104: Making Peace With Food with Heather Carey

Is the kitchen your favorite room in the house? If not, I’m really hoping it will be after this episode. We’re going to find out how to make friends with our kitchens and be at peace with food and eating. Heather Carey is a clinical nutritionist and culinary nutritionist and Heather joins me to talk about health and food, meal planning, and cooking healthy meals. I know I have struggled with meal planning and cooking at times, life gets busy, I don’t want to, and all sorts of reasons appear. So Heather talks about that, about the frustrations and obstacles that come up when we try to do what we know is good for us.“Food is one of these very simple things that I think human beings complicate.” Heather says this to point out how we get caught up in numbers and diets and what we should and should not eat and the food confusion we end up drowning in. Right away she addresses the “good” and “bad” food labels we assign food. Food is neither good nor bad, it’s mindfulness in eating that we need to take into account. Cooking, shopping, meal planning, and snacking all can be simplified if we approach food with mindfulness, self-compassion, and a focus on our health. I share some of my personal food stories with Heather and learn a lot. This conversation gave me so many great tips for approaching meals and eating and I love my kitchen even more after our talk. I think you’ll love what Heather has to say as much as I do.About Heather Carey:Heather Carey is a clinical nutritionist and healthy foods cooking instructor (Culinary Nutritionist) who empowers women in midlife to make peace with their bodies, food, and eating.Learn more about Heather Carey:WebsiteInstagramFacebookLinkedIn—Learn more about Dr Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:Thrive Beyond Size websiteWebsite: www.wayzahealth.comFollow me on Facebook and Instagram