You are Enough with Emily Nachazel Quit Dieting for Good

I was so excited to talk with Emily this week! Her message about being enough is so powerful, and she really opened up about her own struggles in this area during our interview. We also talk about what it means to listen to your body, and how to become more aware of what our bodies are telling us. And if you only take away one thing from this episode, let it be this: You are enough.
Emily is a health coach who currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her goal is to empower her clients to live their lives in a way that feels really good for them. This means that she often helps with a bit of business coaching as well (many of her clients are aspiring entrepreneurs). They cover both emotional & practical elements of living a life that makes sense for you.
Energy is Real Emily shares that she strongly believes that energy (and the vibrations you put out into the world) are real. As she works with others who want to give back via service-based businesses (and as she desires to serve others herself), she's seen again and again that you need to be taking care of yourself if you want to show up for others.
I've experienced this in my own life! My worst business-related launch occurred when I honestly wasn't really practicing the kind of self-care that I teach others. As Emily shares, the vibration of honoring your own needs can absolutely be felt.
There is so much "noise" in the world about who are supposed to be, and what we are supposed to be doing. When we're trying to operate from a place of chasing after perfection, our energy reflects that. Emily shares that self-acceptance, and a belief that "this too shall pass", help her feel connected to herself. This connection is what allows her to continue operating from a place of self-compassion and self-care.
Living from such an amazing energy has a huge impact on how she's able to show up for both herself and those she cares about!
A Winding Path Emily went to business school, then studied to be a CPA. She wasn't ever super excited about that career, but it felt safe and that made it seem like a good decision. A few years in, however, she started to feel an "itch" for change.
At the same time, she was exploring her own health and wellness. Digestive issues that had started in college had caused her to dive into nutrition and holistic wellness in her own life. She realized that when she had a chance to share about her food choices and yoga practice, she lit up.
While continuing her corporate career, she started researching alternative options. Eventually she came across the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. It was here that she learned about health coaching, and she knew she wanted to pursue it. She completed the program, and left her corporate job. She
Although she still identifies as a health coach, Emily is playing with the title of "empowerment coach". She's come to realize that health is not just about the food, or just about the yoga. Those things in and of themselves are not "health". Pursuing true health is really about the bigger picture, and about being empowered in your own life.
Part of that journey?
Struggling with not being "enough". She feels that this has gone hand in hand with the pressure of being perfect.
Perfection Seeking is Not Empowering From a young age, Emily can see how the influence of striving to be perfect has impacted her life. Whether she was trying to get straight A's, or was eating the perfect foods, she's felt the pressure to be the "best". And that often means reaching perfection, which is an elusive place to ever find yourself. (And an impossible place to stay for any length of time.)
Having recognized this tendency within herself, she's done lots of internal work around self-care, as well as in loving and accepting herself as she is.
And yet, she recently realized that she was slipping into perfection seeking habits that were leaving her feeling anything but empowered.
After experiencing a flare up with her digestive symptoms, Em