A New Approach to Healing Disordered Eating with Jessica Flanigan Brown | Ep 229

Self-compassion: not typically considered a healing "biohack", but today's show might change your opinion on that.

It's fair to say that most of us struggle with self-compassion. With easy access to external influences (hello social media, beauty standards, and manipulative marketing), it becomes easy to view ourselves through an excessively critical lens. Self-compassion is an important part of a complete healing plan, which is why Erin and one of her mentors, Jessica Flanigan Brown, bring this topic to light. Simply put, the concept of self-compassion is foreign to most in the disordered eating space, and especially in mainstream diet culture. Self compassion is the missing link to helping those affected by eating disorders to heal and persevere.

Tune in to learn about self-compassion and its critical components, the difference between intuitive eating and the self-compassion-centered concept of "Inner Eater", and relatable client examples where self-compassion-centered treatment has been successful. Walk away knowing how to take your first steps towards practicing self-compassion. Most importantly, be part of the ripple effect of healing and share this episode with someone in your life who may struggle with self-compassion.

In this episode:

-Get to know Jessica [2:21]

-Why Jessica transitioned from primarily working with autoimmunity to the eating disorder cohort [6:48]

-Emotional resilience: What is it, and do you have it? [11:18]

-What are the primary components of self-compassion and how do they relate? [12:08]

-Why intuitive eating doesn't work for everyone [14:48]

-How to begin developing self-compassion and trusting ourselves [21:48]

-How Jessica's concept of our "Inner Eater" differs from intuitive eating [28:48]

-A few real-world examples of how the "Inner Eater" has been implemented [33:48]

-What is the path to get started on practicing self-compassion? [47:48]

-All about Transformational Eating™️ and how to connect with Jessica [49:48]

Jessica Flanigan Brown is a clinical nutritionist and author of The Loving Diet. Jessica has been practicing clinical nutrition for 25 years. In her clinical practice, she specializes in gut restoration, and in her coaching practice, she specializes in disordered eating, especially in mid-life. She is finishing at Stanford University School of Medicine’s CCARE Applied Compassion Training program, where she will be a certified compassion teacher and educator. She helps others to get in touch with the healing power of their hearts with a practical approach. Find Jessica on IG @thelovingdiet

Connect with her on her website: thelovingdiet.com

Learn more about her Transformational Eating™️ course here: thelovingdiet.com/landing-page

FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/229-self-compassion-disordered-eating