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Intuitive eating, health and food psychology education

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When clients and are talking about body image, i often say that our relationship with food and how we view our body is a response to something. It's a response to our past experiences, it's a response to what has been modelled to us, it's a response to our society and body ideals. When we become aware of how this, we can start to unpack our beliefs, assess whether they're helpful or not and start to create new ones. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Sometimes i find myself fixating on things i am yet to work on and i forget how far i've come! Take some time to reflect on how far you have come and all you have achieved. This work isn't easy we often spend forever on this hamster wheel of trying to improve ourselves and without taking anytime to bask in all the glory that we have achieved we forget what we are actually working towards. It's interesting to think that i was on this "health journey" for years and it has no end in sight, it was sustainable either. I don't know what i was actually trying to work towards of if i would've ever been happy with what i have achieved. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
This one hits hard for me. I never realised how i viewed my body or food would impact and influence the people around me, but it did. Sometimes we get so fixated on ourselves that we forget that kids are listening, we are modelling certain behaviors to them. It's not my intention for this post to make anyone feel guilty, we are human beings in a very very messed up society that has unrealistic expectations of our bodies. But i often get clients asking me about their kids and often all i ever say is that it's never too late to show them you are human, that you are learning and that you want to aim towards more acceptance and body respect. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Body image is multifaceted. It's influenced by so much and a lot of these influences we have no idea about but we are left to internalise these beliefs about our body and rather than turning that anger outwards at the people who make us feel like our body isn't good enough, we internalise it and make our problem. This is what we are taught to do, but we dont have to do this anymore. I'm not saying we should all aim for self-love, i think having a solid foundation of body acceptance and neutrality is an amazing goal to have and is one i work towards everyday. But regardless of what our goal is, we will never get there by hating our body, nothing good will come from it. But we can have self-compassion for the times when we do hold that anger towards ourselves as well. Come Check out Take up space - Messy Health's body image and sexuality online and self-paced course! More info via the link in my bio⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I swear i didn't feel confident in my body until i was 25, which is such a wild thing to say! Body confidence doesn't come from being a particular size or weight, it comes from consistently rejecting the body ideals we have set as a society (This comes from becoming aware of these ideals and understanding how they are inherently racist, sexist and fatphobia) and then creating a new belief system over time that centres our needs and wellbeing. If you want to learn more about body confidence then check out Take up space, Messy Health's body image and sensuality online, self-paced course. You can learn more via the link in my bio ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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