#191: Elise Museles: Food Story: Rewrite the Way You Eat, Think, and Live

<p>The food you eat has an undeniable impact on your life and relationships. How can you reform that influence and start over if you've had a restrictive approach to it all this while?</p> <p>In today's episode, we explore the story of Elise Museles, a certified eating psychology and nutrition expert, creator of the Food Story Method and platform, and host of the popular podcast Once Upon a Food Story. Elise's upcoming book, <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/168364719X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0"> <em>Food Story: Rewrite the Way You Eat, Think, and Live,</em></a> talks about changing your relationship with food to step into a new and more satisfying life that is healthy not just for you but also for the people around you.</p> <p>She joins us to talk about her transformative journey, switching her profession from a well-established lawyer to a certified nutrition expert, how she learned to challenge the way she thought about food, and major snippets from <em>Food Story</em>, her latest book.</p> <p><strong>What was that pivotal moment in Elise's life that prompted her to take action about her "perfectionist" relationship with food?</strong></p> <p>It was the day Elise graduated from law school and was enjoying the milestone at a celebratory dinner in a restaurant with her boyfriend (now husband). They had booked the table three months in advance due to the high demand of the place and were over-the-moon about it.</p> <p>It all changed when Elise realized that most of the food served on the table were those she didn't have. She was uncomfortable around the food, and her boyfriend sensed it too. He responded to the situation and explained how difficult it was for him not to see her eat. Elise realized that her dysfunctional relationship with food was also affecting him, and she broke up with him that very moment. She decided to mend her ways with food, not just for him but also for herself.</p> <p><strong>What did Elise's healing journey look like?</strong></p> <p>After returning to California