In Session With Marc David: Rejecting the Pressure to Live an Extraordinary Life

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Marc David

Nutrition, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Lenka, 43 and from Prague, recognizes a pattern with food that many of us will relate to: turning to food as a form of self-abuse. At the age of 15, Lenka developed bulimia, beginning a troubled relationship with food, and body dysmorphia that told her she wasn't good enough if she wasn't thin.

Now an academic with a very busy life, Lenka has improved her relationship with eating, even finding herself somewhat relaxed around food at times. But in general, Lenka is not relaxed - not about food, and not particularly about anything else in her life. She's single and can't quite understand why, has been called a workaholic by her family and friends, and often feels alone and confused about her path in life.

In their coaching episode - part of the "In Session with Marc David" series on The Psychology of Eating Podcast, Marc David works with Lenka to uncover what's really at the root of her eating challenges.

As Marc teaches, our relationship with food often mirrors our relationship with life itself. And our challenges with food and body are always asking us to learn and grow, and to be open to what they're here to teach us.

As they explore, at an early age Lenka developed a core toxic belief that she needs to make her life perfect. And that deep desire to get everything "right" inevitably sets her up for failure. In this light, turning to food to self-abuse makes great sense if we think we're to blame … and therefore deserve punishment.

So tune into this episode of the podcast where we take a deep look at the core beliefs that hurt and hold us back, and how we can instead find the flow, beauty, and freedom with food and life that we all deserve.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Psychology of Eating podcast, where food and body challenges are the doorway into a happier, healthier life.
0:11.4	Now, here's your host, eating psychology expert and founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, Mark David.
0:23.9	Welcome everybody. I'm Mark David, founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating.
0:29.5	Here we are in the Psychology of Eating podcast, and I'm with Lenka today. Welcome, Lenka.
0:35.5	Thank you, Mark. Hello. Yes. Where are you geographically right now?
0:41.0	I live in Prague, which is in Czech Republic. So it's the central Europe.
0:45.5	I don't know. Neighboring countries, Germany, Austria.
0:49.3	Yeah.
0:49.9	Yes, one place I would love to visit. Absolutely love to visit.
0:55.1	It's very beautiful here.
0:57.7	Oh, I bet.
0:59.0	So if you could wave your magic wand and get whatever you wanted with food and body,
1:05.1	what would that mean for you?
1:07.1	Yeah, I would like to never come back to, you know, seeing food as an enemy and also abusing food, you know, sort of manipulate with food.
1:22.1	I would really like to only enjoy eating that would be or, know see seafood as a as really like a celebration or
1:33.0	maybe something I would do to be healthy and nourished that that would be great so when you
1:42.3	ambitious I don't think that's ambitious at all.
1:46.1	I love that.
1:47.3	So when you feel like you're using food or abusing food, what does that look like for you?
1:56.6	Actually, you know, I was thinking about this typeology you provide for men and women why they abuse food.
2:03.3	And I think I actually somehow used the more male strategy to numb out.
2:09.0	You know, so when I'm really overwhelmed and maybe anxious and I want to relax somehow,
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