Abundant Ever After with Cathy Heller Kim Shapira on How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body & Self
May 20, 2025
Kim Shapira, a celebrity dietitian and author of 'This Is What You're Really Hungry For,' shares her expertise on healing the relationship with food. She introduces six transformative rules that promote self-acceptance and mindfulness in eating habits. The conversation dives into the emotional ties that influence eating and shopping behaviors, emphasizing the importance of personal experiences in nutrition. Shapira highlights how childhood influences affect current habits, advocating for compassion and self-awareness in tackling body image issues.
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Kim's Personal Journey to Healing
- Kim Shapira shares how her childhood illness and shopping coping mechanism led her to study nutrition.
- Her personal experience helped her develop six rules to heal relationships with food beyond dieting.
Sleepwalking Through Life Unconsciously
- Humans sleepwalk through about 47% of their day, repeating unconscious, survival-based thoughts.
- Becoming aware of and tuning into the present moment breaks this fog and changes behavior.
Six Simple Rules for Food Peace
- Practice mindfulness by locating your mind and body in the present moment.
- Follow Kim's six rules including eating when hungry, eating what you love, and getting enough sleep and hydration.
