And I feel that we are far more powerful than we believe because I see a lot of people have like protective mechanisms because they think that they aren't mentally strong enough when we really are totally like , that's such a great point too . And I wish that as Children we were taught , like , better coping skills and , right , because we're not , we're really not , we're not taught how to emotionally regulate or be cognitively agile or how to pivot or reframe . Right .
The food that I've eaten in my life has definitely affected my mood . Um and my emotions and my energy . Um and that of course , bleeds into relationships and the way that you hand your finances or whatever , it bleeds into everything else , right ?
And was when I started changing my diet , which is like , why I tried to , I believe that health is such an emotional experience as well because when I became a nutritionist health nutrition counselor , um clients would come to me and be like , I want to , you know , lose like x amount of weight because I want to look a certain way . But it was when they started getting more comfortable with me , I realized it was an entirely emotional thing . It was all connected where they were like feeling bad about themselves .
It was all connected where they were like feeling bad about themselves . And um um you know , think about like , like I used to eat my feelings and I hit it really well , but like it's because I felt empty inside . So when I stopped doing drugs , I was like , oh , I'm just gonna eat my feelings because I felt so empty inside because I wasn't filling up my own cup .
And um um you know , think about like , like I used to eat my feelings and I hit it really well , but like it's because I felt empty inside . So when I stopped doing drugs , I was like , oh , I'm just gonna eat my feelings because I felt so empty inside because I wasn't filling up my own cup . And I , that's what made me really inspired to like become a chef and use it in a way where I'm like , I want to help heal people with food because I feel like that's part of the happy journey because you could do the work mentally .
