We don't grow in the dark, growth happens in the light.

I'm challenging you to come out of hiding, to shed secrets, to step beyond shame.

I'm challenging you to stand in the light of truth.

Why go to therapy? Because it's defined work.

When you are emotionally healthy, you are more powerful spiritually.

You're now listening to the In the Light podcast hosted by Dr Anita Phillips.

Hey, hey, hey in the light fam. Welcome back. So glad to have the opportunity to talk with you again.

Our last episode was truly multifaceted and I was so moved by how so many of you responded.

Talking about our relationship with food, our emotions and our bodies touched a whole lot of you.

And I'm so glad. There were a lot of comments on my Instagram and my Facebook,

where women and men for that matter expressed how hard they have tried to escape this way of coping with heart emotions

and how often there has been failure.

There were a lot of comments about trying to solve the problem of emotional eating by simply stopping the eating part.

Others talked about bringing faith into the equation by setting an intention to turn to prayer

rather than food when those most difficult emotions were strongest.

And although both of those measures have merit, curiously it seems our least likely response

is to actually take care of ourselves emotionally.

That was the invaluable wisdom at the center of all that our guest Isabel Garza left us with.

Take care of your feelings. Remember, emotions are embodied experiences.

They aren't free-floating things in the air.

Our emotions and our bodies are deeply connected.

That's why only after putting on a body just like ours was Jesus able to be touched

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