Were you raised with mixed messages around food? Told to not enjoy pleasurable food and yet got encouragement to bond over the same items? I bet you're exhausted! Listen now for a different way. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. Key Points: Have PCOS and looking for more tools to work toward Food Peace? If you live near Greensboro NC you are in luck! Give us a call for details 336.273.2808 x 0. Food is pleasurable as a means of survival. Healthy eating includes pleasure. Eating feels good and that keeps us alive and well. If food did not feel good then we wouldn't have survived. Eating food that is just fuel and never pleasurable denies a part of our physiological need. Honor the pleasure that comes from food. There's just one version of you...not a fat version vs skinny version. Have a son or daughter in a larger body or have a child that really enjoys eating?? Is it pecking at your own food experiences or negative body image? Take care of your own shit to not pass it on. Are you a competent eater? Yo-yo diets harm health. You're not broken our culture is. We need to rewrite our truths about our body and our food. Honor all the sizes you have experienced as the safe keeper for your soul. Shame never promotes health. You are acceptable just the way you are right now. Show Notes: Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole + Elyse Resch Feeding a Healthy Family by Ellyn Satter Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth 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.