The Inner Rebel & Food: Why We Love Going Against The Rules – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Marc David

Nutrition, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Do you love going against the rules?

If so, you might have a strong "inner rebel" – an archetype that lives inside us, and can unwittingly make us go against our own best interests, especially when it comes to our health.

As Marc David explores in this episode, our inner rebel is often behind the scenes unconsciously making choices for us about things like diet, exercise, sleep hygiene, and so much more.

Thirty eight-year old Daniela from Mexico wants to improve her health but frequently gets tempted by frappuccinos, sodas, and junk food. Daniela, a psychologist, knows that making changes to diet and exercise are important to her weight and health goals, but she just can't seem to stick with it.

As the session unfolds, it becomes clear that Daniela has two competing voices inside her duking it out for control: the part of her who wants to make healthier choices, and the part of her that doesn't want to feel restricted and controlled. This latter voice is her inner rebel, causing quite a lot of difficulty, confusion and frustration.

So how can Daniela - and the rest of us - work with the inner rebel?

Is the inner rebel here to vex us, or is there a hidden wisdom and message this archetype has for us?

You'll hear the answers to this, and more – and hear some life-changing takeaways, including:

How childhood food restriction, food scarcity, and other limitations with food at a young age can lead to a strong inner rebel as an adult
The origins of the inner rebel shown in the Biblical "Adam & Eve" story
How we can use our inner rebel for constructive and positive purposes when it comes to our health
Why positive reinforcement from our loved ones can go a long way in creating healthy habits
And more…

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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.
0:11.0	Now, here's your host, Eating Psychology Expert and founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, Mark David. Welcome, everybody. I'm Mark David,
0:26.8	founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating. We're in the Psychology of Eating podcast,
0:32.3	and I'm with Daniela today. Welcome, Daniela. Thank you, Mark. Thanks for being here. So for those people who are new to
0:40.6	the podcast, here's how it works. Daniela and I are having a first session ever. And the idea is to
0:50.2	help move you forward, Daniela, in anything that you want around food and body. So if you could
0:56.6	wave your magic wand and get whatever you wanted with food and body, what would that be for you?
1:02.6	I would like to understand better my relationship with food, especially because I know that I'm not having the healthiest habits regarding food and
1:14.8	exercise. And I know that could be bad for my health, but it's really hard for me to change that.
1:23.4	So if you can give me some advice, something that will help me with that, I will be really, really
1:31.6	happy.
1:32.8	So you want to change your habits and just have healthier habits when it comes to food and
1:38.7	exercise?
1:39.7	Yes.
1:40.8	So if you were able to change your habits, let's say you could just automatically do it.
1:48.0	How would that, how do you imagine that would look for you if you were having good habits?
1:53.5	I would imagine myself doing exercise almost every day and enjoying it because even though I've I try and I do it sometimes,
2:04.6	I don't necessarily enjoy the exercise. So I would see myself loving my, my exercise and
2:11.9	making better choices when it comes to food. So what are the choices that you make that don't feel like they're such good habits?
2:24.2	Well, first of all, I love rapuccinos.
2:28.8	So I constantly, like maybe twice or three times a week, I go have one and I love sodas. So almost every
2:39.9	day I have the tiniest can I can find, but I do have one a day, one cup of soda. So I think
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