EPISODE · Apr 28, 2025 · 17 MIN
Food: Friend, Enemy, or Frenemy? Fix Your Relationship with Food & Unlock the Next Level
from The ExtraOrdinary Self Podcast · host Maria del Gaiso
In this deeply personal and powerful episode, we explore one of the most important relationships you’ll ever have: your relationship with food. I share how my lifelong curiosity about food, health, and healing led me to become a certified nutrition coach — and why true transformation goes far beyond dieting.We dive into three key layers:* Conceptual: How our first experience with food (even in the womb!) shapes our sense of safety, comfort, and connection.* Theoretical: Why our food relationships often go wrong — from biological hunger cues, emotional eating patterns, fast food culture, to the confusing messages of diet culture.* Practical: How you can begin healing your relationship with food by reconnecting to your body’s needs, reframing food without shame, cooking more at home, and honoring food as sacred.At the end, I share a bonus rapid-fire segment with my top real-world tips for transforming your body and loving what you see in the mirror — from learning basic nutrition, cleaning up your environment, ditching perfectionism, to having freaking fun along the way.This episode is your invitation to get off the hamster wheel of dieting, deepen your self-trust, and finally make peace with food — for good. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mariadelgaiso.substack.com
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