The meaning we assign something, and the energy we bring to it, is far more important than the thing itself.
Because nothing exists without meaning and energy.
The only reason the color of the ocean is called “blue” is because a human decided it was.
This changes everything with food and body.
Someone could open a jar of Nutella, excited to enjoy the taste or even excited to gain weight, if that was their intention and in alignment for them.
Another person could fear and avoid the same jar of Nutella like it was the plague itself, labeling it “bad” or even “dangerous,” and setting off the body’s stress response.
When we set off the body’s stress response by fearing food, we hold on to physical and emotional weight as a form of protection.
Instead, we can choose to approach all foods from a place of love and non-judgment.
We can have deep reverence for our personal needs and preferences without judging or fearing anyone else’s.
When you operate from a place of unconditional love and non-judgment, you magnetize love in every category of your life: A body you love, relationships you love, work you love, a life you love.
Everything calibrates to you: All that you are, and the energy and meaning you bring to everything you do.
How do we apply this?
1. Embrace your current state completely.
Acknowledge and release judgment and shame.
Recognize your hardships and fears.
Thank them, for trying to protect you, for making you stronger, for expanding your nervous system and your capacity to feel, for increasing your resilience.
2. Practice emotional and physical hygiene.
Journal out your fears and desires, move your body, meditate, sing, dance, scream, shake.
Get support from a coach or therapist. No one is meant to do this alone.
3. Choose. Choose how you want to feel and how you want to show up.
Write it down. Feel it in your body.
Bring loving intention to everything you do, as much as possible.
It’s not about being perfect, it’s about being real.
When we are real, we are closer to love, until we become love. Because love is real. Love is truth.
When you feel off balance, return to the energies of unconditional love, non-judgment, and reverence, then move from there.
What would those energies tell you to do, if they could speak?
Allow yourself to be guided. Trust yourself. Love yourself.
Choose yourself, and nourish your body from that place.
When you return to love and non-judgment over and over, you rewire your relationship with food, and reorient your system toward love.
Here, there is no such thing as good or bad.
There’s just alignment with certain foods at certain times, and deep reverence for your body’s desires and needs.
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With so much love,
Lula