#128: Losing the Weight of Other People's Opinions to Heal from Food and Body Shame with Veronica Perretti
In the latest episode of Full Plate Podcast, I’m joined by Veronica Perretti (a yoga teacher, astrologer, and client of mine) to talk about how she has been (and continues to) recover from a lifetime of trying to control other people’s opinions of her body.
This episode has so much laughter and so much depth, simultaneously. Veronica is incredibly vulnerable in sharing her truth-iest experiences with body shame, the areas of her life where she still struggles to divest from diet culture, the impact her food freedom has had on her marriage, and the crucial components of her healing (hello, Lexapro).
Some topics we get into:
Macro counting and diet culture
Embracing convenience foods
Having different “wellness” approaches than your partner
Overcoming food comparison
Healing from food shame and food guilt
Setting boundaries versus defending food choices
Understanding the roots of food judgment
Disordered exercise and yoga culture
Disentangling self-worth from your weight
Set point theory and weight cycling
Fertility and weight stigma
Navigating weight bias in medical advice
Pregnancy and intuitive eating
Self-advocacy in medical care
This is ultimately a conversation about how to want what we want, feel secure in honoring our own needs, advocate for ourselves, and do all of this without trying to convince anyone to agree with us (or, as Veronica says – “attacking them into consciousness” ).
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