I just got off the phone with one of my very insightful clients who shared with me that she has chocolate in the house for Easter, and the voices in her head are going wild for the chocolate.

She very insightfully revealed that in thinking about the chocolate, her inner voice said “I’ve got to get rid of this chocolate!” But guess what? This wasn’t her voice at all! This voice was her mother’s voice that she heard as a child over and over again. This voice inside her head told her to get rid of that chocolate, so what did she want to do? You got it – she was going to GET RID OF THE CHOCOLATE by eating it all up!

I had her talk back to the voice as an adult about what was real about the chocolate. Her adult self shared….

* It’s okay to have chocolate in the house.

*It’s okay to eat chocolate as part of my meals.

*This chocolate that I bought is really for my children for Easter as a way to celebrate and create wonderful memories for my children.

From this place she released the anxiety chocolate was having over her thoughts and actions. Chocolate can now become just plain old chocolate without the same charge as it had before.

She shared that most of her energy around the chocolate had shifted, but she was still worried that she’d overeat and binge on it, so we set up a plan for her to have chocolate as part of most of her meals this week to diffuse its power even further – and that released the rest of her anxiety!

Here are some questions that will help you lessen the power of certain foods over your life:

1. What voices do you hear about food and where are they coming from?

2. Are these voices yours or someone else’s?

3. How could you confront this voice in a way that would be serve your body?

4. Is it time to release these voices?

5. Which foods do you need to diffuse the energy around?
Share your insights with me!