What is your relationship with food showing you? with Dr Johnston

The Body Love Binge - Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast

Dr. Anita Johnson joins the podcast to discuss using metaphor and storytelling to address struggles with eating disorders, body image issues, and finding freedom through embracing your authentic self. Listeners can expect to learn about the root causes of eating disorders, how to reframe your relationship with food and your body, and pathways to full recovery.

Key Discussion Points:

- The different types of hungers - physical hunger vs emotional/spiritual hunger - and learning to differentiate (13:09)

- Using the foods you struggle with as clues to uncover underlying issues (14:13, 25:16)

- The log metaphor for understanding the role eating disorders serve and the pathway to recovery (21:04)

- Healing the fear of weight gain by understanding where this fear originates and uncoupling "fat" from "bad" (45:11)

- Being in awe of the incredible wisdom of women's bodies (46:43)

Guest Bio:

Dr. Anita Johnston, PhD is a clinical psychologist, certified eating disorder specialist, and author. She is the founder and executive clinical director of Ai Pono, an eating disorder treatment program in Hawaii. Dr. Johnston provides consultations and workshops internationally and is known for using metaphor and storytelling to explain complex issues related to eating disorders.

Connect with Anita

Website: https://dranitajohnston.com

FB/IG@dranitajohnston

Light of the Moon Cafe:

https://lightofthemooncafe.com/

FB/IG: @lightofthemooncafe

Ai Pono Hawaii

https://aipono.com

FB/IG: @aiponohawaii

Free Food & Metaphor Guide:

Lightofthemooncafe.com/ffb

Key Quotes:

"It's pleasure that comes from relief of some sort, of satisfying a particular need that you may not know that you have even." (29:58)

"You have to understand, again, I think it helps, where this came from. And essentially, it’s in your brain. But our brain and our mind are not the same thing." (43:14)

"The more you start to understand what's amazing about our bodies and how they have this incredible wisdom...it's pretty extraordinary what you can discover." (48:38)

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