How Anita Breeze (AKA "Ketogenic Woman") Healed Her Relationship With Food

04/23/24 • 55 min

Compassionate Conversations with Esther Kane, MSW

Are you a fan of Ketogenic Woman (Anita Breeze)? I sure am! Here she shares her personal story which contributed to a significant weight gain before she found the ketogenic way of eating. I was touched by her story and deeply moved by the emotional healing she has done in order to heal her relationship with food and her body. I think you will be too. Enjoy!
Episode Contents
0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Body Image Series Intro
2:56 Introducing Anita Breeze
8:14 Going beyond the typical weight loss story
9:51 What Anita learned about women's roles from her family-of-origin
21:03 What messages Anita got about food and weight from a young age
24:38 Identifying the link between multigenerational trauma and her struggles with food and weight
36:00 Using food for emotional reasons- food as comfort
38:12 Healing the relationship with her mother
46:10 How her relationship to food and her body has changed over time
47:47 Anita and Esther discuss one of the most important areas to address in order to heal our relationship to food and our bodies: unfinished emotional business and past traumas
52:15 Anita's 'before and after': resolving unfinished emotional business and past traumas
53:28 Wrap-up
Show Notes
Where to find Anita:
Her website:
https://ketogenicwoman.com
YouTube Channel:
Ketogenic Woman
To watch my interview with Dr. Joan Ifland on Highly Processed Food Addiction, go here:
https://www.estherkane.com/podcasts/highly-processed-food-addiction-with-dr-joan-ifland/
Dr. Georgia Ede and her book, Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind, can be found here:
https://www.diagnosisdiet.com
FREE resources:
To check out Esther's writing and podcasts/videos on women, eating disorders and body image, go to this page:
https://www.estherkane.com/category/eating-disorders/
To receive Esther's 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies:
https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter
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Helpful Tools for Moving through Grief and Loss

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Canadian Psychotherapist Esther Kane interviews Dawn Hertz, a grief and loss therapist, to provide some tools for those of you who are grieving a recent loss.
Episode Contents:
0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Introduction of Dawn Hertz
1:30 How Dawn has been touched personally by grief and loss
9:39 How she became interested in specializing in grief and loss as a therapist
12:52 What grief and loss looks like for most people in the short term, after a year, and in the long run
15:28 How western culture helps or harms those who are grieving
19:46 Mistakes people make when trying to help someone who is grieving
23:48 How to best support someone who is grieving
25:00 Pitfalls grieving people fall into and how they can these be avoided
29:27 How grieving people can recognize what they need and then ask for it
35:50 Do we ever truly ‘get over' a significant loss?
40:20 Dawn shares stories of hope from those who have moved through significant loss in their lives
Show notes:
Where to find Dawn:
https://dawnhertztherapy.com
Grief author mentioned in interview:
Dr. Alan Wolfelt
Blog post about losing my dear friend to brain cancer:
https://www.estherkane.com/a-tribute-to-my-dear-friend-ingrid-watermann-1974-2024/
Read articles I've written on grief and loss:.
https://www.estherkane.com/category/grief-and-loss/
To receive my FREE report called, "10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy", go to:
https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter
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How do I learn to trust my body as an HSP?

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As a highly sensitive person, do you feel like the odd one out for being different than other people? What if you could learn to reframe your sensitivity as a superpower instead of being mean to yourself? Listen to this short talk to learn some easy and incredibly effective tools which will help you transform how you view yourself and empower you to step out as the amazing super-person you are.
FREE resources:
How to Increase Your Self-Compassion:
https://www.estherkane.com/mothering-yourself/
To learn more about the Highly Sensitive Personality:
https://www.estherkane.com/highly-sensitive-people/
To read a whole lot of articles I've written on Highly Sensitive People, click on this page:
https://www.estherkane.com/category/highly-sensitive-personality-introversion/
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