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This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of body awareness (today and every day).
Comment from Marie: We've been taught to revere the mind as almost a God... as the one voice we should follow. Yet, as we all have experienced, the mind can be distorted by needs and wants, and programming, by advertising, by all kinds of things. When we learn to listen to our body, it will tell us the truth about what is good for us (and what is not) and what we need to do to feel better and be healthier and happier.
InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
October 11-12-13, 2024
The focus for today (and the weekend) is:
I quiet my mind noise and soften my mind hunger
so I can listen to the wisdom of my body.
Today's inspiration was written by Sue Van Raes:
While your body is your home for life, your mind can swoop in and, before you even realize it, become the bully of your body. Mind hunger, or allowing your mind to direct your eating, is very different from engaging in body-led or self-led eating — eating from a place of wholeness and inner wisdom.
Mind hunger usually feels chaotic, random, and in constant flux, because your mind often has an insatiable appetite. Mind hunger is embedded both in how you think and in how you eat. Conversely, body hunger is expressed via your mind-body connection, or interoception, and speaks to you through your physical sensations.
Our worlds are infiltrated with so much food noise that clutters our minds and fills our thoughts with thousands of different food rules, strategies, and rationales. While we will never be completely free from all mind hunger, body-centered eating asks you to quiet your mind noise and soften your mind hunger so you can drop in and listen to the wisdom of your body.
CONTINUE READING: Read the complete article here.
Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
Don’t Let Your Mind Bully Your Body
Written by Sue Van Raes.
Read the complete article here.
The focus for today (and the weekend): I quiet my mind noise and soften my mind hunger so I can listen to the wisdom of my body.
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RELATED BOOK: Food and Freedom
Food and Freedom: Discover Your Personal Recipe to Eat, Think, and Live Well
by Sue Van Raes.
Food and Freedom is a journey to reclaiming your wholeness and experiencing more mindfulness, personal fulfillment, and pleasure with food and in life. This trustworthy guide is rich with personal memoir, inspiring case studies from clients, soulful teachings, self-study prompts, nourishing recipes, and techniques to support biochemistry, satiation, and metabolic health. It will help you create body compassion and give you the confidence to show up in life as who you truly are, remedy emotional eating, and prosper with embodied self-care.
For more info and/or to order this book, click here. Also available as an Audiobook and a Kindle edition.
About the Author
Sue Van Raes, author of Food and Freedom, is a functional nutritionist, food psychology specialist, and psycho-spiritual practitioner, who is dedicated to helping women who are stressed out about food finally make peace with their plates. After her life-long struggle with food and two decades of private practice, she discovered a surprising pathway to a renewed relationship with food. Sue draws on her personal and professional experience providing a body, mind, heart, and soul approach to stop stressing and start fully living. Visit the author's website at: BoulderNutrition.com
