The Optimal Body 119 | Food Freedom through Intuitive Eating & Somatic Healing with Keri Ford
Caught up in a binge-restrict cycle? Can’t seem to truly practice intuitive eating? Feeling powerless with food choices? If you are struggling with the concept of naturally moderating your portion sizes, this one’s for you. Keri ford, a holistic health specialist, provides insight into approaching your relationship with food through a perspective of healing with a deeper root cause. Explaining the power of pausing, intuitive eating, and gradient of healing, she walks you through her own disordered eating past and provides tips on how you can begin to start your own journey. As part of the process, she talks about true self-love, distinguishing it from self-care. She touches base with the somatic work and its transformational effects in relation to the nervous system, trauma healing, and weight management. Learn whether or not Keri still struggles with her relationship with food and how to restore and reconnect with yourself on a sanctuary retreat with Keri! Let’s dive in!
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What You Will Learn In This Interview with Keri Ford:
3:28 – Keri’s “Why.”
5:22 – Approaching struggling relationships with food.
6:36 – Power of Pausing.
10:34 – Dropping shame associated with food.
13:32 – Approaching cravings in terms of intuitive eating.
16:30 – How Keri permitted intuitive eating.
19:22 – Shifting from self-care to self-love.
21:08 – Billion dollar body principle.
22:57 – Tips on identifying how to be present & starting your journey.
26:33 – What is Somatic work?
34:29 – Keri’s Sanctuary Retreats.
39:03 – Connect further with Keri
About Keri Ford:
Featured around the world on Entrepreneur, NBC, SELF, Livestrong, and FOX, Keri is the CEO and Founder of Elevate with Keri – an elite transformational coaching movement and luxury brand created for high-performance women ready to be successful in this part of their life. As a previous Celebrity Trainer, Keri is recognized as an international motivational speaker, author, event host, and leading global authority on whole-body wellness. She has spoken alongside top industry experts, neuroscientists, and doctors.
Keri has also been nominated as one of the Top 100 Visionaries in Healthcare by IFAH, the International Forum on Advancements in Healthcare.
She is on a mission to empower millions of women to challenge diet culture, educate on the science and psychology of intuitive eating, and master self-love from the inside out.
Items mentioned in this episode include:
Keri’s Website: https://elevatewithkeri.com
Sign up for Keri’s retreat: https://shiftwithsanctuary.com
Keri’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/thekeriford/
To learn more about Keri and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://jen.health/podcast/119
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