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Quiet the Diet
Welcome to "Quiet the Diet®", the podcast, hosted by Michelle Shapiro, Integrative/Functional Registered Dietitian from NYC. Michelle has supported over 1000 clients to reverse anxiety, approach their weight with love, and heal digestive issues. Utilizing humor, nuance, and compassion, Michelle helps clients access their own liberating self-awareness. On the podcast, Michelle shares her own journey of losing weight the wrong way (and what the consequences of that drastic 100 pound weight loss were), and how she learned to prioritize whole-body health as a result (instead of restrictive diets.) The goal of “Quiet the Diet®” is to empower listeners to make health decisions autonomously, every single time they eat. The podcast will arm the listener with the education and support needed to make health decisions based on their own terms. The podcast is a guide to mastering one’s health by listening to one’s self. On "Quiet the Diet®," Michelle is not afraid to have hard conversations and tackle difficult topics if it means helping her listeners. She will bring on innovative guests from the healthcare space to shed unique light on important topics. From functional nutrition to the latest research in integrative medicine, Michelle covers it all with her signature nuance and compassion.Whether you're looking to improve your health and well-being or just want to learn more about functional medicine and body neutrality, "Quiet the Diet®" has something for everyone. Tune in and join Michelle on her journey to help people quiet the noise of fad diets and focus on nourishing their bodies and minds.
Quiet the Diet
How People Pleasing Keeps Us Sick (and what to do about it!)
Do you struggle to say “no”, even when it means compromising your health? Is people-pleasing draining your energy and leaving you feeling depleted? In this episode of Quiet the Diet, Michelle and Nicki discuss the impact of people-pleasing tendencies on health, how to set boundaries, and the importance of self-care and self-advocacy.
Tune in to hear:
- What “sociotrophy” is, and its roots in placing value on relationships over personal independence [00:03:36]
- How people-pleasing can manifest in real-life health scenarios [00:05:50]
- Why our internal voices conflict when making decisions, particularly in health-related situations [00:07:33]
- The added pressure people in larger bodies may feel to people-please due to societal expectations and biases [00:08:20]
- How childhood experiences, low self-esteem, and fear of abandonment can contribute to developing people-pleasing behaviors [00:11:28]
- What hypervigilance is, and how it causes people-pleasers to overly attune to others’ emotions, even at the expense of their own well-being [00:09:42]
- Why you need to recognize personal limits and set boundaries to maintain health and well-being [00:20:46]
- How to strike the balance between activities that deplete energy and the time needed to recover [00:26:06]
- Embracing your own personal quirks and uniqueness as a way to set boundaries without feeling uncomfortable [00:33:59]
- How positive social connections can significantly impact overall health, even more than some physical health habits [00:46:09]
- It’s okay to ask for help and self-care is essential for overcoming people-pleasing tendencies [00:56:37]
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