Episode 152: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Vania Phitidis.
Vania is a certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor, a certified MB-EAT teacher (Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training) and a qualified Self Esteem mentor with the More to Life Programme. She has been coaching and mentoring people to become more of their authentic selves for over 25 years. She works with a Health At Every Size (HAES), weight inclusive approach.
She has a B.A. in Psychology and an Msc. in Education for Sustainability with a focus on behaviour change.
00:03:45
A bit about Vania’s background
00:06:00
What was food + body image like for her growing up?
00:10:00
How a mouth infection kicked off an eating disorder
00:21:00
Why her first exposure to intuitive eating didn't stick
00:23:20
How her time in the film industry impacted her and why she left
00:30:00
Vania's journey out of her eating disorder
00:32:45
How meditation and mindfulness fit into the picture
00:39:00
Her experience with silent retreats
00:45:45
How mindfulness applies to food
00:51:30
Mindfulness vs cognitive behavioral therapy
00:53:30
RAINS and how it can help
01:00:00
Vania’s More To Life Weekend experience
01:08:30
How she was able to apply these skills to her relationship with food
01:11:15
Her work as a self-esteem mentor
01:17:30
Her daughter’s autism diagnosis
01:28:45
How Vania decided to become an intuitive eating counsellor
01:30:45
Where is the overlap between intuitive eating and mindfulness?
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