January 5, 2026 • 6 mins
What if the key to freedom with food and your body isn’t dieting or restriction- but trust? In this episode, we dive into what body trust really is, why most of us have lost it, and how to rebuild it step by step. Learn how to listen to your body, let go of fear and shame, and create a confident, peaceful relationship with food and yourself. Your body’s compass has always known the way- this episode shows you how to follow it.
If this resonates, you can explore more support, my signature program to reach full recovery, courses, and resources on healing your relationship with food and your body on my website.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Good morning.
We are going to talk about oneof my favorite things and one of
the hardest things for myclients, which is to step into
trust.
And the only way to do that isto actually build it.
And the only way to build it isto get pretty uncomfortable, but
it's super transformational.
So today we're going to talkabout this one skill that will
(00:24):
absolutely change yourrelationship with food.
And that is building trust withfood, your body, and yourself.
So let's get into how to do thatand why it's so important.
So building body trust isexactly what it sounds like.
It is listening to your body'scues, listening to its signals
and honoring those and learningto rely on them and allow your
(00:45):
body to rely on you.
It's about honoring its needsand responding with respect
rather than fear, control, orshame.
With this, over time, you builda relationship with your body
built on something just thatfeels so good and is so
sustainable rather than having arelationship with your body that
(01:06):
is like a battleground whereyour body is the enemy, food is
the enemy, you feel like youcan't trust yourself.
So we didn't start this journeywith body trust.
We actually cultivated withinourselves a deep distrust of
food and body by restrictingdieting, ignoring our cues,
harsh talk, avoiding what ourbody needs and just ignoring it,
(01:27):
always listening to all theseexternal cues rather than
listening to ourselves and ourbodies and respect from a
respectful place.
But here's the thing (01:35):
trust can rebuild, and rebuilding is
essential to rebuilding our anew relationship with food and
body that feels good and is outof this disordered cycle.
So why should we rebuild trustwhen it is so scary, so foreign,
so uncomfortable?
It truly challenges everythingwe were told, which is to
(01:58):
control, manage, manipulate ourbody.
It really goes againsteverything we're told in diet
culture.
But it's also essential.
And I want you to ask yourself,how has dieting and controlling
and manipulating worked for you?
So trust goes both ways.
Your body cannot trust you ifyou're constantly manipulating
it, controlling it, ignoring itscues, shaming it.
(02:21):
And you can't trust your body ifyou spent years distrusting it
and you don't rebuild the trustwith it and lean in and become
friends with your body again.
So what does building trust looklike?
What does it mean?
Number one, it means learning tolisten to your body's cues and
needs and stop fearing food andbringing all foods back in.
It means reducing those constantbody image nagging thoughts that
(02:45):
are just negative and unhelpfuland shaming.
It means staying present withyour here and now body and your
body's needs.
It means becoming attuned withthose cues and aligned with your
values.
It means letting go of the ideathat your body is something that
needs to be controlled.
It means learning how to keepice cream in the house for more
than one night and evenforgetting it's even there.
(03:07):
It means to stop punishingyourself with exercise.
It means stop putting yourselfdown out of fear of judgment.
Ignoring our body's needs andnot trusting our body is like
not trusting this internalcompass that we have that guides
everything, that guides us tothis respectful, compassionate
relationship with food in ourbody.
(03:28):
But the problem is our compassis broken because this compass
that we were born with has beentrampled on by diet culture.
It's been not attuned.
The calibration of the compassis all off because we got so
used to listening to all thiscontradicting external noise
about what we should be doing,how we should be eating.
(03:51):
That all contradicts each otherand got us so confused.
So we don't know which way it'spointing.
But the thing is, is thatinternal compass has been
pointing to where we need to goall along.
It has all the answers, it hasall the directions.
We just need to learn how torecalibrate and trust that
compass again.
Because if we keep following allthese external compasses, we're
(04:11):
never gonna get to the real truepath, your path according to
your compass.
