Shelley Chapman, Mindful Nutrition Coach, says she is a living testament to the power of changing your body by changing the story of how we should eat and how we age. This is a powerful episode as Shelley shares her path from emotional eating to mastering the way she eats and losing weight by obeying her body and creating simple guidelines for how she eats. She and Arlia discuss how she transformed her eating and body, decolonizing the diet, the impact of capitalism, eating disorders vs. disordered eating, losing weight vs. losing pounds, discipline vs. obedience, and a discussion of substitutions. Shelley also shares about the Mindful Nutrition School and the DETOX process. She wraps up by reminding the listener of her two simple rules for eating.
Don't miss the blooper when Arlia starts playing Shelley's video on YouTube as they're talking!
More about Shelley: Shelley Chapman, EdM is a mindful nutrition coach, weight loss motivator and wellness workshop facilitator. Before stepping into those roles she spent ten years overweight as a Compulsive Overeater and Emotional Eater. She starved, binged and mistreated her body for years. In her commitment to change she learned about food, nutrition, dietary lifestyles and began her emotional healing. As a result, she went from a size 12 to a size 2 in one year. She now teaches at The Mindful Nutrition School and travels throughout the country teaching workshops on how to shift from emotional and stress eating to mindful eating and how to integrate healthy behaviors into busy, modern lifestyles. She has worked with a variety of companies and institutions including Food Network, National Institute of Mental Health, Teach for America, New York University and Emory University. She also produces health focused web series and cooking videos for her YouTube channel, The Mindful Plate.
You can find her online at mindfulnutritionschool.com and on Instagram @ShelleyWellness.
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