#131 Real Talk: You Do Not Need to Lose Weight to be Your Happiest with Natalie Sanchez Alvarez

<p>This week, we talk with former FBS - The Academy + Retreat student, Natalie about her 15 year-long struggle with food and her body image, and her journey to healing &amp; her happiest life ever!&nbsp;</p> <p>Topics We Cover:</p> <ul> <li>Extreme restriction &amp; over-exercising</li> <li>Binge eating &amp; eating in secret</li> <li>The parents her pressure put on her to lose weight</li> <li>The many areas of her life impacted negatively by disordered eating</li> <li>Her vision and fantasy of being her thinnest on her wedding day</li> <li>Finding hope and doing the work heal&nbsp;</li> <li>How she found compassion for and accepted herself</li> <li>How Food Body Soul changed her life (&amp; how it will change yours, too!)</li> <li>The power of being in a group program with others&nbsp;</li> <li>What it was like to attend Food Body Soul - The Retreat</li> <li>And so much more</li> </ul> <p>It's a raw, candid, and deep episode I know you will love!&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/empath_natalie/"><strong>Find Natalie</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Want to Join The Academy?</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.caraskitchen.net/work-with-me"><strong>Apply for a Discovery Call</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Learn about </strong><a href="https://www.foodbodysoul.co/"><strong>Food Body Soul - The Academy</strong></a></p>