And it takes some work to getback to that compass because
when we start using it again andlearning it and experimenting,
getting rid of the noise thattakes us off the path and just
re-educating and gettinguncomfortable again, it's gonna
be very scary.
It's gonna feel wrong, it'sgonna feel like the wrong
(04:33):
direction, and it's gonna bevery confusing.
That's why many of us, when westart to navigate this compass
again, we start to doubt it,blame it, and even turn away
from it because it's so scary.
So we fail to give it thenecessary patience, time,
exploration, and trust itdeserves.
But once you do that, you turn acorner in your relationship with
(04:54):
food and body.
And this is why this is trulythe game-changing piece of
people's recovery.
Because think about it, once youhave trust, unwavering trust
with your body and food and yourrelationship with yourself and
you navigating your body imageand navigating food in a way
that feels good and easy,there's no going back.
(05:15):
There's no going back.
And this is where the journeystarts.
You don't need to have it allfigured out.
In fact, that's one of thethings that you're going to be
doing as you start torecalibrate the compass.
You're going to be relearning,re-educating, experimenting, and
getting uncomfortable as youfind that true north again.
But this shift has changedeverything for me and it changes
(05:36):
everything for my clients.
So if you're ready to buildtrust with food, your body, and
yourself again, this is thestarting point.
This is where it's at.
And I absolutely believe you canhave it.
Absolutely believe it is therefor you.
To start recalibrating thatcompass and start trusting that
compass again, I highlyrecommend you check out my video
of the three pillars to stop andend food noise for good and get
(05:59):
to full recovery.
This is a 20-minute breakdown ofexactly how to get to a place
where you can use that compassto guide you to full recovery.
So start there and if thatresonates with you, reach out to
me.
I love helping people get tofull recovery.
I am a clinician who isrecovered and believes in full
recovery for everybody.
(06:19):
You just need the right tools,you need the right patience, you
need the right support, and youneed to leave no stone unturned.
This is not simply me handingyou another compass.
This is me leading to you toyour compass so you never need
me or anyone else again.
In order to have a relationshipwith food, body, and yourself
that feels good, trusting,respectful, and that feels like
(06:40):
something that's that's easy,easy to sustain, aligns with
your values in your life, andjust makes you feel good and no
longer anxious around food orbody anymore.
You can just live your life, andthat can be something that's a
distant memory.
Good morning.
We are going to talk about oneof my favorite things and one of
the hardest things for myclients, which is to step into
trust.
And the only way to do that isto actually build it.
And the only way to build it isto get pretty uncomfortable, but
it's super transformational.
So today we're going to talkabout this one skill that will
(00:24):
absolutely change yourrelationship with food.
And that is building trust withfood, your body, and yourself.
So let's get into how to do thatand why it's so important.
So building body trust isexactly what it sounds like.
It is listening to your body'scues, listening to its signals
and honoring those and learningto rely on them and allow your
(00:45):
body to rely on you.
It's about honoring its needsand responding with respect
rather than fear, control, orshame.
With this, over time, you builda relationship with your body
built on something just thatfeels so good and is so
sustainable rather than having arelationship with your body that
(01:06):
is like a battleground whereyour body is the enemy, food is
the enemy, you feel like youcan't trust yourself.
So we didn't start this journeywith body trust.
We actually cultivated withinourselves a deep distrust of
food and body by restrictingdieting, ignoring our cues,
harsh talk, avoiding what ourbody needs and just ignoring it,
(01:27):
always listening to all theseexternal cues rather than
listening to ourselves and ourbodies and respect from a
respectful place.
But here's the thing (01:35):
trust can rebuild, and rebuilding is
essential to rebuilding our anew relationship with food and
body that feels good and is outof this disordered cycle.
So why should we rebuild trustwhen it is so scary, so foreign,
so uncomfortable?
It truly challenges everythingwe were told, which is to
(01:58):
control, manage, manipulate ourbody.
It really goes againsteverything we're told in diet
culture.
But it's also essential.
And I want you to ask yourself,how has dieting and controlling
and manipulating worked for you?
So trust goes both ways.
