Feeling like people are better than you, kinder, smarter, prettier...
Release Date: 08/08/2023
tired of trying to accept your body? same... what's next
Craving Food Freedom
In a world that is so obsessed with being thin, it feels like an endless upstream battle to eat without guilt and feel good about one's body. You're probably exhausted, I'm exhausted. I'm also tired of seeing my patients struggle and I'm exhausted hearing about doctors pushing ozempic/weight loss on my patients. In this ep, I talk about how I feel about my industry, how hopeless it can feel sometimes, and why I'll be pausing this podcast for now. For 7-8 years of my 20s my self-worth revolved around my body, food was my obsession. Now that I'm in my early 30s, my obsession has...
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Feeling like people are better than you, kinder, smarter, prettier...
Craving Food Freedom
Shame causes us to feel less than, different, not good enough. It causes us to feel one degree of separation from the person we think is better than us in some way (success, money, intelligence, appearance, etc. "I am lesser than the other person or other people, and I am on the outside looking in." - Joanne Kim Today I have on Joanne Kim, a therapist-turned Feelings Translator who helps Highly Sensitive Persons turn their BIGGEST feelings into their GREATEST superpower! The people who work with her are often the first (or only) person in their family or communities to...
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tension in your body may be stemming from your emotions
Craving Food Freedom
"We live in a very cognitive society. We're cerebral, we talk, but there's still this approach of thought forward existence versus listening to what our bodies are actually saying." -Romi Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Romi Cumes, an incredible Somatic therapist based out in Santa Barbara. Somatic psychology - what is it you may ask. It is understanding how the body works and what is happening underneath the psyche that's actually leading to that. Some of us can have some rigidity and then it manifests in other areas of the body too - tense shoulders for example. With anger, we...
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embracing the parts that you have tried to run away from w/ therapist Molly Zive
Craving Food Freedom
Today I have the pleasure of chatting with Molly Zive, San Diego based therapist who specializes in ketamine-assisted therapy. We talk: suppressing younger versions of ourselves cultivating trust and deep gratitude for ourselves some of our parts that may be more traumatized addiction as a coping skill for trauma It was such an insightful conversation and hopefully you will get something out of it too. Find more of Molly on her website LINKS AND RESOURCES Take the (after years of dieting and bingeing) – 1:1 private coaching with Elise Let’s be...
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overexercising, being put on a diet as a kid, and chronic pain w/ therapist Dr. Marianne Miller
Craving Food Freedom
Today I have the pleasure of having on Dr. Marianne Miller, an eating disorder therapist based in San Diego, CA. In this ep, we talk: managing chronic pain finding the right eating disorder treatment overexercising the effects of food restriction as a kid creating new pathways in the brain Find more of Dr. Miller on her webiste and Facebook group for people who struggle with binge eating, emotional eating, stress eating, and body image.
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"I’m treated better when I’m skinny" w/ therapist Emily Cooper
Craving Food Freedom
Today I have the pleasure of having Emily Cooper where we chat about eating disorder care. Emily is a licensed social worker/therapy based in Utah and Washington and in this episode, we talk: Utah and its abundance of pretty people pretty privilege is real what to do if people treat you differently when you are thinner Connect with Emily on LINKS AND RESOURCES Take the (after years of dieting and bingeing) – 1:1 private coaching with Elise Let’s be friends on IG! WHAT DID YOU THINK? If you liked this episode, please take a moment to , would love to...
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"I’m not allowed to be who I am" therapy for immigrants & children of immigrants w/ Anny Papatheodorou
Craving Food Freedom
Are you an immigrant or child of immigrants? If you've ever thought "I deserve to be stuck, I’m not allowed to be who I am, I hate my body", this is the episode for you. Today I have on Anny who offers therapy to those who have struggled during their childhoods finally find peace and fulfillment in their adulthoods, with a focus on immigrants and children of immigrants. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and online throughout California and her works helps to: Transform one's relationship to internalized shame, rejection, and criticism Better understand the different parts of...
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Why you may be gaining MORE weight after every diet
Craving Food Freedom
Why would mother nature make it easy for us to lose weight, so that we can just wither away??... Elise In this ep, we talk: what the body loves more than homeostasis is having more fat cells for survival so it's natural for us to gain weight as we age your metabolism can go into sleep mode when on a diet anti-weight loss mechanisms kick in as a protective mechanism it’s not your fault that you’ve gained weight, weight is something much more out of our control that we think Another diet is not the answer. What actually works based on my experience working with clients. ...
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Anything that is unconscious runs you w/ therapists Joanne @olivemecounseling and Melinda @inviterracounseling
Craving Food Freedom
Today I have the absolute pleasure of chatting with Joanne Kim from and Melinda Olsen from . Joanne and Melinda are friends, colleagues, business partners and most importantly incredible therapists in the Silicon Valley who help their patients discover patterns of thinking, feeling, and doing that create painful and rigid “knots” in their life and relationships. If you've ever felt "I'm not good enough, what's wrong with me", then massaging out these stubborn, trauma based "knots" through brainspotting and enneagram work might be the right next step for you. In this ep, we talk: ...
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Glowing Up in NYC with Jojo & Jackie @asianglowup
Craving Food Freedom
Today I have the absolute pleasure of chatting with Jackie & Jojo, who host the podcast Asian Glow Up - a podcast sharing stories that help Asian Americans explore identity and connect with their most authentic selves. In this ep, we talk: glowing up and how it's a continuous process how Jackie overcame binge eating feeling self conscious about body (regardless of loss or gain) body neutrality "What you believe about yourself is projected outwards." - Jojo Connnect with Jojo and Jackie on IG and their podcast . LINKS AND RESOURCES Take the (after years of dieting...
info_outlineShame causes us to feel less than, different, not good enough. It causes us to feel one degree of separation from the person we think is better than us in some way (success, money, intelligence, appearance, etc.
"I am lesser than the other person or other people, and I am on the outside looking in." - Joanne Kim
LINKS AND RESOURCES
- Take the Quiz – Is Intuitive Eating Right for YOU? (after years of dieting and bingeing)
- Request an Appointment – 1:1 private coaching with Elise
- Let’s be friends on IG! @craving.food.freedom.com
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
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