Do you have a roller coaster relationship with food or your body?? As your work on your relationship with food, you may notice bad body thoughts remain. Will it always be this tough?? Listen now for thoughts from Julie and her guest psychotherapist Nicole Christina. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. Key Points: Always have HOPE! The way to heal our relationship with our body is via repairing our culture.  Myth of solid wall of misery via Sharon Salzberg: These feelings eb and flow. They are more like storm clouds and you will get a break. The dark clouds are not the sky. The sky is still there. During days with lots of negative body image keep in mind that those feelings won't last. Buddhist techniques can help you make steps forward. Notice WHY bad body thoughts happen. You don't have to be hijacked by feelings. Show Notes: Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. Nicole Christina LCSW  Embrace film by Tara Brumfitt Tara Brach: RAIN meditation Recognize Allow Investigate Non-identification The Slow Down Diet by Marc David Rick Hanson PhD Eating Disorder Dietitians Julie Dillon RD blog 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! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD.