In our stressful world, we have forgotten how to connect with food. Eating meals is often rushed or paired with other activities, which in turn blurs our awareness around how much we eat, how we eat and how our body reacts to it.
This can result in emotional eating, a stringent focus on weight loss, or yo-yo dieting, all of which lead to dissatisfaction and self-criticism. We have lost the connection between mind and body thinking instead that we can control food intake with willpower.