Today I’m chatting with Erin Treloar about how to lean into intuitive eating, find food freedom, and embrace self-love! Erin is a mom of two, health coach, meditation teacher, and host of the Raw Beauty Talks podcast. Her practice, rooted in intuitive eating, mindfulness, and self-love, is dedicated to forging a new paradigm of wellness.
Erin also founded the non-profit organization Free to Be, which has taught media literacy and positive body image tools to over 2,500 youth.
Navigating Body Image & Emotional Eating in the Weight-Loss Drug Era with Erin Treloar
In today’s conversation, she shares powerful lessons from her journey, including navigating an eating disorder from a young age and the profound impact of media on our self-esteem. She opens up about working with a life coach and somatic therapist to heal her eating disorder and offers practical advice for healing emotional wounds, learning to communicate with your body, and identifying hunger cues.
We also discuss tips for staying present, dealing with perfectionism and comparison, and what to do if you’re struggling with internet-fueled influences and the impact of Ozempic on body image. Plus, experience an incredible somatic practice for connecting with your body.
Erin provides practical tips and tools from her personal healing journey and from helping her clients find food freedom and self-compassion. If you struggle with emotional eating, you’re not alone; Erin’s work provides a compassionate landing place for you to start healing and embracing all that life has to offer!
(00:02:34) Lessons Learned from Navigating a Childhood Eating Disorder
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- How her childhood shaped who she is today
- How the “low fat” era and unrealistic beauty ideals influenced her self-esteem
- Lessons from navigating an eating disorder as a young girl
- Entering treatment and confronting shame
- Dealing with changes in life through controlling food
(00:13:57) How to Start Healing Emotional Wounds & Find Self-Love
- Working with a life coach and somatic therapist to heal her eating disorder
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- How to start identifying underlying emotions
- The epidemic of loneliness – why we’re so lonely
(00:22:38) Intuitive Eating Through a Somatic Practice for Connecting to Your Body
- Advice for staying in the present moment
- Experience a body scan somatic practice
- How to learn to communicate with your body
- Begin leaning into intuitive eating and identifying hunger cues
(00:32:50) Navigating Body Image in the Weight-Loss Drug Era
- What to do if you’re struggling with media influences
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- Wellness hacks that DON’T get to the root cause
- Knowing what to prioritize in healing
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(00:39:23) Erin Shares a Healthier Approach to Comparison
- Tips for dealing with perfectionism and comparison
- Erin’s work with Food Freedom: rawbeauty.co/foodfreedom
- How to heal emotional eating and binge eating
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Guest Info:
- Website: freetobetalks.com
- Food Freedom Method: rawbeauty.co/foodfreedom
- Instagram: @rawbeautytalks
- Podcast: Raw Beauty Talks
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