45. Listening Beyond the Craving with Ilana Gilovich-Wave

Episode Summary

In this episode, Ilana and Mordechai discuss intuitive eating and how understanding your emotions can help manage your cravings and help avoid negative self-feelings. They delve into their own emotions and go on a journey of understanding what shapes their reactions. 

Highlights

• Ilana believes that mindfulness is critical to understanding the difference between a craving and a need.
• Sometimes submitting to a craving is not about the food. It’s about the act of numbing an emotion.
• If you dig deep enough into why an emotion exists, you will sometimes find that it is because of something that will never happen or that it is just a story that you are telling yourself.
• If you allow yourself to feel, then you can learn to process the feelings and understand how to manage your emotions better.
• Most people are not eating things that look like products from the earth.
• There can be some negative social interactions when you are making healthy choices and others see it as different or lacking fun. 
• Trying to eat healthily can make it difficult to socialize since food is such a cultural staple.
• There are other ways to connect with people than food.
• Constant consumption of perfection on social media and commercials is a reminder that we are not good enough.
• Meditation can be helpful. You can find the time. Nothing says that you have to meditate for a specific time.
• Breakaway from screens and go out into the world and move and find a way to experience the earth.
• Going after a goal with too much rigor can cause you to fail. Find ways to make it fun and start simple.
• Start with self-love and acceptance. Then take the next step.

Relevant Links

https://www.ilanagilovich.com/

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

https://www.amazon.com/Particular-Sadness-Lemon-Cake/dp/0385720963

Daring greatly Brene Brown

https://www.amazon.com/Daring-Greatly-Courage-Vulnerable-Transforms/dp/1592408419

All past episodes of the podcast: 

https://www.feelingfull.com/