11. Ancestral Knowdlege & Intuitive Eating

Our Indigenous knowledge ancestral wisdom has been front and center in healing our relationship with food and connection to our bodies and Mother Earth. Our ancestral knowledge and wisdom IS intuitive, has always been and will always be. Unfortunately, we live in a society where Indigenous knowledge is not validated and honored and often is questioned and challenged. Western knowledge, specifically scientific evidence and evidence based frameworks become the norm, the standard to which everything else is measured. This is problematic for many reasons. It's elitist, unaccessible, dismissive of lived experience, and often ideas are appropriated from Indigenous teachings. It can often be scary and unsafe for folks with marginalized identities to question and challenge established frameworks. I've struggled for several years with the Intuitive Eating framework and did not muster the courage in the past to critique it until now. Todo a su paso y tiempo. It was not my season in the past but it is now. In this episode I share some of my concerns/critiques of Intuitive Eating while also discussing the 10 principles and how to apply them in your undieiting journey. I am still in the journey of figuring out how to name and create a framework that is affirming to marginalized communities, that is affirming to my lived experience and multiple intersecting marginalized identities. We need to create our own tool box, our own strategies, and language around healing so that our knowledge and labor is not erased. We owe it to our ancestors, ourselves, and our communities. Thank you for being here and building collective healing. Gracias Tlazocamati  --------------------------------- I would greatly appreciate if you can leave a review for this podcast Dismantling Diet Culture: F*ck Being Calladita on Apple Podcasts! Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and TikTok @drhortenciajimenez and visit www.hortenciajimenez.com ---------------------------------- Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita, is the only spanglish anti-diet podcast where your host Dr. Hortencia Jimenez shares her personal experience with diet culture, tips and strategies and education content to help you understand diet culture and systems of oppression so that you can have the tools to challenge diet culture. Current and future generations do not deserve to inherit your diet culture trauma and I’m here to help you. If you are on a mission to heal body and food traumas and embody your authentic self unapologetic, welcome to Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita ---------------------------------- Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to substitute therapy or medical advice. Please speak with a licensed therapist if you experience trauma triggers or a registered anti-diet dietitian with any nutritional questions.