Episode 008: Eliza Kingsford - Brain-Powered Nutrition

Life Alive

About:

Eliza Kingsford is a licensed psychotherapist, mind-body practitioner, and behavior change specialist who helps clients struggling with food addiction, body image, and emotional eating.

Eliza’s work has been featured on Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, NBC Health, CNN Health, Health Magazine, Shape Magazine, MindBodyGreen, and many more.

She’s the author of Brain-Powered Weight Loss and has sat on scientific advisory boards with the leading researchers in the field of food addiction obesity and weight management.

Eliza is turning the diet industry on its head by combining the science of nutrition with the psychology of eating to create lasting results for her clients.

Eliza takes us through the science and eating of psychology today. There may be things in here to get you started or some golden nuggets of wisdom to remind you how to let your mind and food be thy helpers on your journey to better health.

• [5:20] Eliza speaks on how to honor people trying to find out why they are overweight.
• [11:28] Barriers to success in losing weight and living healthy.
• [12:00] What science about the brain informs us in weight loss and bodily health?
• [28:25] How do we start to change the momentum to our health and what the problems there are in focusing on just a few chemicals the brain produces to create a “wonder drug.”
• [33:00] Our food industry has changed and so has our health.
• [39:30] What is real food? What to do before we eat.
• [48:50] Eliza discusses what she wants to find, the cause.
• [51:50] Eliza’s philosophy on teaching about nutrition.
• [58:20] The different ways to relate to food. It’s in levels.
• [1:02] Eliza discusses her labor of love, the book she wrote called “Brain Powered Weight Loss.”
• [1:06] Eliza talks about what trauma is, big T and little t.
• [1:11] Eliza shares truths about food with her younger self.

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Summary and Life Alive Lesson: A lot about what you need to know about food is within you. Eliza shared truths on many aspects of weight loss, neuroscience, and honoring the people who are struggling with getting healthier. There is a mental component to all endeavors and I hope that you left with clarity and some answers to the questions you have about food. In Eliza’s words, “I know my journey to healing an unhealthy relationship with food has been paramount in being able to help others overcome their weight/body image/food struggles.” Alright Life Alive Tribe, now it’s your turn to go out and heal, grow, and find your flow into a life that has meaning!