Your body cannot trust you ifyou're constantly manipulating
it, controlling it, ignoring itscues, shaming it.
(02:21):
And you can't trust your body ifyou spent years distrusting it
and you don't rebuild the trustwith it and lean in and become
friends with your body again.
So what does building trust looklike?
What does it mean?
Number one, it means learning tolisten to your body's cues and
needs and stop fearing food andbringing all foods back in.
It means reducing those constantbody image nagging thoughts that
(02:45):
are just negative and unhelpfuland shaming.
It means staying present withyour here and now body and your
body's needs.
It means becoming attuned withthose cues and aligned with your
values.
It means letting go of the ideathat your body is something that
needs to be controlled.
It means learning how to keepice cream in the house for more
than one night and evenforgetting it's even there.
(03:07):
It means to stop punishingyourself with exercise.
It means stop putting yourselfdown out of fear of judgment.
Ignoring our body's needs andnot trusting our body is like
not trusting this internalcompass that we have that guides
everything, that guides us tothis respectful, compassionate
relationship with food in ourbody.
(03:28):
But the problem is our compassis broken because this compass
that we were born with has beentrampled on by diet culture.
It's been not attuned.
The calibration of the compassis all off because we got so
used to listening to all thiscontradicting external noise
about what we should be doing,how we should be eating.
(03:51):
That all contradicts each otherand got us so confused.
So we don't know which way it'spointing.
But the thing is, is thatinternal compass has been
pointing to where we need to goall along.
It has all the answers, it hasall the directions.
We just need to learn how torecalibrate and trust that
compass again.
Because if we keep following allthese external compasses, we're
(04:11):
never gonna get to the real truepath, your path according to
your compass.
And it takes some work to getback to that compass because
when we start using it again andlearning it and experimenting,
getting rid of the noise thattakes us off the path and just
re-educating and gettinguncomfortable again, it's gonna
be very scary.
It's gonna feel wrong, it'sgonna feel like the wrong
(04:33):
direction, and it's gonna bevery confusing.
That's why many of us, when westart to navigate this compass
again, we start to doubt it,blame it, and even turn away
from it because it's so scary.
So we fail to give it thenecessary patience, time,
exploration, and trust itdeserves.
But once you do that, you turn acorner in your relationship with
(04:54):
food and body.
And this is why this is trulythe game-changing piece of
people's recovery.
Because think about it, once youhave trust, unwavering trust
with your body and food and yourrelationship with yourself and
you navigating your body imageand navigating food in a way
that feels good and easy,there's no going back.
(05:15):
There's no going back.
And this is where the journeystarts.
You don't need to have it allfigured out.
In fact, that's one of thethings that you're going to be
doing as you start torecalibrate the compass.
You're going to be relearning,re-educating, experimenting, and
getting uncomfortable as youfind that true north again.
But this shift has changedeverything for me and it changes
(05:36):
everything for my clients.
So if you're ready to buildtrust with food, your body, and
yourself again, this is thestarting point.
This is where it's at.
And I absolutely believe you canhave it.
Absolutely believe it is therefor you.
To start recalibrating thatcompass and start trusting that
compass again, I highlyrecommend you check out my video
of the three pillars to stop andend food noise for good and get
(05:59):
to full recovery.
This is a 20-minute breakdown ofexactly how to get to a place
where you can use that compassto guide you to full recovery.
So start there and if thatresonates with you, reach out to
me.
I love helping people get tofull recovery.
I am a clinician who isrecovered and believes in full
recovery for everybody.
(06:19):
You just need the right tools,you need the right patience, you
need the right support, and youneed to leave no stone unturned.
This is not simply me handingyou another compass.
This is me leading to you toyour compass so you never need
me or anyone else again.
In order to have a relationshipwith food, body, and yourself
that feels good, trusting,respectful, and that feels like
(06:40):
something that's that's easy,easy to sustain, aligns with
your values in your life, andjust makes you feel good and no
longer anxious around food orbody anymore.
You can just live your life, andthat can be something that's a
distant memory.
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