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It's Not About Food Podcast with Laurelee RoarkEpisode 176: Holistic with Special Guest Sheira KahnHolistic means looking at ourselves in a way that includes our entire being, taking each part of ourselves into consideration. When we stop measuring ourselves by how we look, how thin we are, or how much weight we’ve lost, we can begin to embrace all the physical, emotional and spiritual parts of ourselves. We move beyond the goals of having a certain body type and into the integrity and magic of the recovery process itself. Sheira Kahn is a Marriage and Family Therapist and fully recovered bulimic. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley and the California Ins...2024-10-1833 min
It's Not About Food Podcast with Laurelee RoarkEpisode 136: Feelings and Diet Thoughts with Special Guest Sheira KahnSheira Kahn is a Marriage and Family Therapist and fully recovered bulimic. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley and the California Institute of Integral Studies. Ms. Kahn taught in the UC Berkeley Extension certificate program in Eating and Weight Disorders for ten years. In the 1990s, she studied inner critic disengagement with Byron Brown and natural eating with Judy Wardell. These discourses became the pillars of her method on ending disordered eating. Later, she trained in couples counseling, where the research on attachment provided the final pieces to the puzzle of understanding disordered eating and how to heal it.2024-03-0928 min
Two Wise Women TalkingBeing in the FightIn Episode 11, Diana and Sheira invite us into the most uncomfortable territory in our lives -- being in a fight. They offer new understanding and tools for conflict: how to be present for it, without reverting to our history as the default. They introduce us to the best insurance policy for being in a fight -- a safe and compassionate relationship with our own vulnerability. They explain what tends to happen when we don't know how to notice and care for our vulnerability. They guide us to our true internal power spot, which isn't interested in power ov...2022-11-0550 minIt's Not About Food Podcast with Laurelee RoarkEpisode 135: Acceptance with Special Guest Jen Amaral-KunzeJen Sheira Kahn is a Marriage and Family Therapist and fully recovered bulimic. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley and the California Institute of Integral Studies. Ms. Kahn taught in the UC Berkeley Extension certificate program in Eating and Weight Disorders for ten years. In the 1990s, she studied inner critic disengagement with Byron Brown and natural eating with Judy Wardell. These discourses became the pillars of her method on ending disordered eating. Later, she trained in couples counseling, where the research on attachment provided the final pieces to the puzzle of understanding disordered eating and how to heal it.2022-10-0740 min
Two Wise Women TalkingPreparing to FightWe step on each other's toes. It can’t be helped. It's part of being in a healthy relationship. What can we do to make it easier to navigate a difference or a disagreement? In episode 10, Diana and Sheira set the stage for less reactivity, discussing why it empowers us to have a friendly relationship with ourselves as a resource when there is conflict. They offer tools we can use in the heat of the moment to introduce calmness and wisdom, which can change the course of the fight. 2022-07-0333 min
Two Wise Women TalkingInner Freedom in RelationshipsHow can we stay connected with ourselves -- feeling the warmth of our hearts and the strength of our inner core -- when we are communicating with other people, especially people we care about deeply? In episode 9, Diana and Sheira guide us to moments of safe and empowered inner space. When we learn how to "hang out" with ourselves, we discover inner resources that make healthy, sustainable relationships possible. We tap into our energetic and psychological capacities, making room for our own suffering instead of projecting it onto others. That is when true compassion opens up for u...2022-06-1935 min
Two Wise Women TalkingBeing Ourselves in RelationshipsWe all want to have more harmony, connection and communication success in our relationships. But what if the key to those moments actually has less to do with relating to our partner and more with discovering and staying connected to who we really are inside. In episode 8, Diana and Sheira take another step into the authenticity zone as the basis for healthy relating. They help us notice how and when we innocently and unconsciously get lost in our personal history. They help us return to the present moment, occupy our own sense of inner space and...2022-06-0535 min
Two Wise Women TalkingMerging in RelationshipsWe all long to be close and feel connected. But what do we do when we have a moment of misunderstanding, disagreement or upset? Fighting with our partners doesn't work. What is the alternative?In episode 7, Diana and Sheira present the first in a series of breakthrough teachings on how we can get along with other people by doing something different within ourselves first. By deeply exploring the psychological, emotional and spiritual differences between healthy contact and unhealthy blending, they describe steps to slow the momentum of a fight and bring in compassionate and curious a...2022-05-2236 min
