When you savor your bites of food, you savor the moments of your life.
When you allow yourself the freedom to choose what you want to eat and consciously choose the next bite you want to take, you notice how much choice you have in your life.
When you eat according to your truth, you respect yourself and live authentically, speaking and acting according to your truth.
When you ask your body what it wants to eat, you tend to consult and trust your intuition.
When you eat tuned-in to the sensations in your mouth, you tend to live more in the present moment with what is here right now.
When you ask yourself several times a day how hungry or full you are, you tend to check-in with your feelings, needs and wants throughout the day. You are so beloved that someone cares to listen to you.
When you don’t let yourslf get too hungry or too full, you tend to live with balance and self-care.
When you appreciate the rich colors and flavors on your plate, you notice what is rich and magical in your life.
When you eat mindfully, you live mindfully. When you stay with yourself while you eat, someone is always at home and available for you.
When you eat purposefully, you live purposefully.
I first learned of the concept that we eat the way we live and we live the way we eat from Geneen Roth, whom I consider the foremost authority on emotional eating in this country. I then saw it in myself. And, for the 5 1/2 years I’ve had this privilege of witnessing transformation in people, I’ve seen that the qualities people adopted in how they eat, then spilled over into how they live.
So, how we eat matters beyond physical health and weight. It is a template for self-actualization.
