Jan 4, 2021
Living in Alignment 18
How to become a Competent Eater in a food/ body obsessed world with Jillian Murphy
“At what point is the benefit of eating a little bit better and exercising a bit more gets offset by the negative impact of stress and beating ourselves up when we can’t meet those expectations ”
“Most of the research is being done in a reductive way that completely ignores the lived experience of EATING , and eating is not a science , it’s not a math, it’s deeply emotional and social thing ”
We always try to eliminate certain foods under the guise of “I’m being healthy” “I have to take care of my body” and not realizing the impact it could have …increase in obsessive & compulsive thoughts, anxiety, inflammation, Binge eating,emotional eating and even eating disorders.
While Eliminating food groups may work for a bit, for some of us our primal instinct to nourish our body with all food groups takes over, causing us to overeat the food group or foods we have been avoiding. What is more sustainable than eliminating foods/food groups is becoming a competent eater. In this week’s episode we are super excited to have guest expert Dr. Jillian Murphy who is going to introduce us to the theme of competent eating, food freedom and how to trust ourselves with food and find joy in eating.
Jillian is a speaker, writer, educator and coach. Jillian’s background includes 10 years of general naturopathic practice along with over 15 years of working with children in various fields, including intuitive eating and body image. She has additional training in CBT and coaching. She helps diverse, smart, health-conscious, people (who are DONE WITH DIETING) get out of their heads and reconnect with their bodies. She uses up-to-date eating psychology, clinical insight & guidance around diet culture, health, and weight to teach individuals WHY they stay stuck in negative patterns with food and feel constant body dissatisfaction and HOW they can make the shift to food peace and body joy.
“Binge eating, Reactive eating and emotional eating these are natural reaction to treating our body in an unnatural way ”
In this episode we discuss:
Jillian’s weight and health story
What is competent eating
Intuitive eating vs Competent Eating
The benefits and impact on our wellbeing
The many layers to our relationship with food(How food, exercise and body management become the thing where we can put our attention or control when other things in our life are hard)
Eating Experience vs Nutrition/Food Science
Where does nutrition science come in and how do we take that in, as one of the components of decision making around what we’re eating
The lacking component(s) in the model of health=nutrition and exercise
The elements and skills of Competence Eating
What do we need to let go of to become Competent Eaters/The challenging element to move into trust
How can our kids become more competent eaters and where can we do better job with our kids
“The deepest story for us that we are fed is if we have the perfect body everything else in our life will be easier, better and perfect ”