Holistic Treatment of Eating Disorders with Rebecca Capps

What are some holistic strategies that can treat eating disorders? How do mindfulness and breathwork come together to strengthen the benefits of intuitive eating? Can you bring aromatherapy principles into eating disorder treatment? MEET REBECCA CAPPSRebecca Capps is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist committed to helping clients feel good about their body and happy in life—without food guilt or dieting. She named her practice Mind-Body Thrive because she takes a holistic approach and believes that in order to thrive, one must consider both the mind and body. Rebecca lives near the beach in Santa Barbara, California, with her husband and 1-year-old son, Rowan. Visit her https://mindbodythrive.com/ (website). Connect on https://www.facebook.com/mindbodythrive (Facebook), https://www.instagram.com/rebeccacappscounseling/ (Instagram), and https://www.pinterest.com/mindbodythrive/_saved/ (Pinterest). Take this https://mindbodythrive.com/eating-quiz/ (free eating personality quiz) to learn about what your eating style says about you. Get the https://mindbodythrive.com/meditation/ (free guide of Self-Love Meditation). Sign up for the https://mindbodythrive.com/eating-with-intention-sales-page/ (30 days Intuitive Eating Program). IN THIS PODCAST:Intuitive eating as a treatment for eating disorders Mindfulness and breathwork for eating Benefits of aromatherapy INTUITIVE EATING AS A TREATMENT FOR EATING DISORDERSIt’s ironic, like, just giving yourself unconditional permission to eat because when we say: “I can’t have the brownies”, well obviously we’re going to think about the brownies until the cows come home. Giving yourself unconditional permission to eat and to honor your taste preferences and to notice how they play into your satisfaction. (Rebecca Capps)Intuitive eating is a powerful tool that people who have suffered from eating disorders before can use to overcome the intense restriction that they feel over their food and their body. After a long period of time stuck in an eating disorder,