A POEM FOR ANYONE WHO’S EVER EATEN THEIR FEELINGS
“I like to eat my feelings”
Say it.
Say it like it’s a fact
No angst
No guilt
No shame
No “I shouldn’t eat emotionally”
It’s not a question.
It’s not “how do I stop myself from eating my feelings?”
It’s not “How do I stop reaching for the flavor that soothes”
It’s just the truth
“I like to eat my feelings” – FULL STOP.
Don’t add:
I shouldn’t because then I’ll eat too much.
Then I’ll eat the carbs
the brownies
the all you can eat buffet
Just feel this:
“I like to eat my feelings”
I like to eat because it brings me comfort
It turns down the volume on intensity
On sad, mad and alone
When I say I like to eat my feelings I mean
I’m hungry for comfort
For some sweetness
For a break
Embrace this
Notice the challenge of being in your body with your feelings
Acknowledge and appreciate how food can be self-care
“I like to eat my feelings”
When you say this, know you that you are not alone
We all eat emotionally
We are emotional beings
We eat food and have feelings about our food
We have feelings about having eaten our food
When we own it…
We are able to eat the food and the food no longer eats us
We are able to choose food and the food doesn’t choose us
We are able to feel our feelings and the feelings no longer consume us
When we own it
We make space to be in authentic relationship with ourselves.
~ Nina Manolson
For more of my poetic essays: https://ninamanolson.com/food-for-thought/
Nina Manolson, M.A. in Counseling Psychology, Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Psychology of Eating Coach, Body-Trust® Guide.
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Nina Manolson, MA, NBC-HWC, board certified Health Coach, Psychology of Eating Coach and Certified Body-Trust Provider, believes that every woman deserves to feel good in her own body.
She helps women create a healthy and positive relationship with their food and body so they can love their body and life! She’s the founder of NinaManolson.com and The Nourished Woman Nation.
She helps busy women feel good in their own body.. She specializes in working with women over 40 who have tried other diets and approaches but are still struggling with their body and food.
She’s the creator of the BODY-LOVE MAP and the recipient of the prestigious Health Leadership Award from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
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Nina Manolson, MA, is the founder of Body-Peace®.She helps women end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their body—as it is.
She is known for her deeply feminist, anti-diet, body-peace® approach. She brings her 30 years of experience as a therapist, Body-Trust® Guide and Psychology of Eating Teacher to helping women create a respectful and trusting relationship with their food and body.
Nina’s Body-Peace® work is all in service of helping people get off the diet roller-coaster, and into a compassionate and powerful way of eating & living which creates a positive long-lasting change in and with their bodies. Her courses, coaching, poems and Body-Peace APP positively change the conversation that women are having with their body.
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