#146: Dealing with Holiday Anxiety, Resting without Guilt, Responding to Food Judgement, and Setting Compassionate Boundaries

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Abbie’s husband, Jeb, joins the pod (back by popular demand!) to help answer holiday questions from listeners. The questions get at the heart of all the ways the holiday season can impact our thoughts, anxieties, and behaviors around food, body image, and close relationships.

Topics include reverting to only eating safe foods when presented with a lot more food than usual, feeling restless with unplanned time, dealing with other people’s food rules when you’re in their homes, and how to deal with judgement while eating what you truly want (regardless of other people’s comments).

Tune in to hear about...

• What's on their plates right now (food, chronic illness, work stress)

• Wrestling with guilt over needing to rest

• Why old thought patterns come up when we're in pain

• Comparisons and similarities with sobriety and diet culture

• True safety versus routines that feel “safe” with food and our body

• Reframing slowness and lack of structure as liberation

• Releasing the productivity mindset

• Handling other people's judgement about your food choices and body

• Managing buffet anxiety while you're in recovery

• Tips on putting together a plate for yourself using self-compassion 

• How to state your boundaries with loved ones

• Figuring out which of other people’s routines to compassionately respect and which to set boundaries around 

• Prioritizing your own needs and wants during the holiday

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You can find the other episodes that Jeb did with Abbie right here, here, and here. They are great ones, too!

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