EP #1104: Food and Self-Care: Exploring Your Relationship with Food (What's Your Food Story?)

Send us a text Lisa is joined by Elise Museles, a certified eating psychology and nutrition expert, creator of the Food Story Method and platform, and host of the popular podcast Once Upon a Food Story. We not only dig into Elise's fantastic book, FOOD STORY, I share a lot about my food story growing up and share things I have never shared before! As an author, speaker, and mind-body eating coach, Elise’s mission is to empower people to create a healthier relationship with food and their bodies by changing what’s on their plate—and what’s in their minds. After working as an attorney with the US Department of Justice, Elise made a career pivot to pursue her passion and became certified as a Holistic Health Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, an eating psychology coach from the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, an integrative nutrition expert from Purchase College, State University of New York, and a plant-based nutrition expert from eCornell. She’s also a grant recipient for a program she developed and taught, Cook INN Together, at the National Institutes of Health. Elise serves on the board of directors of Environmental Working Group, the nation’s leading organization for making safer choices and creating positive momentum for American health/wellness initiatives. Her advice and recipes have been featured in many renowned wellness publications and media sources, including O, The Oprah Magazine, Health, Self, Forbes, ELLE, Well+Good, The Chalkboard, Women’s Health, and mindbodygreen, among others. FOOD STORY offers you a way out of all the stress and confusion with food and leads you to a more joyful and relaxed way to eat, think, and live. By understanding your food story, how it formed, and how it drives your choices, you’ll say goodbye to guilt and shame as you release the disempowering stories looping inside your mind. You’ll finally allow food to help you live your best life—not interfere and control it. More on FOOD STORY: Unlock the key to a world of freedom, fun, and ease No matter how stressed, tired, and overwhelmed you feel right now and no matter how many diets and detoxes you’ve tried before, you can find peace and pleasure in food. You can eat in a way that feels good. You can feel comfortable and confident in your relationship to food. You can reconnect to your body and its inner wisdom so that you are healthy and happy.It starts with understanding your food story, your personal narrative about food. How you feel about food and your body goes way deeper than calories or metabolism. Finding peace with food isn’t just about eating more kale, drinking more water, or doing more yoga. It’s about unlocking the power of your food story and rewriting the parts that no longer nourish you. In FOOD STORY, you’ll learn… A discovery process for identifying and releasing limiting beliefs How to turn down the Food Noise and turn into the true expert of your body (That’s you!) The exact steps to take to put your health at the top of your daily to-do list, rather than tending to 1,000 other things (and other people) while neglecting your own needs An empowering method to be proactive with your food and mood to take charge of your day Elise’s secret to feeling and staying inspired even when life becomes messy, challenging, or overwhelmingly busy A fun decluttering ritual to transform the energy and vibe of your kitchen that will change the way you feel every time you step inside An easy, science-backed approach to look at food with dozens of nutrient-dense recipes organized according to mood It’s time to stop stressing about food and step into a new chapter. Creating a new story begins with this book.