130. Embracing Intuition and Breaking Free from Diet Culture with Intuitive Eating Counselor Lara Days

The Emotional Alchemy Podcast

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What does a Spiritual Business Mentor and an Intuitive Eating Counselor have in common? We both want you to feel your body. Lara Days joined me to discuss the the transformative journey of embracing body acceptance, finding joy in movement, and learning to honor your health holistically. Together, we talked about how to discern our body's natural signals for hunger, fullness, and nutritional needs.
This episode was a deep and heartfelt conversation, where we peeled back the layers of our emotional connections with food. We talked about how our eating habits are often a reflection of our coping mechanisms, and how important it is to develop a diverse range of strategies to process our emotions. I shared personal stories of how my husband and I navigate this in our own lives, and we emphasized the profound impact of mindful eating. We also pondered over the significance of our food choices, considering them as more than just sustenance—they are a celebration of culture, emotion, and pleasure.
Lastly, we took a critical look at how generational patterns and societal norms can shape our food behaviors and body image. We shared insights on building interoceptive awareness and the courage to break free from these inherited beliefs around food and bodies to establish a more intuitive relationship with ourselves.
Lara Days is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, yoga instructor, and Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach who is on a mission to dismantle the diet industry and empower people to live their happiest, healthiest, most confident lives! Lara focuses on helping you improve your mindset, unlearn your past conditioning, and trust your body so that you can find food freedom, ditch diet culture, and step into your power!
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• Nourished and Whole Intuitive Eating Program

Kat HoSoo Lee is an Emotional Alchemy Coach, Spiritual Business Mentor and host of The Emotional Alchemy Podcast.
She loves playing in the space where science and spirituality converge because this is where we get to experience emotional alchemy. In her work, she educates space-holders about somatic physiology and environmental biology so they can deepen their practices of listening and presence which ultimately helps them expand their capacity to hold space for others.

As a Spiritual Business Mentor, she guides soulful entrepreneurs to approach their business as a spiritual practice. The work bridges the emotional landscape with practical tools which allow them to cultivate businesses that are rooted in conscious values, relational marketing and purposeful service.

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This podcast is made possible with sound production by Andre Lagace.

Chapters

1. The Concept of Intuitive Eating (00:00:01)

2. Intuitive Eating and Body Acceptance (00:13:56)

3. Intuitive Eating and Body Acceptance (00:19:15)

4. Coping Mechanisms and Comfort Through Food (00:31:51)

5. Intuitive Relationships With Food and Body (00:37:00)

6. Exploring Intuition and Breaking Generational Patterns (00:53:22)

7. Creating a Healthy Relationship With Food (00:59:18)