Two Wise Women TalkingRelationship BeginningsDo you remember the irresistible beginning of your romantic relationship?In episode 6, Diana and Sheira take listeners on an experiential and educational journey into the start of relationship -- the proverbial honeypot. Celebrating this natural and essential time of bonding with another person, they also share what's going on emotionally, psychologically and spiritually during this phase of merging. They discuss how this relationship phase sets the stage for future times of growth in relationships as they mature, deepen and experience secure attachment. Bringing in teachings from previous episodes, Diana and Sheira show how inner friendship and inner s...2022-05-0836 min
Two Wise Women TalkingRelationship SafetyIs it actually possible to feel more comfortable, more confident when communicating with a romantic partner? In episode 5, Diana and Sheira begin sharing their foundational teachings about how to be part of a couple from the centering reality of the present moment, not from the unconscious conditioning of history and generational patterns. They give practical tools for how to experience directly what's happening on "our own side of the street," how to stay in the present moment with friendship toward the self and the other person, and how to reveal oneself safely. 2022-04-2426 min
Two Wise Women TalkingBuilding SafetyEveryone wants to feel safe. In episode 4, Diana and Sheira teach tools to build safety -- inviting listeners on a guided visit to the body where they can connect with the innate experience of safety, one brief moment at a time. This bold, simple approach allows a shift out of automatic, unconscious beliefs and historical behaviors into a new relationship with self and others.2022-04-1045 min
Two Wise Women TalkingInternal SafetyWhat does it mean to truly feel safe? In episode three, Diana and Sheira create a holding field for anything that causes listeners to feel unsafe -- be it something happening in the world or in their own lives, something happening to other people, or something that happened to them in the past. With great compassion and understanding, they explore the sacred territory of safety and share tools to increase inner care and calm in a variety of circumstances. 2022-03-2727 min
Two Wise Women TalkingInner FriendshipIn the second episode, Diana and Sheira take listeners on a deep dive into the inner work journey, focusing on the development of a safe and warm relationship with the self. Opening with a short, relaxing meditation, they share teachings and tools to help listeners have a direct, friendly visit with themselves. Topics include compassion, big feelings, critical voice, connection, inter-generational trauma, survival, freedom and love.2022-03-1344 min
Two Wise Women TalkingA Presence FriendshipIn the first episode, Diana and Sheira invite listeners into a gentle, experiential visit with themselves. Opening with a short relaxing meditation, they offer teachings and practices to promote warmth, openness, curiosity and support for the inner journey. Topics include big feelings, deep friendship, presence, sensing the body and healing the inner territory.They love sharing teachings far and wide, so if this podcast feels helpful to you, please share it with other people in your life, personally and/or through social media. It feels so important right now that we share resources and learn together. 2022-02-2838 min
Prosperous Pet BusinessEpisode #13: Interview With Sheira Kahn: What Having a Baby at Age 50 Can Teach Pet Business OwnersTwo years ago I posted a message on Facebook about my friend Sheira Kahn who gave birth for the first time at age 50. That post received so many comments from pet business owners who compared Sheira’s challenging journey to how they might be able to persevere and go after their own challenging business and personal dreams.
Sheira’s journey to realizing her dream wasn’t an easy one and yet she kept putting one foot in front of the other in order to make her most cherished dream a reality.
This episode is for those...2016-05-1033 min
Prosperous Pet BusinessEpisode #13: Interview With Sheira Kahn: What Having a Baby at Age 50 Can Teach Pet BusinessTwo years ago I posted a message on Facebook about my friend Sheira Kahn who gave birth for the first time at age 50. That post received so many comments from pet business owners who compared Sheira’s challenging journey to how they might be able to persevere and go after their own challenging business and personal dreams. Sheira’s journey to realizing her dream wasn’t an easy one and yet she kept putting one foot in front of the other in order to make her most cherished dream a reality. This episode is for those...2016-05-1035 min