[party in my plants] 87: You Don’t Need Willpower, You Need Food Therapy! with Shira Lenchewski

My guest today believes that our relationship with food? It’s a relationship. Like a relationship we have with other humans. And just like we can talk to a therapist to help us fix our relationships issues with other humans, we can talk to a food therapist to help us fix our relationships issues with food. Shira Lenchewski is that food therapist! Shira’s an LA-based registered dietitian whose nutritional insights and recipes are faves among wellness-focused celebs and non-celeb awesome wellness-focused regular people too! What I love about Shira is that that she’s as real as they come - and she eyerolls alongside me when she hears the term mindful eating as well as shares the same tagline “being healthy eating doesn’t have to suck!” She recently came out with a book call The Food Therapist that’s jam-packed with refreshingly practical advice for helping peeps resolve their “it’s complicated” relationship with food! Alright, let’s do some food therapy, baby!   You’ll hear:   - Why not eating mindfully doesn't mean you lack willpower or you're lazy. - How we've been conditioned to eat ice cream when we're sad. - What you can learn from how a three-year-old eats a cupcake! - The role of the pre-frontal cortex (yay science!). - Where sugar does AND doesn't need to be. - Reconciling wanting to look good vs. wanting a donut! - Why ethical accounting doesn't have a place in your relationship with food! - The importance of owning your decisions and indulging CONSCIOUSLY! - And A LOT more! Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where to buy Amazing Grass goodies and save 40% with code: PLANTPARTY40 Steal my job!! Scope out the exciting and impressive curriculum for The Institute for Integrative Nutrition! Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show! Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube