Why Food is NOT the Problem When Your Diet Falls Off Track (Ali Shapiro) | Ep 271

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Do you feel trapped in a cycle of dieting and frustration? Why do your best efforts with food seem to fail when it matters most? Is it possible that your food struggles are about something deeper than food itself?
Philip (@witsandweights) explores the deeper roots of food consistency with integrative health pioneer Ali Shapiro. Ali shares why food battles often represent safety battles, how to identify hidden triggers and a practical framework to break free from emotional eating. Learn why food is more than fuel, how unmet emotional needs affect your habits, and how to achieve sustainable food freedom.
Ali Shapiro is the creator of Truce with Food and host of the Insatiable Podcast, and she brings a fresh perspective to overcoming diet struggles by addressing the emotional and psychological roots of our relationship with food.

Today, you’ll learn all about:

2:38 Why food struggles aren’t about food
6:32 Understanding emotional hunger
11:58 Tools Vs. Deeper psychological work
18:37 Food and the human experience
25:32 Stress, loneliness, secret eating, and falling off track
29:58 The T.A.I.L. framework for emotional triggers
36:18 Facing triggers and learning growth
38:34 Ali’s personal journey with food and health
45:04 Finding trust and meeting your needs
51:26 Compassionate witness and feeling significant
55:45 Outro

Episode resources:

• Ali’s Truce with Food program
• Insatiable Podcast
• Website: alishapiro.com
• Instagram: @alimshapiro
• Youtube: @alishapirollc.founderoftru9290
  

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Capitole

1. Why Food is NOT the Problem When Your Diet Falls Off Track (Ali Shapiro) | Ep 271 (00:00:00)

2. Food Battle Root Causes (00:00:01)

3. Unpacking Emotional Eating Triggers (00:11:59)

4. Exploring Food as a Metaphor (00:21:37)

5. Understanding Emotional Eating Triggers (00:32:23)

6. Navigating Emotional Eating and Nutrition (00:39:08)

7. Restoring Self-Trust Through Emotional Rest (00:43:09)

8. Truce With Food Group Program (00:54:37)