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Earn Your Happy

88: Cravings, Boundaries, Play, and Pleasure with Alexandra Jamieson

Earn Your Happy

Lori Harder

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2016

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Growing up outside of Portland, Alexandra describes her childhood as “growing up with hippies.” Always eating healthy, straight out of a garden to be exact, Alex as a young child always craved sugar. “When I found out that the church down the street served cookies and kool-aid every weekend, I started going to church…by myself, just to have the cookies!”  By the age of 15, like most teenagers, Alexandra finally got to decide her own diet and what she chose to eat, especially now that she had a job and was making her own money. This continued for about 10 years, until she began to get extremely sick in her mid 20’s. “I had migraine headaches about 3-4 days a week and put on about 20 lbs. even after the extra college weight.” The first doctor she visited, wrote her a prescription for a cocktail of different meds, but it wasn't until her second (and different) doctor visit, that they actually found the core of the issues. “He asked what I had been eating, and gave me a list of foods to eat and a list of foods to avoid. I wanted to cry! The list to avoid was everything I loved.” It may have been a bottom-point for Alexandra during that time of pain and disappointment, but it turned into a love and passion for food, molding her into what we would call a “Food Junkie!” She attended culinary school at The Natural Gourmet Institute and began diving headfirst into nutritional research, specifically geared towards healing foods. Flashing forward to present day and the (thankfully) healthier Alexandra, she shares the story of how she met her husband, Morgan, and the film they produced together, that not only changed their lives, but the lives of the millions viewers who have ever watched “Super Size Me.” (And if you haven't, I HIGHLY recommend it!) Listen in as Alexandra shares the science behind cravings, the power of healing foods and her extensive amount of nutritional knowledge, that I believe is vital for a healthier happier YOU! “You cant just take away sugar, you cant just take away the foods that give you that dopamine hit. You have to also add in fun and play and pleasure in equal amounts.” Going off of what Alexandra said, it’s about taking away AND adding in…it’s called a balanced life! In This Episode You Will Learn About: Sugar addiction Eating healthy Food awareness Diet Wellness Self care Cravings Resources: Alexandra's 3 FREE Meditations Super Size Me See more from the lovely Alexandra at alexandrajamieson.com and make sure you download her AMAZING & FREE meditations, through the link above! Follow me on social media @LoriHarder on Instagram and Lori Harder on Facebook. You can also see more at my website: LoriHarder.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Earn Your Happy Podcast.

0:11.8

I'm Lori Harder, founder of the Bullys Project 3 Time Fitness World Champion Fitness

0:16.7

Expert and Cover Model turned self-love junky lifestyle entrepreneur and author.

0:23.4

Each week I'll bring you a guest or a thought that will help you bust through your fears

0:27.5

and connect to your soul and get focused and clear so you can elevate your life, business

0:33.3

and relationships.

0:35.1

We don't wait until we're ready for someone to tell us we're good enough, we take what

0:39.6

we want and we annoy ourselves.

0:43.2

Get ready to earn, own, and unapologetically rock your happiness every single day.

0:51.5

Are you with me?

0:52.8

Here we go.

0:58.5

Welcome back to the Earn Your Happy Podcast.

1:01.8

Today I'm so excited to have Alexandra Jamison on the show.

1:06.0

She is the co-creator and co-star in the Oscar nominated documentary Super Size Me.

1:11.7

You guys, if you have not watched this yet, it is a must.

1:14.4

I tell everybody to watch it.

1:16.2

She has published four books.

1:18.5

The Great American Detox Diet Living Vegan for Dummies Vegan Cooking for Dummies and

1:24.8

the number one best selling, Women Food and Desire, which we are going to talk about today.

1:32.8

She has graduated from the Natural Gourmet Institute.

1:36.8

She's certified in Applied Positive Psychology and she's a certified holistic health coach.

1:43.5

And now her passion is all about helping women feel what's right for them through play, pleasure

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