Feelings & Food

Now, can you really separate the two?

Women struggling with emotional eating or cravings/binges often blame themselves for being ‘out of control,’ for being ‘bad’ around food, or keep wondering:

'If only I had a strict routine in place, none of this would have happened.'

But when you operate from a place of strict control or restrictions, you are actually distancing yourself from the feeling that actually invoked the urge to eat that sugar.

I say sugar because most often it is sugar craving that is the toughest to deal with & comes with a lot of guilt and shame, which then opens a loop:

What if the magic truly lay in curiosity about the feeling that triggered you to demand sugar instead of replacing/restricting cravings?

Instead of fighting the craving, if you befriended it & listened to your body and mind.

When you listen closely, you can begin to explore:

Where is the starting point?

When did all this begin?

Maybe you enjoyed desserts together as a family & now, as an adult living away from parents, you just want to experience that joy of being together with your family once more

Or maybe you grew up in a dysregulated family, and the only time everyone was peacefully together was during mealtimes. So now, amidst your own internal dysregulation, your body seeks safety through food.

Or maybe your favourite things were often taken away from you, or good times felt short-lived in childhood. And now your good time = sweets. As an adult, you fear this will be taken away too, so you eat beyond your body’s true demand.

You see, it is not about removing your feelings away from food.

True mindful nutrition is about identifying your eating pattern & using it to your best advantage so that things stop working against you.

In today’s world, anyone with hormonal imbalances knows the basics:

balance your carbs, eat protein and fibre, limit refined foods… right?

But the real problem is not what you need to do.

The real struggle is:

How do I make this happen in my life: joyfully and sustainably?

The thing is, the more you force your brain to be strict, the more it will demand freedom.

The more your headspace will be filled with food thoughts, the more you will feel confused & lack trust in your own body.

But, once you stop the control, the restrictions & look within & ask yourself:

‘What does sugar mean in my life?’

‘What is it giving me, even temporarily?’

‘What gap am I trying to fill with this?’

You will have your answers; the only condition is radical honesty with yourself.

Feelings & Food were never meant to be separate.

Emotions are the music of human life, if you try to take that away from food, you are just a mere machine simply recharging with food when drained: emotionally, mentally & physically.

But when the feelings & food can come together in a way that helps you explore yourself, you become more human and begin to enjoy the music of life!

This Women’s Day lets come together to bring back that music of feelings & food & enjoy true womanhood by learning to keep ourselves first!

A 2-hour workshop, Feelings & Food: The art of loving your food.

A gentle, deeper space around this. Details out soon.