and still feel like it was elusive and impossible.
It begins to seem like there are two primary options for working with this predicament of anxiety, sadness, disappointment and frustration with eating:
a) force, willpower and diets OR
b) not caring, accepting your limits and that you’re diseased or crippled, and doomed to heaviness.
One thing you can do right now today, is begin to be open and curious about an interesting element or feeling with which you might be viewing eating, food, yourself and your urges, your body, and the world…..and it’s called danger.
The belief is that it’s dangerous to be in the presence of food. It’s dangerous to eat. It’s dangerous to be you, around food. It’s dangerous to hunger, or to be full. It’s dangerous to feel strongly. Food is simply dangerous. Having a body is not very safe (it never looks right, or you have to hang on to your fine appearance for dear life).
Here’s how you might work with this fear of danger and lack of trust:
Head to youtube to watch the video HERE.
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Finding safety in eating, food, and body.
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Much love,
Grace