Ep. 35 - The Importance of Understanding the Wisdom of Your Body
Today, I'm sharing some insights from a book that I cannot recommend enough. Last week, my guest, Chrissy Powers, and I talked a lot about embodiment work and why it's so important.
While it’s not a replacement for therapy, I think this book by Hillary McBride PhD is a great place to start!
In this episode, I share some of the most important takeaways as well as some stories of my own disembodiment, which you may recognize in your own life as well.
This is one of those books you'll want to have handy to remind yourself that you CAN heal, you CAN feel connected to yourself, and you CAN feel fully alive whenever you choose to.
SHOW NOTES:
Dr. Niva Piran is an award-winning author, researcher, teacher, and mentor. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, and a school consultant.
As A Fellow of the American and Canadian Psychological Associations and the Academy of Eating Disorders, Dr. Piran developed and implemented the first day hospital program for eating disorders (in 1984) and spearheaded eating disorder prevention.
She is a prolific scholar, an author and co-editor of 5 books, and a frequent international speaker on embodiment, body image, and eating disorder prevention and treatment. Her book, Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body and Culture: The Developmental Theory of Embodiment (2017) won a 2018 Association for Women in Psychology Distinguished Publication Award. (Source: Publisher)
You can now watch this episode on YouTube, as well!
Books about oppression I mentioned:
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
Oppression and the Body: Roots, Resistance, and Resolutions, editing by Christine Caldwell and Lucia Bennett Leighton
Purchase a copy of The Wisdom of Your Body:
Learn more about Hillary:
Also, make sure to check out my chat with Embodiment Coach, Chrissy Powers, in Ep. 34 for more on this topic.
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