Re:Intuitive Eating=Intuitive Living

[Guest guest]

I think it's in part (or entirely) because we don't trust ourselves -

trust our bodies, trust our minds, trust our desires, trust our

likes/dislikes. I know for me that I've been so afraid that if I

didn't exert control, I would lead myself down a horrible path to a

horrible life. I didn't trust that my intuition in all areas of life

would lead me to a content life and that I would still have people I

loved and who loved me in return.

**I'm starting to see that the exact opposite is true - following

your own truth (be it in food-preference or careerwise) will lead you

to a content life (and isn't that what we want, anyways?)

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> le!

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> Good for you!  This is the VERY best time in your life...

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> I have had to change life directions twice.  The first time was

when I was 29. I was in a PhD program in psychology. Now, I didn't

have anyone outside of me telling me I needed to do it. But, my

husband at the time was a doctor and I was following in his

footsteps. Then, almost suddenly (over a period of just a few months)

I realized that I didn't NEED a Phd. I didn't need one to do what I

wanted to do for a living, I didn't NEED one to prove that I was my

husband's intellectual equal.  I was *very* close to the end of the

program, but I did a shocking thing. I left them both--my husband and

my degree program.

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> Fast forward 12 years to now. I'm remarried and have been a writer

for almost ten years. My youngest child is going into Kindergarten

next fall, which means that in a year and a half, he will be in

school full time for the rest of his childhood.

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> I realized that if I was going to make any kind of change, now is

the time to do it. I also realized that, this time, I don't need to

leave the husband to make a serious personal change.

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> Now, couple this with the fact that I have been practicing IE since

January 2007 and am really growing as a person.

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> I ended up using my intuition to help me choose my new career

path!  I've enrolled in a dual master's level certificate program in

Whole Health Education/Whole Health Coaching, and should be certified

by the time my son starts school in September.

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> So, I guess what I am saying is, YES!  IE can start you on a path

of listening to your intuition in every area of your life. That's

probably the main reason IE is so scary. It's so much easier to

listen to what society, your family, even your intellectual mind is

telling you.

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> But kudos to you for learning this so young!!  Use your intuition

to guide you along the career path you want to be on. 

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> Traci

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> PS:  Go Trojans!!

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[Guest guest]

Thank you so much Traci! It's good to get perspective from someone who

went through what I am now going through.

You are right about the reasons for IE being scary...since we have to

follow our intuition, our affirmations have to come from inside of us

as to whether or not we are doing what makes ourselves happy and

healthy. There are no rules to measure ourselves by...

And are you a Trojan? Hahah...

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> le!

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>

> Good for you! This is the VERY best time in your life...

>

> I have had to change life directions twice. The first time was when

I was 29. I was in a PhD program in psychology. Now, I didn't have

anyone outside of me telling me I needed to do it. But, my husband at

the time was a doctor and I was following in his footsteps. Then,

almost suddenly (over a period of just a few months) I realized that I

didn't NEED a Phd. I didn't need one to do what I wanted to do for a

living, I didn't NEED one to prove that I was my husband's

intellectual equal. I was *very* close to the end of the program, but

I did a shocking thing. I left them both--my husband and my degree

program.

>

> Fast forward 12 years to now. I'm remarried and have been a writer

for almost ten years. My youngest child is going into Kindergarten

next fall, which means that in a year and a half, he will be in school

full time for the rest of his childhood.

>

> I realized that if I was going to make any kind of change, now is

the time to do it. I also realized that, this time, I don't need to

leave the husband to make a serious personal change.

>

> Now, couple this with the fact that I have been practicing IE since

January 2007 and am really growing as a person.

>

> I ended up using my intuition to help me choose my new career path!

I've enrolled in a dual master's level certificate program in Whole

Health Education/Whole Health Coaching, and should be certified by the

time my son starts school in September.

>

> So, I guess what I am saying is, YES! IE can start you on a path of

listening to your intuition in every area of your life. That's

probably the main reason IE is so scary. It's so much easier to listen

to what society, your family, even your intellectual mind is telling you.

>

> But kudos to you for learning this so young!! Use your intuition to

guide you along the career path you want to be on.

>

> Traci

>

> PS: Go Trojans!!

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