Episode description:
Heidi Andersen is a Licensed Medical Psychological Well being Counselor Supervisor, Licensed Consuming Dysfunction Specialist Supervisor, Registered Yoga Instructor, and Embodiment Specialist. She has labored with folks scuffling with consuming issues as a therapist in residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient ranges of care. She at present maintains an outpatient group follow of body-centered psychotherapists specializing in weight-inclusive remedy for the intersection of trauma, attachment wounds, and consuming issues by means of an anti-oppression lens and somatic method.
On this episode of Peace Meal, we discover the idea of embodiment and the way it pertains to consuming issues and restoration. Heidi covers the explanations we will turn into disembodied, in addition to alternative ways we will work towards reconnecting with our physique. Heidi additionally dives into how necessary it’s for healthcare suppliers who assist others with their embodiment to work on their very own. She provides yoga as one software in growing embodiment, and it’s a follow she finds particularly invaluable to floor herself on unhealthy physique picture days. Recognizing that embodiment can typically really feel unsafe for people who find themselves not in white, straight-sized our bodies, Heidi hopes for a future the place embodiment is extra accessible for all.
We cowl:
- The definition of embodiment and the explanation why disembodiment can happen
- How we will begin to be extra current in our our bodies
- What healthcare suppliers can do to assist progress their very own embodiment
- How yoga can support the method of embodiment and consuming dysfunction restoration
- How physique modifications throughout restoration are regular and methods to present your self compassion in case your physique modifications
- Why embodiment just isn’t as accessible or secure to those that aren’t white and straight-sized
In Heidi’s phrases:
- On the true that means of embodiment: “Embodiment is basically about studying to expertise ourselves from the within out and expertise life from that place, quite than the, ‘How am I being perceived as I’m doing this?’
- On the impression of society on disembodiment: “We dwell in a society that has prejudice and oppression… We dwell in a society the place we’re nonetheless being informed that one form of physique is most well-liked, and so so long as that’s occurring, so long as it feels harmful to be in numerous sized our bodies, that’s gonna impression our embodiment.”
- On the accessibility of embodiment: “Embodiment is unquestionably a key in restoration, however it isn’t as accessible to everyone. People who inhabit marginalized identities, it’s much less secure to be embodied. I believe that is a crucial factor as a supplier to grasp is that, embodiment can really feel like one thing that white, straight-sized folks get to take pleasure in that marginalized identities can’t essentially take pleasure in… Embodiment and security in your physique is a privilege.”
Go to Heidi’s web site, reclaimingbeauty.com, to buy The Reclaiming Magnificence Journal and Knowledge Deck, learn her weblog, and extra, and comply with her on Instagram (@reclaimingbeauty).
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Concerning the podcast:
Peace Meal is a podcast hosted by The Emily Program and Veritas Collaborative that covers subjects associated to consuming issues, physique picture, and the way society might affect our considering.
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