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Sep 2019
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33- The "Food Peace Mindset" and Living ...

Stefani Reinold, MD, MPH, Board Certified Psychiatrist
About this episode

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  • What You Need to Know to Make Peace with Food
  • The Counterintuitive Approach to Overcome Emotional Eating
  • How to Discover What You REALLY Desire
  • My Approach to Uncovering Your Unconscious Mental Blocks

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About the Guest:

Madison Surdyke is a certified integrative nutrition health coach and the founder of Sunny Thymes. She’s on a mission to empower women to transform their mindsets, find total food freedom and end the war with their bodies, so they can live the lives of their dreams. Her work goes beyond food and body image; it’s about self-love, reclaiming your freedom in life and discovering your greater purpose. Oh and did I mention, she’s also a recipe developer and food photographer, offering a unique place to find super tasty recipes, free of diet talk and body shaming.
 
In this interview, we discuss:
  • Her journey through anorexia and orthorexia
  • Her experience with elimination diets and how it damaged her hormones worse
  • What woke her up to start to make peace with food
  • How she eventually found Intuitive Eating
  • How you can create a bigger life by making peace with food
  • What scared her most about the mention of eating disorder treatment
  • Why she's such an advocate for therapy and coaching
  • Intuitive eating professionals can support each other better
  • How to make peace with food without focusing on food
  • How she gets clients to think beyond weight loss
  • How limiting beliefs are serving us
 
Notable Quotes from Madison Surdyke in this Interview:
  • "It doesn't matter which belief is true. It matters which belief makes you feel better."
  • "I don't think we need to worry about fullness."
  • "Stress over eating the food is worse than the food itself."
  • "There's so much more to health than food and exercise."
  • "Everyone deserves freedom around food."
  • "This food and body stuff is just step 1 on this amazing journey of life."
 
Connect with Madison:
Website: sunnythymes.com
Instagram: @sunnythymesblog
 
 
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