In the last five years, I’ve gotten a real taste of what freedom around food and my body looks and feels like in action. These reflections have been a healing and grieving process and a celebration— all at the same time.
Listen in as I share seven transformative insights I’ve discovered for myself. You may find these inspiring for yourself, too.
We are socialized to believe that foods have moral value.
Celery is good. Cake is evil. French fries clog your arteries. Kale makes you a goddess of health.
We often feel like we’re on the losing end of our battles with food. We work so hard to stay away from forbidden foods and try to avoid overeating them. Yet, all we get for our efforts is exhaustion, guilt and shame.
Listen in and learn how to stop battling with food.
Be prepared for some jaw dropping truths in this episode, my friend.
Kelly and Tara go wide and deep as they explore what perfectionism really is and why it plagues women to exhaustion.
They explore why labels like imposter complex and eating disorders are cultural injuries that leave women blaming themselves and wondering if there is something wrong with themselves instead of identifying what’s really happening: women have brilliantly created ways to survive in a system that was not designed for their success.
Kelly Diels is feminist educator, writer, and coach and specializes in feminist marketing for culture-makers.
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