Compassionate Conversations
Hi Everyone! I’m Esther Kane from Compassionate Conversations where we push the boundaries of comfort to empower you to become all that you dream of being.
Having been a psychotherapist for over 25 years, I am all-too-familiar with the fact that we humans prioritize comfort and that is why I believe that so many avoid counselling altogether.
In my role as therapist, I have the honour and privilege to journey alongside people who have the courage to face aspects of themselves that they aren’t proud of such as addictive behaviour and unhealthy relationship patterns. Many of these people have also buried past traumas which feed their addictions and low self-worth. These are the folks who are willing to take risks and examine their inner life with a flashlight together.
It is always difficult and hard work, but they are willing to do whatever it takes in order to heal and grow. If you are ready to do the same, then you’re in the right place. Compassionate Conversations is all about getting honest and real with ourselves, letting go of the past along with behaviour patterns which are no longer serving you, and growing into the person you have always wanted to be. In these podcasts, I will share incredibly powerful and life-shifting tools and practices I teach to my clients-the most important one being self-compassion - I have found that this one element is absolutely essential in order for us to heal and transform our lives.I don’t just teach these tools. I practice them myself every single day.
Why? Because I cannot take my clients to any place that I have not been myself. When I look back on my life now, I can’t believe how far I have come and how much healing is possible for one person. I am living a life that I never dreamed was possible for me. I owe so much of this to the compassionate conversations that my own therapists, guides and mentors over the years have had with me.
On our journeys, we need others who can pave the way for us; those brave souls who managed to overcome obstacles and difficulties and make it to the other side and are living proof that it’s possible!I will be interviewing many of these amazing people so that they can inspire and uplift you and give you the tools you need to transform your life for the better.
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Compassionate Conversations
The Role that Nutrition Plays in Mental Health Conditions: Dr. Georgia Ede
In this episode, Esther Kane interviews Dr. Georgia Ede of Diagnosis Diet, a nutritional psychiatrist, about her new book, Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind. Dr. Ede explains the link between metabolism and the state of our mental health. She also discusses the exciting finding in the growing field of metabolic psychiatry that many people are able to greatly reduce or eliminate psychiatric medications when they eat a biologically appropriate diet.
Episode Contents
0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Introducing Dr. Georgia Ede
2:35 Why mental health practitioners aren't educated on the relationship between nutrition and mental health
4:58 How much food choices impact our mental health and what a powerful intervention foods can be in improving our mental health
5:30 The "me-search" that led Dr. Ede to explore the effects that nutrition can have on physical and mental health
9:23 How mainstream psychiatry fails most people and why we need new approaches
13:33 Why depression and anxiety have reached epidemic proportions in recent years
15:02 Why the Standard American Diet or SAD, is contributing to poor mental health
18:02 Why food is one of the most powerful pillars of better mental health
18:50 Why we are so confused about what to eat
19:34 Debunking popular nutrition headlines which are based on ideology, not biology
23:00 Why plant-based and mediterranean diets outperform the Standard American Diet (SAD)
28:21 Why meat is the original “superfood” for brain health
32:54 The three ways of eating (WOEs) that Dr. Ede recommends to improve mental health
43:20 How ridding one's diet of ultra-processed foods alleviates food addiction
50:25 How people can reduce or eliminate the need for psychiatric medications using dietary strategies
55:42 Why the ketogenic diet is so good for people struggling with mental health issues
57:02 The importance of emphasizing HOPE and exciting developments in the area of metabolic health
1:04:07 Wind-up and what Dr. Ede is looking forward to
Show notes:
Where to find Dr. Ede, buy her book, find a clinician or check out her clinical training course:
https://www.diagnosisdiet.com
Resource mentioned in interview:
Baszucki Foundation: links the ketogenic diet with resolution of mental health challenges:
https://www.metabolicmind.org/
FREE resources:
For more on ultra-processed foods and food addiction:
Dr. Vera Tarman, Author of “Food Junkies” – Food Addiction 101
https://www.estherkane.com/podcasts/vera-tarman/
How to Break Free of Food Addiction: Clarissa Kennedy and Molly Painschab of Sweet Sobriety
https://www.estherkane.com/podcasts/how-to-break-free-of-food-addiction-clarissa-kennedy-and-molly-painschab-of-sweet-sobriety/
Joy Kiddie, the Low Carb Healthy Fat Dietician: Can a low-carb ketogenic diet help curb overeating?
https://www.estherkane.com/podcasts/joy-kiddie/
Highly Processed Food Addiction with Dr. Joan Ifland
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Esther Kane, MSW, RCC
