A simple exercise to make peace with food.

I thought I’d share how to make peace with a specific food(s) that you may be struggling with. This takes practice just like anything else so give yourself grace and patience with this!

We do this by reframing a food we deemed “good or bad” and replace it with more positive descriptions about that food.

Making peace with food is probably one of the core messages in the non-diet, Intuitive Eating space. And for many of us, this has not been the case. Being confident in our food choices is vital to live an abundant life.

All foods have value and are neither good or bad, and you may be labeling them as such right now. All foods fit and have a place in your eating routine.

How did we get here? Diet culture unfortunately has demonized a lot of foods and it is always changing. One minute Fat is bad, next minute Carbs are bad. It is no wonder that everyone is confused on what to eat and get into chaotic eating, binge eating, overeating, and restricting. Stressing over foods that we eat makes it then pointless if the food is deemed “healthy” or not.

I truly believe that the energy and the vibes around eating foods also makes a difference as to how we feel after. Fear around foods can have an effect on our digestion, mood, and energy levels as well.

Let’s take ice cream for example-instead of calling it “bad” or “too heavy” etc, we can reframe it as “nourishing for the soul”, “comforting”, “creates memories with my kids”, “cools us down” etc.

Here is another one: salads “gives me energy”, “vitamins and minerals”, and “provides hydration to my body”.

Hopefully you get the picture.

Some foods provide us with more nutrients than others and some foods provide us joy, comfort, satisfaction and fun. They are all necessary in order to stress less with food and stop dieting, and neither foods are better than the other.

What specific food are you struggling to make peace with? Share in the comments so I can help you reframe and make peace with it.

And I help with these kind of topics and more in my 1:1 Coaching Program. Apply to see if you are a good fit, it’s a really quick application to complete. Apply here: Apply for Coaching.

Here’s to having a more peaceful relationship with food so we can create more mental space to enjoy this thing called Life.

Deanna-