204: The Problem Behind The Problem
CONSISTENT by Primal Potential
Elizabeth Benton
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Today is a special & emotional episode! My mom is on the show! Yup, we are discussing the problem behind the problem - where my unhealthy relationship with food & body image began and how she coped with raising an overweight child.
While I don't think our past defines us and I certainly don't think we're stuck there, I absolutely believe it is important to evaluate your self-limiting food & body image beliefs and begin to ask "Are these true?" and find ways to move beyond them.
You don't want to miss this emotional episode!
http://primalpotential.com/204-the-problem-behind-the-problem/
The Problem Behind The Problem
In today's episode, my mom and I tackle so much including:
- Specific choices she made and how they impacted how I view food and my body
- The development of unhealthy relationships with food & body image
- Helpful and unhelpful strategies related to raising an overweight child
- How her body image impacted the way I thought about food
- What might have happened if she took a different approach
- How restriction and forced exercise shaped the way I look at health
I want to give another huge THANK YOU to my mom for stepping outside of her comfort zone, admitting where she made mistakes and having this honest conversation with me to hopefully help others and open up conversations about weight, shame and body image.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Primal Potential and I am your host, Elizabeth Menden. |
| 0:06.6 | Through education, motivation, and implementation, we will bridge the gap between knowing and doing |
| 0:14.4 | so we can master fat loss naturally and help you reach your highest potential. |
| 0:21.2 | Let's get started. |
| 0:23.2 | Hey everybody, welcome back to the Primal Potential podcast. |
| 0:29.2 | We are continuing this anniversary week. |
| 0:32.3 | Tuesday was officially the two-year anniversary of Primal Potential and I wanted to do some special |
| 0:39.6 | things this week, some things that really I've thought about doing for a long time related to |
| 0:46.0 | the underlying issues that either lead to weight struggles or just a messed up relationship |
| 0:52.5 | with food or with body image. |
| 0:55.2 | And today's episode in particular is one that I have been thinking about for a long time. |
| 1:00.5 | It's one that I've talked about doing a number of times and to be quite honest, the reason I haven't |
| 1:06.6 | done it is because it makes me a little nervous. That's just the reality. |
| 1:10.5 | But what we are doing today, that laughter you hear is because today I have my mom on the show |
| 1:17.8 | today and the reason that she is on is because she's to blame for all my issues now. |
| 1:25.2 | I'm only kind of getting out now. |
| 1:28.8 | But the reality is that our food issues begin somewhere and for me, my issues with food, |
| 1:35.7 | my issues with body image started when I was a kid and so obviously both indirectly and very |
| 1:42.3 | directly, my mom was a part of that. |
| 1:44.8 | And so there's two primary objectives for this show. |
| 1:48.0 | Number one is to help you begin to think about the issues that are beneath your struggle with |
| 1:54.2 | your weight, that are beneath your unhealthy relationship with food or your body image. |
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