This week we talk to Andrea Lieberstein
Andrea Lieberstein, MPH, RDN, RYT, is bestselling author of the book, “Well Nourished: Mindful Practices to Heal Your Relationship to Food, Feed Your Whole Self and End Overeating” She is a mindfulness and mindful eating expert, speaker, mindfulness-based registered dietitian nutritionist, mindfulness meditation teacher, teacher trainer and a champion for leading a Well Nourished Life. She leads mindful eating and Well Nourished trainings and retreats internationally, coaching and training professionals and the general public. In hervirtual and in person private practice, Andrea works with individuals to have more peace, balance and joy in their relationship with food, nutrition, body-image, and stress-related issues and health concerns or whom simply want to bring their lives back into balance and vibrancy through mindful eating and living. She spearheaded mind body programs at Kaiser Permanente Northern California centers for many years. Andrea is also a contributing author to “Resources for Teaching Mindfulness: An International Handbook, and to the “The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook” (5th edition). She has degrees from Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley.
Her latest book is called: Well Nourished: Mindful Practices to Heal Your Relationship with Food Feed Your Whole Self, and End Overeating
In This Interview, Andrea Lieberstein and I Discuss…
- The Wolf Parable
- Her book, Well Nourished: Mindful Practices to Heal Your Relationship with Food Feed Your Whole Self, and End Overeating
- The importance of what we pay attention to
- The 8 bodies that we can nourish
- Being “fully resourced”
- Identifying your intention to have a better relationship with food
- Bringing mindful awareness to our eating triggers and our own bodies
- Learning to tune into hunger, fullness, cravings
- Making conscious, informed choices when it comes to food
- Honoring ourselves and appreciating others at holiday mealtimes
- Savoring our food so that we’re really present and not on autopilot
- A mindful check-in: Pause, Deep Breaths, Ask “What is Present?”/”What’s Going on Here?”, Ask, “What do I really need right now?”, Take a moment to reflect on your food
- Highly processed food
- The myth of needing to wait 20 minutes to know whether or not we’re full
- Satisfaction at mealtime
- Making one meal or snack a day a silent one
- The 8 Bodies we need to Nourish: Physical, Emotional, Psychological, Social, Intellectual, Creative, Spiritual, and Worldly Nourishment
- How to deal with emotions in other ways than turning to food
- “Surfing the urge”
- Loving-kindness and cravings
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