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Published Jul 22, 2019

#037: Trusting Your Body with Kate Horsman

Explore the transformative power of emotional resilience and self-awareness as Kate Horsman shares her journey of overcoming an eating disorder, delving into the profound connections between nutrition, mindfulness, and physical movement to cultivate a healthy relationship with body and mind.
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  • Self-Awareness

    and emphasize the importance of self-awareness in fostering emotional resilience. Kate shares a poignant story about her father's neurodegenerative disease and how it impacted her own fears and self-perception 1. Mark reflects on the continuous nature of personal growth, likening it to peeling layers of an onion, where each revelation leads to further expansion 2.

    The stories that our bodies are telling us. My gosh, I remember there was a moment in a workout class, and probably a lot of people don't know about, but my father passed away from a neurodegenerative disease, and when he was in his 40s, is presented, and it slowly, the symptoms presented as lack of balance. So he would lose his balance or his speech would slur. Yeah. So I remember being in class and struggling with my balance, and the belief and story that I had about myself went straight to, I'm going to die. I'm going to be just like my dad.

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    Mark also discusses how growth is a never-ending process, highlighting the importance of embracing each stage of transformation 2.

       

    Coping Mechanisms

    Effective coping mechanisms are crucial for managing stress and emotional pain. Kate discusses the importance of trusting one's body and the reciprocal relationship between body and mind 3. She also highlights the societal normalization of food neuroses and how it impacts our relationship with food 4.

    When you said trust. This is just a statement that often comes up. And usually when people reach out, they'll say something along the lines of, I just want to trust my body again. I just want to trust it. It's like, oh, just wait a second. Your body wants to trust you too.

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    Mark and Kate explore how societal pressures can lead to unhealthy coping mechanisms, emphasizing the need for acceptance and understanding in the healing process 3.

       

    Resilience

    Resilience is cultivated through experiences and turning points in personal growth. Kate shares her journey of recovery, emphasizing that healing is a continuous process 5. She discusses the role of mindfulness in her work and how it has transformed her interactions with clients and herself 6.

    Healing never ends, ever. And I will say that I think eventually, like synopsis. I worked hard through recovery in my probably year of 21st. That was when there started to be a shift where even if I hadn't wanted recovery, I'd done the work right. I'd been walking through the talking. I had been walking through getting my body a little bit more fundamentally sound. And I remember starting to have dreams again.

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    Mark and Kate also discuss the importance of viewing challenges as opportunities for growth and transformation 5.

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