Do you have a complicated relationship with food and fear what it will take to move away from diets? Listen to this week's Love Food podcast to hear a letter from someone who can relate and ways to move through. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peace and Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Get 30% off using the coupon code 'lovefood' at check out through the month of February 2019. thirdwheelED is a social media advocacy platform that raises awareness of eating disorders in LGBTQ+ communities. Started by a queer couple whose writing addresses the intersectionality of eating disorders and body image, including gender dysphoria; a queer identity; trauma; and gender identity and expression, CJ and OJ provide a dual perspective of eating disorder recovery through the lens of a nonbinary person in recovery and of a nontraditional family carer, who just happens to also be a registered dietitian! CJ and OJ would love to work with eating disorder professionals on cultivating inclusive treatment for eating disorders in LGBTQ+ communities and are available to discuss training, webinars, and speaking engagements. You can follow them on instagram, facebook, and twitter @thirdwheeled or email them at info@thirdwheeled.com. This episode's Dear Food letter: Dear Food,  Sometimes I'm really scared of you. I'm not even sure why but when I write those words I cry. I'm scared. I'm scared you will make me fat--I already am and pretty much always have been. I'm scared you won't help me with my PCOS. I'm scared you'll take over my body and not feed my soul. I'm scared if I eat healthy I'll never get to taste the good stuff. I'm scared. I'm scared if I don't have you I won't have my friend. I'm scared you'll abandon me. I'm scared you'll leave me--what does that mean? That the medication factor will be gone and I'll be left hanging with no security blanket. Dear Body, I love you, let me feed your soul, let me feed you. I want to take care of you. Dear Body, let me be gentle and kind. Let me love you as I learn to let others love me. Let me accept you. Dear Body, let me find joy. Love, Scared of letting go. Show Notes: 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post More on the seductive fantasy from diets and diet culture. Quote I found on Anita Johnson's Facebook page: "The path isn't a straight line; it's a spiral. You continually come back to things that you thought you understood and see deeper and deeper Truths." Intuitive Eating by Tribole and Resch Julie Dillon RD blog Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus. Eating Disorder Dietitians Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.  Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue!