Coming Home to Ourselves with Beka Elle

Innocently, when we are struggling with an overeating or binge eating habit, we can come to believe that peace of mind exists outside ourselves. We can believe that ‘if’ or ‘when’ certain scenarios happen – like, when we stop overeating or binge eating – only then we will feel peaceful and begin to love and appreciate ourselves.Today coach and podcaster Beka Elle is here to share that, actually, peace of mind and feelings of well-being exist within us all the time. We cannot ever be separated from them. And it is when we lean into this idea that we begin to experience lasting change. Beka Elle helps people come home to themselves. Whether it’s feeling stuck with unwanted habits and anxiety, or feeling a lack of purpose, she points people back to their own innate wisdom. she is passionate about helping people find freedom from their limiting beliefs. You can find Beka Elle at BekaElle.com and on Instagram @beka.elle.coachingYou can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes* How are thinking is so changeable yet our essential nature is constant * On the different approach the inside-out understanding takes to healing issues with food and overeating or binge eating * How our minds innocently try to optimize our experience of life * Why holding onto thought patterns doesn’t set us free * Learning to welcome all feelings and how that improves our relationship with food and ourselvesResources Mentioned in this Episode* Dr. Amy Johnson * Beka’s post: Guilt around food choices isn’t helpful * Beka’s post: The gift of bad habits * The Lived Podcast * Beka’s monthly free Soul Huddles groupTranscript of Interview with Beka ElleAlexandra: Welcome to unbroken Becky Gagnon.Beka Elle: Thank you so much, Alexandra.Alexandra: I’m so glad to talk to you. Why don’t you start out tell us a little bit about your background and how you got interested in the Inside-out Understanding Beka: I came into this understanding out of desperation actually. I struggled for about 12 years with cycles of eating disorders, which started out as innocent dieting in my teenage years. And then that turned into overly restrictive dieting, where I lost too much weight. And then my body fought back and I became a binge eater. Then I became a bulimic, when I felt like I couldn’t get the binge eating under control, but I still felt like I needed to lose weight. So I struggled with that. And then there was depression and anxiety in there too, sort of just this overall feeling of feeling lost, not feeling like myself, whatever that meant. Feeling as one feels when they’re just over identify with their own mind. Since the mind changes like the weather, it felt like I changed with the weather and just feeling like I didn’t know why I was here. I always felt like I needed to lose weight or be better in some way, or prove my worth in some way. So I started with that for about 12 years and tried a...