Mindful Eating with Dr. Michelle May

+ Banana Oat and Flaxseed Muffins

Does our relationship with food need reframing? We had a talk with Dr. Michelle May, a former family physician who struggled with disordered eating, about what it means to eat mindfully and how we can cultivate healthier ways of thinking about food. We got into identifying self-care habits that can make us feel better, how to actually change our habits in a way that is lasting, and the origin of our culture's unhealthy attitudes toward food.

Michelle May is the founder of Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Programs and Training. She’s the author of the Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat book series that teaches mindful eating to help individuals resolve mindless and emotional eating to live the vibrant life they crave. You can follow her on Instagram and Twitter.

Articles of Michelle's that we mentioned during the episode:
Take Your Life Back from Food: 5 Ways to Reclaim Your Time and Energy
The Differences Between Goals and Intentions

This week we'd love to hear from you about your feelings around conscious eating. Do you love it? Do you hate it? Is it realistic? Is this something you've struggled with? Tacos are always going to be hard and there’s no doing them consciously? We love hearing from our listeners! Leave us a voice message, write to the show email, or send us a DM on any of our socials.

Banana Oat and Flaxseed Muffins

Ingredients:

• 2 ripe bananas, mashed

• 2 eggs 

• 1 cup of large flake oats and ¼ cup of flax seeds, blended on high in the vitamix or a strong blender

• 1 tsp of cinnamon

• 1 tsp each of baking soda and baking powder

• ½ tsp of salt

• 1 tsp of vanilla

• ¼ cup of coconut oil (melted)

• ¼ cup of honey 

• Handful of chocolate chips 

Mix it all together till smooth and scoop into 12 muffin cups, half full. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes and then let cool for 5 before enjoying! We ate a bunch on the day of but stored the rest in the fridge in Tupperware for school lunches…and these babies stayed moist and delish for 3 days! Total win with this recipe!!

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