I was a 3-year-old with glasses and my HS English teacher, who was kind, didn't realize the impact of his words when he said my interpretation of a song was incorrect. To think that there's only one way to interpret words, music, or art. That made me question my intuition and listen to authority for a very long time.
I've struggled with food allergies and addiction to those foods for most of my life and have to admit that my relationship with food is often a sparring match--much better these days.
It wasn't until my 40's that I finally had to honor the calling of writing and published my books.
It feels like there's a connection to food and honoring our soul's purpose. What we nourish inside flourishes outside. Thoughts?
Janine, thank you for sharing your similar story. I absolutely see over and over that when people improve their relationship with food and their bodies, they flourish in other areas of their lives. Food issues are often an embodiment of pain or related to challenges around boundaries (receiving nourishment). When we learn (or re-learn) to feed ourselves in an easeful, intuitive way, then we find ease in getting other needs met, too--such as honoring our soul's purpose, as you say.
This is very intriguing and has me thinking about my childhood and food allergies. How it wasn't until I was 18 that my allergies became dangerous to my body. There's a definite correlation to societal expectations and not being heard.
I've written about my relationship with food but am going to ponder boundaries and food issues, and how I was raised. You have opened a floodgate of possibilities!
Wow. I love that my post may spark some of your own self-discovery. I truly enjoy the work that I do with people on this journey of navigating food, body, and self.
The work you're doing is so important!
I was a 3-year-old with glasses and my HS English teacher, who was kind, didn't realize the impact of his words when he said my interpretation of a song was incorrect. To think that there's only one way to interpret words, music, or art. That made me question my intuition and listen to authority for a very long time.
I've struggled with food allergies and addiction to those foods for most of my life and have to admit that my relationship with food is often a sparring match--much better these days.
It wasn't until my 40's that I finally had to honor the calling of writing and published my books.
It feels like there's a connection to food and honoring our soul's purpose. What we nourish inside flourishes outside. Thoughts?
Thank you!
Janine, thank you for sharing your similar story. I absolutely see over and over that when people improve their relationship with food and their bodies, they flourish in other areas of their lives. Food issues are often an embodiment of pain or related to challenges around boundaries (receiving nourishment). When we learn (or re-learn) to feed ourselves in an easeful, intuitive way, then we find ease in getting other needs met, too--such as honoring our soul's purpose, as you say.
This is very intriguing and has me thinking about my childhood and food allergies. How it wasn't until I was 18 that my allergies became dangerous to my body. There's a definite correlation to societal expectations and not being heard.
I've written about my relationship with food but am going to ponder boundaries and food issues, and how I was raised. You have opened a floodgate of possibilities!
Wow. I love that my post may spark some of your own self-discovery. I truly enjoy the work that I do with people on this journey of navigating food, body, and self.