Satiated Episode 147: What's Fueling your Eating Disorder? Diet Culture, Body Image Pressure, Religion, and Trauma

Happy Satiated Saturday! 

I have said this before and I'll say it again. Your food behaviors are happening for a reason. Binging, restricting, chronic dieting, and body image concerns all come up to support you and satisfy a need that is not being met. 

They are there to help you feel safe and in control. 

And so, healing disordered eating or an eating disorder will mean addressing the root cause that is fueling your food and body behaviors. It's not really about the food. It will be about addressing what your body is holding onto from past trauma and beliefs that need to be looked at and potentially updated. 

In this week’s episode, I talk with Asher Seruya, psychotherapist, illustrator, and writer, about diet culture, fatphobia, the effects of religion on our eating behaviors, and how our past traumas and generational trauma color our experience of the present. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/whats-fueling-your-eating-disorder

Begin to experience every eating experience as a doorway into yourself. What, when, why, and how you're eating can all inform you of how you're processing your life.

With Compassion and Empathy,
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Contact: Asher@ashermseruya.com

References: 

Diets Are A Lot Like Religion

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