Skin rashes can lead to self-destructive patterns of behavior. We might isolate ourselves more and more to avoid judgment from others, leading us to give up healthy social relationships and activities. My guest today shares how to overcome these negative patterns. My guest today is Ali Shapiro, MSOD. Ali is the creator of Truce with Food®, host of the top-ranked podcast Insatiable, a holistic nutritionist, integrated health coach and rebel with a serious cause. She’s academically, practically, and empathetically aware of how the medical system, diet culture and body positivity movements all have their own flavor of crazy. Ali created her Truce with Food method while in graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her Masters in Organizational Dynamics, which is like getting an MBA in the change process, where she drew from her decade plus of working with real life clients and her own personal healing journey from having cancer as a teenager. Join us as we talk about the three patterns of behavior human beings usually follow in situations of trauma (such as that caused by a chronic skin condition). Have you managed to overcome isolating behavior patterns? Tell me about it in the comments!   In this episode: Ali's story with skin issues Feeling misunderstood and isolated The three patterns we follow when we're in psychological conflict How to get out of those patterns   Quotes "I know what it's like to have that visible feeling of I'm wrong or I'm not enough." [3:17] "You not only have the visible issues, but then when you go to try to fix it and you can't figure out what's going on or you go to the dermatologist and they try to tell you something that doesn't work, it starts to erode this sense of self-trust and the sense of enoughness." [4:38] "We often block ourselves from the very thing that we need. And it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy where we are isolated, we are misunderstood, and we feel rejected." [8:58]   Links Find Ali online Take the Comfort Eating Quiz My appearance on Ali's podcast, Insatiable: Pros and Cons of the Elimination Diet Healthy Skin Show episode 31: How to Thrive Emotionally Living with Chronic Skin Rashes w/ Nitika Chopra Follow Ali on Facebook | Instagram