Stress eating
We say it like it’s a bad word
“I was stress eating”
Followed by self-blame and shame
Like something is wrong with us
But if we strip away the stigma
Stress eating is survival
Is coping
Is desperately longing for soothing
So let’s listen
With deep understanding
To the
Stress
To the
Eating
And respond
With kindness
Say…
Of course I am stressed
These are wild and stressful times
Of course I am eating
Eating is a symbol of survival
Of course I am stressed
There is too much expected from me right now
Of course I am eating
Eating is my will to live
Instead of seasoning your food
With shame
How about digesting it with
Understanding and compassion
Gentleness needs to be the first responder
To our stress
To our needs
To our hunger
Not judgment.
~ Nina Manolson
NinaManolson.com
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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