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Jan 2021
59m 7s

Burnout, Diet Culture, & The Default Bod...

Jennifer Wallace & Elisabeth Kristof
About this episode

Joining me this week is Elisabeth Kristof, co-host and founder of Brain Based Wellness and we discuss systems of oppression, domination, and discrimination that keep women trapped. Political, economical, and social systems have been constructed to keep us contained and gaslight if we resolve our trama. 

 

In this episode: 

  • [3:23] Elizabeth talks about applied neurology
  • [4:12] Selfcare
  • [6:24] Our beliefs drive our behavior
  • [8:12] Stress is a giant wash of chemicals
  • [10:20] Peter Lavine’s book “Waking the Tiger”
  • [10:52] The Stress Cycle
  • [11:33] Hyper or Hypo Vigilance
  • [11:44] Stress can affect our brain
  • [12:09] Damaging our eternal systems with stress
  • [12:56] Human connection can be stress relieving 
  • [14:05] No Pain, No Gain
  • [17:23] Difficult feelings get suppressed
  • [18:24] Elizabeth shares how her identity came from her work ethic
  • [19:11] Workaholism
  • [21:02] Bingeing and disordered eating
  • [22:46] Diet Culture
  • [24:28] Elizabeth shares her experience with binge eating
  • [26:37] Shame spiraling
  • [27:51] How dieting can lead to health problems
  • [29:06] There are different body types
  • [30:45] BMI was formed by people in the diet industry
  • [31:31] Diets are not what we need to lose weight
  • [34:44] Elizabeth talks about Sonya Renee Taylor’s book “ The body is not an apology”
  • [36:31] How Elizabeth began her practice of Radical Self Love through change
  • [37:54] Drastic change through political and social reform
  • [38:58] Down with the Patriarchy!
  • [40:03] Depression and Anxiety
  • [41:50] Elizabeth talks about a book by a Journalist “Lost Connections”
  • [42:42] How self-care routines are beneficial to us
  • [43:58] Practice being and resting more
  • [44:23] Elizabeth talks about how ‘rest’ changed her
  • [46:00] Formulating a grief practice
  • [50:27] Learning to regulate pain
  • [51:34] Trauma is an underlying condition
  • [52:25] Discrimination against women
  • [52:46] Peter Lavine book about Complex Trauma PTSD
  • [53:14] Does time heals all wounds?

 

Resources From This Episode:

The Virtual Symposium ‘Return To You’

Wednesday, January 27, 1pm-4pm CST → Get your tickets HERE

~ Join me, Somatic Practitioner Anna Gieselman, Applied Neurologist Elisabeth Kristof, Liberation Coach Miriam Rachael Freed, and Astrologist & Womb Activator Melody Joy for a 3-hour virtual mastermind class.

 

Work with Elisabeth

25% OFF Your First Month’s Membership at Brain Based Wellness 

Use (Code: illuminated25)

 

Get your free morning practice with Elisabeth HERE

You’ll get 2-3 applied neuro drills and 1 somatic meditation

 

Work with Jennifer

25% Off a Private Coaching Session HERE

 

Journalist. Lost Connections

Taylor, Sonya Renee. The Body is Not An Apology

Peter Walker. Walking the Tiger

Evelyne Traboli and Alish Rush. Intuitive Eating

 

Connect with Jennifer

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Connect with Elizabeth

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