#21 - Food and your relationship with others

  On this episode we look at the sway or influence that your relationship with food has over your relationship with other people, whether they are family, friends or colleagues, and vice versa. So we also explore how your different relationships with other people impact what and how you eat.   Have you given much thought to this? Do you eat differently, or talk about food differently, depending on who you are with? Do you have some friends who you are more likely to overindulge with than others?  Do you maybe always ask for seconds if you’re dining with family but wouldn’t ever contemplate going back for a second helping at a work buffet lunch?   Maybe if you’re some way along on your weight loss journey, you find yourself not eating certain foods with your partner but eating foods that you would prefer not to have, when you’re a guest in another person’s house.   And I think lots of us do this. We think, feel and act differently, around food, and eat differently, depending on who we are with and the occasion. We are always adapting. In fact, we likely thinks we’re adapting to the situation or people but in fact we’re adapting to our thoughts about the situations and people, and that’s an important distinction, because it reminds us that we get to choose.   Listen in to today's episode to learn more about our relationships with food and other people at the point where they merge.   About Clair:   CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE   Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are done with dieting, take control of their eating whilst increasing their self-belief and self-worth.   “There is nothing more rewarding than helping someone overcome their detrimental relationship with food so that they can thrive in optimal physical and mental wellbeing.”   After overcoming decades of struggling with her own weight and losing 6 stone Clair used her experience and coaching qualifications to create her two programmes; ‘Lose Weight. Live Life’ for her private clients and her ‘My One Life Academy’ membership program.   Before following her passion to help women lose weight and transform their lives, Clair worked for a global blue-chip organisation in various marketing and consulting roles.   Clair has been featured on the BBC, interviewed for various podcasts, and loves speaking about how she helps women at events.   Clair lives in rural Warwickshire with her husband, teenage children and their two dogs.   Clair's Links:   Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Website