“Nutrition requires nuance—it’s personal.” – Meg Bowman
I’ve spent a good portion of my career helping people organize data in a way so that it is informative. For example, saving a file to a misnamed or wrong location makes the content practically useless. So much of passing on wisdom and goodness requires it to be in context to be helpful.
I’m thinking of context and the bigger picture because of the How to Share podcast episode this week. Vicki Atkinson and I were fortunate enough to talk with licensed nutritionist and author, Meg Bowman. Meg’s newly released book, This is Your Body on Trauma, is incredible because in it she maps out how nutrition is interconnected with our other systems. Meg explains why safety is the most important nutrient for our nervous systems.
She also explains why how you eat is as important as what you eat. She encourages us to understand that we need two strategies at play. One is the toolkit we build for when we are underwater and the second is for when we are feeling safe.
Meg tells us about how to meet our bodies with more care and less judgment. We talk about how this extends to others, especially in the food season we are in with the holidays ahead.
This is a fantastic conversation about a topic that affects us all. As Meg says, when we are well-nourished, it lessens our experience of stress at any age. This is an episode that will leave you feeling satisfied. We know you’ll love it!
Takeaways
- Safety is the most important nutrient for the nervous system.
- How you eat is as important as what you eat.
- Understanding your nervous system state can influence food choices.
- Food is often a reflection of deeper needs for safety and stability.
- Nutrition requires a personal and nuanced approach.
- Creating a safe eating environment can enhance well-being.
- The FIGS protocol helps assess individual nutritional needs.
- Storytelling and emotional state impact our relationship with food.
- Removing shame from food choices is crucial for healing.
- Self-care should focus on centering individual needs.
Here’s Meg’s compelling elevator pitch for This Is Your Body on Trauma:
Here are some ways you can watch this fascinating and informative episode:
- The podcast player embedded below
- Click this link to watch in a browser: How to Share Nutrition and Safety with Meg Bowman
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- Subscribing to the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@howtosharepodcast
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Links for this episode:
How to Share Nutrition and Safety transcript
This Is Your Body on Trauma — Meg Bowman
This Is Your Body on Trauma | Book by Meg Bowman | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster
This Is Your Body on Trauma on Barnes & Noble and Amazon
From the Hosts:
Vicki’s book about resilience and love: Surviving Sue; Blog: https://victoriaponders.com/
My book about my beloved father: Finding My Father’s Faith
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