#205: The Weight We Inherit: Dieting and Disordered Eating as Intergenerational Trauma with Therapists Ashley Wilfore and Sarah Louer
Therapists Ashley Wilfore and Sarah Louer know what it's like to have dieting and body shame passed down to you like a family heirloom.
We discuss what it means to experience intergenerational trauma, how disordered eating and body hatred get inherited and perpetuated through family values and behaviors, and what it's like to grow up surrounded by diet culture in your home. Ashley and Sarah and speak with honesty, compassion, and humor about their experiences letting go of the pursuit of thinness, and trying to raise their own children while being cycle-breakers.
Tune in to hear more about:
What’s on their plates (hint: foods to eat when you're sick, and an ode to eggplant...)
A clinical and personal definition of “intergenerational trauma”
Being impacted by generational passing down of dieting and body shame
How the idea that starving yourself is power has been believed by their family members who were otherwise independent-minded and strong
Specific moments and vivid memories from childhood that form beliefs today
Overhearing the women they looked up to talking about their own bodies
The moments they realized they couldn’t keep dieting and over-exercising
The intentional decisions they made as mothers when it comes to food and body talk
How they handle their parents' anti-fat bias today
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