Life After Diets Sarah Dosanjh / Stefanie Michele

In this episode, we dive into the concept of self-abandonment and the journey towards self-compassion. We explore the role of shame and the profound loneliness that often accompanies self-abandonment. By learning to separate feelings from shame and embracing self-care, we can navigate life's challenges without losing ourselves. Topics include:
Exploring the journey of self-discovery and self-care. Overcoming the tendency to self-abandon during challenging moments. Reflecting on how survival once meant self-abandonment. Discovering the power of maintaining balance without losing oneself. Understanding the importance of taking breaks without self-abandonment. Embracing permission to "check out" when needed. Navigating life's challenges without losing oneself. Distinguishing between self-abandonment and self-care. Learning to separate feelings from shame and judgment. Stef and Sarah’s personal experiences of reclaiming control during challenging times. Making conscious choices for self-nurture. Unpacking the connection between self-abandonment and shame. Breaking free from the cycle of self-rejection and self-abandonment. The heart-wrenching loneliness of self-abandonment. Reflecting on the journey from self-abandonment to self-compassion. Introverts and extroverts Join the LAD Membership
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Embracing your inner child is a concept that you might see coming up when you work on ditching diet culture and embracing a nondiet or intuitive eating approach to disordered eating recovery.
What is this all about? Do we need to do this in order to heal?
This conversation explores:
What is the inner child? Being “too much” What is the point of inner child work? Where did you first learn your body was “wrong”? Stef’s adolescent period of restrictions Stef’s three moments of “splitting” at ages 8, 10, and 13 Sarah’s padded bra Overriding original neural pathways How do we address our inner child and the stories we carry? Sarah’s experience at the Adele candlelit string quartet Throwing yourself a temper tantrum The body as an inner child Join the LAD Membership
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Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist 
Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon
Connect with Stefanie Michele
Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
Binge Eating Recovery Course: www.iamstefaniemichele.com/iamstefaniemichelecourse
Body Image Webinar + Workbook: https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/get-started/p/bodyimage
 

Do you want to eat intuitively but find yourself only wanting "junk food"?
This is a common thing to hear from people trying healing their relationship with food.
A caveat to this conversation -- depending on where you are in this process, the approach to this conflict will be different. For example, wanting fun foods (and ONLY fun foods) at the beginning of recovery can be a really normal part of the healing process.
This conversation also considers the more chronic, ongoing experience of wanting only fun foods all the time.
We discuss:
Why are we putting “junk food” in quotation marks/inverted commas? How is “junk food” defined? Junk food begets junk food? Will our bodies naturally crave salads (etc) after a while?  What if we don’t like fruits or vegetables? What if there are certain foods that we are simply not able to habituate? Is abstinence from certain foods a good idea? What are your beliefs about these foods in general, or specific types of these foods? How can meal prep help here? This topic has different approaches at different stages of recovery Join the LAD Membership
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Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist 
Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon
Connect with Stefanie Michele
Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
Binge Eating Recovery Course: www.iamstefaniemichele.com/iamstefaniemichelecourse
Body Image Webinar + Workbook: https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/get-started/p/bodyimage

Please read time stamps carefully and skip any segments, which might be triggering or unhelpful for you in your recovery. This video is an honest account of two mental health practitioners who are in recovery from food and body image issues sharing the challenges they faced in this area during yoga teacher training in Rishikesh India.
2:35 – 13:23 : Self-induced vomiting / vamen douhti practices
13:23 – 23:10 : Moralisation of food and purity in yogic tradition
23:10 – 33:09 : Pushing our bodies and minds, plus comparison
33:09 – 36:36 : Feeling unsatisfied, appetite upon return from training
36:36 – 49:15 : Complex feelings about weight loss and stepping on the scales
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Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon

This episode was recorded after Sarah’s return home from yoga teacher training in India.
Sarah explores some of the human ups and downs (including body image and food difficulties) she experienced while away during training.
Transitioning to the retreat and the impact of culture shock Indian eye flu, anyone? Toxic positivity “Everyone else can do it, I should be able to, too” The discomfort of being misunderstood The book that Sarah turned to in moments of extreme discomfort  Being one of the largest (and oldest) bodies in the room Not having enough access to food The biscuit stash (and the fear of running out) Will I want to binge when I get home? The Women’s Circle MEET US IN DUBLIN! Join the LAD Membership
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Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
Binge Eating Recovery Course: www.iamstefaniemichele.com/iamstefaniemichelecourse
Body Image Webinar + Workbook: https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/get-started/p/bodyimage
Connect with Sarah Dosanjh
Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist 
Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon

If you're not in diet culture, you're probably in anti-diet culture.
Diet culture is the water we swim in. If you're learning about the ways in which dieting and thinness-as-idol has harmed you, chances are you've also been embracing new ways of thinking espoused by the "anti-diet mindset." Weight and body neutrality, fatphobia, health at every size, and intuitive eating are some of the terms and concepts you might be familiar with.
With this new approach comes a lot of good, good stuff.
So good that we can recover in it!
But what happens when we start over-identifying with it? Is that even possible?
This episode looks at:
The pendulum swing of overcorrecting Stef’s staunch anti-diet stance Maybe it’s more important to be pro-Y rather than anti-X. Are we allowed to talk about weight loss or fatphobia? Does it make you a bad anti-dieter? The community aspect of identifying with a “side” Weight loss and feelings of safety Do you feel threatened by anyone who IS dieting or losing weight? Stef’s experience with her daughters Does it sometimes feel preachy? Last chance to join us in Dublin!  Join the LAD Membership
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Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/
Email – lifeafterdietspodcast@gmail.com
Website – www.lifeafterdietspodcast.com
Connect with Sarah Dosanjh
Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist 
Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon
Connect with Stefanie Michele
Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
Binge Eating Recovery Course: www.iamstefaniemichele.com/iamstefaniemichelecourse
Body Image Webinar + Workbook: https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/get-started/p/bodyimage