What the Food Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know | Melissa Hartwig on Health Theory

Melissa Hartwig, co-creator of the Whole30, sits down with Tom to discuss the magic of the Whole30 and why addressing your emotional connection to food will change your life.

SHOW NOTES

Always buy yourself flowers [1:01]

Increasing your awareness of self-fulfillment [3:00]

Learning to self-soothe after addiction [4:11]

Adopting a growth mindset to become a healthy person [6:25]

Find your own form of therapy [8:29]

How to choose to be happy and free [10:04]

Figuring out where your self-worth comes from [12:05]

Learning empathy for yourself [13:47]

Why connecting with other people is so powerful [15:36]

What is the Whole30? [17:44]

Helping others make a change through emotional conversation  [22:04]

Thinking outside of the restrictive diet lens [23:41]

Is it worth it? [26:03]

The connection between food and emotions [28:10]

Figuring out what works for you [30:45]

Processing negative emotions physically first [33:41]

Adopting the four-part meditation practice [35:38]

Letting go of being perfect [37:12]

Learn how to cook [39:10]

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE

The Work by Byron Katie: https://bit.ly/2yiA3TA

Hidden Brain Podcast about how exposure to green spaces improves our mental health: https://apple.co/2R5fOkU

Melissa’s 4 part meditation practice: https://bit.ly/2R4RvU3

Melissa’s list of things that are not self-care: https://bit.ly/2OgchS1

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