Therapy for Women Who Want to Find Peace with Food
Obsessing, binging, and restricting are tiresome.
Women with food problems are afraid that it will never change, yet they have done so much to address it, and the pattern continues. But there may also be a fear of, “Who am I without this eating disorder?”
They are sensitive rebels with big feelings, and aside from being kept awake by “food noise,” they are also kept awake by the fear of not fulfilling their true potential in life, and also the general pain of the world. They feel injustices deeply.
Their highest value is finding meaning in life and serving the world.
If they could change everything in a moment, their lives might look somewhat similar to how they look now, just with a peaceful relationship with food and their body.
Therapies don’t always work.
They have “been there, done that” with many other kinds of therapies. Some of it has helped somewhat. None of it has helped them get free.
If they want true liberation, they need to go into the final frontier – their body, intuition, and nervous system. They don’t know how to actually listen to their internal experience, sense what they truly need in the moment, and give it to themselves, which is how our systems stabilize and find a sense of safety.
They have no idea what to do with difficult emotions – the bingeing, restricting, and obsessing are all different ways of running from feelings. They may say, “But I feel my feelings all the time.” I would argue that they feel OVERWHELMED by their feelings all of the time.
In our work, I can show them how to maintain a sense of centeredness and calm while working to heal the parts that feel scared, angry, and ashamed, all of which are driving their food-related patterns.
As a functional nutritionist specializing in mental health nutrition, I have also found again and again that helping my clients with EDs to stabilize biochemically using natural approaches has been critical in stopping the bingeing, purging, and obsessing.
It’s not about eating more salads or counting macros. It’s about things like understanding how dysregulated blood sugar can lead to binges, and how being low in certain neurotransmitters can cause obsessing and anxiety. Essentially, it involves natural medicine for mental health.
Now, your problems with food are in the past.
You have done so much “work” in this process and in past processes that this is the final frontier, at least for now.
When you are done with your healing journey around food, there won’t be anything left in life that feels glaringly painful.
Time and energy will be freed up to live as your most authentic self, letting your intuition and passions lead the way.
If you are ready, contact me today to learn more about how I can help.