Greta Van Susteren: I think part of it is that we get really seduced by the hope of a new diet. We've been brainwashed to believe that a certain body size will bring us happiness, health, and forever afterness," she says. The Happiness Lab's next special New Year's season episode with Dr. Laurie Sanders tackles ways to listen to our inner voice.
Everyone has a view about what you should eat and how much. We're so bombarded with fad diets, fasting plans and nutritional advice that we can bounce from one way of eating to another without stopping to think: "What do I want to eat?"
Psychotherapist Andrea Wachter endured years of disordered eating and obsessing about her weight, until she decided to heed her inner voice and what her body wanted to consume. She explains to Dr Laurie Santos how so-called intuitive eating can free us from both diets and overeating.
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