Shoshin: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Eating Struggles

What if everything you think you know about eating is actually getting in your way? In this episode, I explore how adopting a beginner’s mind can revolutionize your relationship with food.

I dive deep into the Zen Buddhist concept of shoshin, or beginner’s mind, and how it applies to your food journey. We revisit my three core concepts – the physical hunger scale, emotional hunger scale, and the four types of eating – but this time with fresh eyes. I share why approaching these tools as if you’ve never heard them before can unlock new insights and help you finally connect with your body’s natural signals. I also introduce my new Thinner Peace Quiz that helps identify what’s blocking you from eating when hungry and stopping when full.

Tune in to discover how wonder and curiosity can replace judgment and frustration in your path to food peace. Enjoy the show!

Thinner Peace Quiz: Take the quiz at drdebbutler.com/quiz to identify your obstacles to eating when hungry and stopping when full

Peace with Food 30-Day Course – Available at www.drdebbutler.com/joy

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What You’ll Learn From This Episode

• The Zen Buddhist concept 
• Learning to recognize hunger and fullness signals on a scale from -10 to +10, eating between -2 and +2
• Understanding when you eat to feed feelings rather than physical hunger, rating emotional intensity from -10 to +10
• Four Types of Eating
• My approach to developing peace with food by listening to body cues
• How thinking you already know something stops true learning and growth