Ep. 158: Author Elise Museles on Rewriting Your Food Story
This episode of Health Gig features certified eating psychology expert and health coach Elise Museles, author of “Food Story: rewrite the way you eat, think and live.” We speak about our Food Stories as individuals, whether it was how our moms spoke about their bodies or how we may turn to food during stressful times. Listen in as we learn about ourselves and how to rewrite our own food stories into healthier patterns.
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Website: https://elisemuseles.com
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Quotes:
I help people with what's on their plate and what's in their mind.
Our kids can feel it. The people you're eating with can feel it. It's all energy and understanding that our food stories are connected to one another is important.
The recipes in my book are all based on mood. There are ingredients or nutrients that can help you feel calm, radiant, sensual, uplifting or more focused. And I put the recipes all by mood because this was a different, science-backed and fun approach.
Show Notes:
[09:22] I had this gnawing, you know, like, I just knew that I wanted to get into health and wellness professionally.
[09:48] In 2010, I got certified from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
[11:07] I got certified in eating psychology in 2013
[14:47] I'm like, “Wait, we have all these stories. We have a food story.”
[16:57] We really do connect and think about our own stories when we hear other people's.
[21:20] I think that understanding our food stories are connected to one another is really huge.
[23:30] The actual act of writing is such a great release.
[27:10] When you're thinking all those negative thoughts or you're constantly looking outside of yourself for the experts to give you the answer, you're not trusting your body.
[29:57] It's flipped the script and put on a new lens instead of thinking, “What is food going to do to me?” You know, you're like, “What can it do for me?”
[37:14] Your body works so much more efficiently, you know?
[37:50] If you do meditation in the morning, it's going to set your day off great.
[41:37] Go outside, get into nature if you can, because it disrupts those spirals and that negative self-talk.
[42:34] I don't personally have rules that anything is off limits because then it becomes more coveted.
[43:49] I think food as close to its natural state as possible is always a good idea, and I think that our bodies will naturally crave that if that's what we give to it. But I also don't want to have like crazy rules that make you feel like you want it more.
[47:27] [It’s] really about giving yourself permission to live.
[48:20] I think that we have to redefine what nourishment means to us.
[52:05] There's always a reason why you choose that word.
[54:52] I want to evoke something in people and wake them up, you know, so they're not asleep.
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