124: Performative Health vs. Embodied Wellbeing

07/18/18 • 75 min

This podcast episode dives deep into some of the most critical and core concepts within the realm of health and healing. I spoke with Dr. Lilia Graue, who is both a physician as well as a psychotherapist, to dive into the distinctions between performative health versus embodied wellbeing. Lilia Graue, MD, LMFT, is an eating disorders specialist and clinical supervisor; mindfulness, compassion and mindful eating instructor; and Certified Body Trust® Provider. With 18 years of clinical experience, she is intimately familiar with bodies and minds and our healing processes, and how we relate to, nourish and take care of ourselves and our bodies in ways that bring us closer to wholeness, radical presence, fierce embodiment and joy. Lilia practices at the intersection of different healing modalities, centering lived experience and the body as a source of knowing. Her own life experiences with developmental and complex trauma, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and a healing journey through psychotherapy and mind-body practices, have shaped her approach. Her practice is trauma informed, and rooted in intersectional feminism. She is Mexican and provides services in both English and Spanish. Lilia loves working with providers navigating the challenges of advocating bravely for body liberation, embodiment and freedom from performative health who wish to cultivate and honor boundaries that allow for their self-care and replenishing empathy and compassion. Lilia is an avid amateur cook, baker, and foodie. She and her partner share their home with their beloved cats, Thomas and Ziggy. In this podcast, we explore what the word "holistic" actually means and talk about the power of reclaiming words that get co-opted by gimmicks. We also discuss the concepts and frameworks of performative health versus embodied wellbeing and explore metaphors of how to distinguish between these two approaches. We talk about the incredible work of Niva Piran and her work on the theory of embodiment. We warn against approaching health and wellbeing with an all-or-nothing mindset. And, we close the conversation by exploring the power of joy and pleasure in health. Links mentioned:

Lilia's coaching website: https://www.fiercelyembodied.com/
Mindful Eating Mexico website: https://mindfuleatingmexico.com/
Niva Piran's Amazon page.
If you're interested in accessing Niva Piran's papers, feel free to email Lily at [email protected].
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Lilia's coaching website: https://www.fiercelyembodied.com/
Mindful Eating Mexico website: https://mindfuleatingmexico.com/
Niva Piran's Amazon page.
If you're interested in accessing Niva Piran's papers, feel free to email Lily at [email protected].
Leave a review for the podcast here.
Check out the brand new Positive Nutrition 101 online course!
Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB.
Donate to the podcast here.

Previous Episode

123: Answering Common Questions about Being a Health at Every Size Private Practice Dietitian

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be in private practice? Have you wondered about how it works to be an entrepreneur who is offering a counter-cultural approach to food and nutrition? Jessi Haggerty, RD is a fellow dietitian in private practice who also has a podcast, and joined me on the podcast to answer the most common questions we get about our work. We go through the following questions and more:

How we got started
What we were most afraid of when we started
How we finally made the leap of faith
What happened when we started to take our businesses seriously and started making commitments
Our process of how to organize your business
What to consider when getting started with private practice
How to network and get referrals
How to decide about insurance
Why we both started enforcing our policies (especially cancelation policies) and why it's hard to do it sometimes
How to keep yourself accountable to finish tasks and stay on schedule with due dates
Attracting clients with a HAES and non-diet approach
Getting over the fear and taking the plunge
How to deal with impostor syndrome
Whether or not it's true that you should get clinical experience before opening a private practice
How to navigate branding and marketing
EHR (electronic health records) versus paper charting
Whether or not we get sick of talking about food and body image all the time

Links mentioned:

Jessi's website and podcast
A Dietitian's Guide to Starting a Private Practice
Leave a review for the podcast here.
Positive Nutrition online course coming soon!
Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB.
Donate to the podcast here.

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125: Resilience Through Loss

Laura Iu is a registered dietitian, intuitive eating coach and yoga teacher who is passionate about helping people heal their relationships with food and body. She lives and works in New York City and helps people heal themselves through food and joyful movement. Laura founded Nourish New York, where she offers private yoga and intuitive eating coaching. In this episode, Laura shares her experience of losing both of her parents early in her childhood. She talks about how the experience of loss affected her own relationship with food and how it affects the way she practices and helps others find a peaceful relationship with food. She talks about what resilience means for her and talks about how she's processing the loss she's experienced now in her adult years. If you've suffered loss of any kind, you'll love hearing about how you can take the things you've learned in your process of healing and use that strength toward your relationship with food, or vice versa. Links mentioned: