Nov 6th 2017 - Loneliness - Mindful Eating - Veganism
Everyone feels a little lonely every now and then... Join us as Dr. Mike McFarland discusses the loneliness epidemic and ways to combat it.
- Recently the former Surgeon General declared loneliness an epidemic in the United States. What were his reasons for this conclusion?
- How does loneliness affect each of us throughout our lives?
- What can we do to combat loneliness in on a daily basis?
Andrea Lieberstein, author of Well Nourished: Mindful Practices to Heal Your Relationship to Food, Feed Your Whole Self and End Overeating joins us to talk about her book and how to go about living/crafting a well-nourished life. Here are some key points Andrea gives us about mindful eating:
- Managing emotional eating and knowing youreating triggers
- Managing stress-related eating
- How our life circumstances affect our eating habits
- Benefits of mindfulness meditation, self-compassion, gratitude and appreciation
- Mindful Eating: What are you bringing to the table? What do you really need and why? What is your intention?
- Tuning in and slowing it down while you eat
Autumn Warren, creator of Ether Elixir, discusses the vegan diet and its "bad reputation" lately. Autumn says that it is likely because it is confused with people simply not eating meat, rather than people eating whole food plant based diets. Articles claiming that the diet is not good for you gives people who may be interested in the idea of not hurting animals a lame excuse to fall back on.
