International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 52 | Page 55

So how does this help you to
dealing with the problem and
the feelings of mediocrity and
as a result our over eating?
Have you heard about using
food to numb our feelings, or
swallow down our emotions, or
push away our pain, well that is
what I see and hear most of the
time with my friends, family and
during my coaching calls now.
Food has become our habitual
source of comfort when things
get too hard to handle and
most of us have never been
taught how to deal with our
rising emotions or our fears and
confusions. Some of us don’t
even know what names to give
the array of emotions that can
presenting them selves to us let
alone how to feel them.
For example: Over the last 10
years since starting to detox
and be more raw in my daily
food choices, I realized I had
made it my habit to try and
be happy and to harmonize
all the difficult situations that
arose around me. However I
soon realized that harmonizing
and being the “nice girl” was
to the detriment of what I
really wanted and needed.
In my frustration and anger in
these times and with no way to
understand the depths of the
feelings that arose, the anger,
the resentment, the lack of
consideration, for example I
only had a few ways to cope
with my hurt feelings and fulfill
my needs. I eventually worked
out that I was seeking and
needed something in return,
and I felt that I deserved
something. I frequently chose
my habitual food of choice,
crisps. This always seemed to
fulfill me and make me feel
more satiated and content but
only for a few hours. Then I was
just angry, resentful, hurt and
lonely again.
Understanding how and what
we do in times in the presence
of emotional charged feelings
is essential to start changing our
habits.
Also the cleaner our diet and

the more we detox and the
more raw food we eat, the
more our emotions will rise to
the surface as we no longer are
using the habitual heavy, fake
processed foods to numb and
keep quiet our feelings and
painful emotions.
When
I
uncovered
and
acknowledged my frustrations
and anger that had lain
hidden and un recognized, It
was like a flood gate opening,
for a few days after and my
initial seeing and feeling these
emotions. I kept noticing how
I had reacted and then slowly
I began to express these
frustrations and anger’s in a
much healthier way. I was able
to articulate the resentment
and hurt I felt rather than store
them up inside me for years on
end. I became calmer and as
a result I was able to express
myself clearly and calmly and
the need to rush off and binge
eat on a large packet of crisps
out of fiery rage was no longer
quite so necessary.
I began to fill up on what I really
wanted and take charge of
my own happiness rather than
wait for someone else to do it
for me.
My journey is not a unique
one and the more I talk about
it and hear the stories of my
friends and clients the more I
understand it’s a very common
thread indeed.
My aim is to help you change
what and how you eat forever,
by listening to your bodies,
understanding
your
own
feelings and treating yourself
exceptionally well.
These MISSING NUTRIENTS as I
call them, are here to fulfill and
take us beyond sticking to any
diet, but to live happily making
better and better choices. So
that we can be happy and be
fulfilled with what we put into
and onto our bodies, make
better choices about who and
what we surround ourselves by,
as well as enjoy the pleasures
in life. It’s not meant to be so
hard.

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