Find Your Food Voice [Mini Session] Rewrite your complicated relationship with food using intuitive eating and narrative therapy
Aug 29, 2024
In this enlightening mini session, listeners discover the power of writing a letter to food as a therapeutic tool. Julie dives into narrative therapy, showing how externalizing food-related issues can alleviate shame and isolation. She shares her own heartfelt letter, expressing gratitude and addressing the harms of dieting. The discussion expands to include alternative letter recipients, like our bodies or the healthcare system. Practical tips guide listeners in their letter-writing journey, fostering connection and healing in their relationship with food.
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Narrative Therapy Reframes The Problem
- Narrative therapy separates the person from the problem and helps externalize issues like disordered eating shame.
- This separation lets you access your cultural supports, skills, and lived experience to rewrite your story.
Externalize By Writing A Letter
- Write a letter to food (or to a system, body, or condition) to externalize and examine your relationship with eating.
- Use an empty-chair image and freely write whatever comes up to reconnect with your expertise and strengths.
Use Existing Letters And Submit Yours
- Read past listener letters on julieduffydillon.com for examples and prompts if you need inspiration to write your letter.
- Email your letter to info@juliedillonrd.com and indicate if you permit it to be shared on the podcast.