Episode 460: Healing an Unhealthy Relationship with Food with Pamela

Over It And On With It

Christine Hassler

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this heartfelt episode, Christine Hassler works with Pamela, who is struggling to overcome an unhealthy relationship with food stemming from unresolved childhood trauma. Pamela seeks guidance to heal herself for her well-being and to prevent passing these issues on to her daughter. Christine provides compassionate and insightful coaching, helping Pamela make significant connections and encouraging her to seek ongoing support for her healing journey.

Consider/Ask Yourself

Do you have an unhealthy relationship with food or another aspect of your life?
Are there unresolved childhood traumas affecting your current behaviors?
Have you noticed that your children are modeling unhealthy behaviors that concern you?
Are you seeking a solution for a long-standing issue but feel stuck?

Guest Insights

Pamela connects her unhealthy relationship with food to childhood sexual abuse by her stepfather.
She realizes that her behaviors are affecting her daughter, who believes confident food choices equate to receiving love.
After disclosing her trauma to a friend, Pamela noticed a temporary improvement in her relationship with food.
Christine guides Pamela in acknowledging her inner child's pain and understanding the roots of her trauma.

Aha Moments

Pamela understands that her obsession with food is a coping mechanism for her unresolved trauma.
By addressing her inner child's need for validation and safety, Pamela experiences relief.
Christine emphasizes the importance of ongoing support to heal from deep-seated trauma fully.

How to Get Over It

Seek therapy or coaching to address unresolved childhood traumas.
Validate your inner child's experiences and emotions.
Commit to a healing journey, recognizing that aha moments are just the beginning.
Engage in inner child work and somatic practices to release trauma from the body.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is episode 4.60, Healing and Unhealthy Relationship with Food, with Pamela.
0:07.0	Welcome to Over It and On With It. I'm your host, Christine Hasler, and for over a decade I've been a life coach, speaker, and author.
0:15.6	Each week you'll hear me work directly with a caller as I coach them through a goal they want to accomplish
0:19.5	or an obstacle they may be facing.
0:21.5	I'll provide a blend of practical and spiritual advice as well as
0:24.4	tangible actions you can apply to your own life. Now let's get on with the episode.
0:38.9	Everybody. Everybody happy to have you here. We've talked several times about body image things, eating disorders, and healthy relationships with food and today is another beautiful
0:45.8	example of the healing work that can happen when we're really willing to open our
0:51.2	hearts and look at patterns that are no longer serving us and
0:55.5	are called forward to be the best versions of our self.
0:58.7	Particularly in Pamela's case her daughter is calling her forward to be a generational
1:04.8	pattern breaker and to end some unhealthy habits and patterns. You know, I
1:11.0	even hesitated to title the podcast, what I did, because so much of what we call
1:16.3	unhealthy is more just reactions. You know, if I were to say unhealthy relationship with food differently, I would say unresolved childhood
1:27.3	traumas that have manifested in food obsessions.
1:33.7	That's just too long, but that's more what it's about.
1:37.5	And Pamela is just so lovely and so willing,
1:41.7	and this is really a heartwarming episode I think you'll enjoy it.
1:45.2	I also want to invite you to the over and on with a live retreat.
1:49.5	It's not a live podcast recording. We won't be recording any podcast, there will be some coaching,
1:53.8	but this is actually a retreat experience for you to come and be held and release and receive,
1:58.8	and we priced it really fairly.
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