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Ep 21: End the Food and Body Blame Game

Struggling with guilt and self blame, especially around food? 

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Maybe you are blaming yourself for gaining weight and gearing up to start another diet. 

If so, that's ok, that's what you feel you need to do. Allow the process, while allowing in different ways of looking at dieting, like this podcast.

Maybe you are blaming yourself for a health issue that truly is out of your control, and maybe you are blaming yourself for losing your job, which is something that can be completely out of your control this year

Do you feel anger, and is this a trigger to eating?

Push play to give yourself the gift of self forgiveness and self compassion:

  • Understand the difference between forgiveness and self forgiveness

  • Understand the difference between compassion and self compassion

  • Bring both into your life, right now. Even just a bit.

It's been a globally hard year.

I mention:

Dr. Kristen Neff, a leader in Self Compassion. Read more here.

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