You're Not Broken, You're Disconnected:

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>There's something wrong with me...</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I hear this from my clients allllllll the time.  The fact that they eat when they're stressed, feel out-of-control with food, can't stick to a restrictive diet, or can't pass by their favorite foods makes them feel like there's something wrong with them.  That they're broken.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>I don't think that's true AT ALL.</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They aren’t broken. None of us are broken.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The reality is, there are numerous systems and situations that work against us having a positive relationship with food and our bodies.  The first and most obvious, of course, is diet culture.  Diet culture consistently tells us that our bodies aren't good enough, which leads us to dieting, which leads to binge eating, overeating, emotional eating, etc.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And then we blame ourselves.  "I should be able to do this better!"  "I know what to do but I just can't do it!"  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We make it our problem.  Our fault.  When really, it's the world we live in that's the problem.</span></p> <p>When you think about it, there are numerous systems in addition to diet culture that work against us.  These systems make life really difficult in about a million different ways.  And they also make it really tough to nourish ourselves physically and emotionally and feel good in our own skin.  Systems like:</p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Racism</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Patriarchy</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ableism</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Capitalism</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" ar