This episode is part of my Mindful Mini Sessions.

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Menopause Body Image can be improved with Mindful Eating.

Have you had body image issues start or return with perimenopause or menopause? Body changes are normal at this stage of life.
Not liking them is normal too.

Weight gain in perimenopause and menopause is a common trigger of midlife body image issues.

Mindful Eating techniques can help you …

• Become more food conscious.

• Understand your cravings.

• Understand your emotional patterns around food.

• Dieting will only make your body image issues grow.

Dieting will ALSO stop you from getting the essential nutrients your body needs in menopause. It will create MORE stress in your body.

Please contact your health professional if you identify with an eating disorder, are in crisis, or need a licensed practitioner.
All episodes are for information and education ONLY.

This Episode will help you:

• with one action to help you notice your food patterns

• rethink weight and body image in menopause.

• see how Mindful Eating can change your food habits in menopause.

• help you start thinking differently about food in menopause.

• think about inner wisdom and outer wisdom.

• rethink what nourishment really means.

I also share:

• how my mothers beliefs affected my relationship to food.

• how I worshiped exercise and dieting like it was church.

• how Mindful Eating helped me shift the “exercise and watch what you eat” way of thinking.

• how WHY and HOW you eat matters.

Books & people I mentioned (my MB-EAT teachers!):

• Andrea Lieberstein, RDN, RYT, and the author of Well Nourished, Mindful Practices to Heal Your Relationship to Food, Feed Your Whole Self, and end Overeating. Andrea is the founder of the Mindful Eating Training Institute and the wonderful woman who helped me change my life with the Practice of Mindful Eating.

• Dr. Jean Kristeller, author of Joy of Half a Cookie. Dr. Kristeller is the co-founder and past-president of The Center for Mindful Eating. She has received multiple NIH-funded research grants to study the science and clinical application of Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT), which she developed, with the valuable input from many students and colleagues.

Inner and Outer Wisdom

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