Are you having success with healing your relationship with food, but are worried that going back into a toxic environment will jeopardize your newfound peace? Listen now to get my tips on how to approach this part of the Food Peace™ journey. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, Your Step-by-Step Guide to PCOS and Food Peace™. Sign up now to get on the waitlist for the next enrollment period in April, and receive my FREE road map: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace™ with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. This episode is also brought to you by my new Fat-Positive Dietitian t-shirt and mug! All proceeds go to funding this labor of love to keep it as a free resource for you. Product links may be affiliate. If you click and make a purchase, there's no extra cost to you. Episode's Key Points: Our relationship with food is a window into our unmet needs! Instead of trying to avoid vulnerability, try sticking with it. It will help you tap into your own innate wisdom, and help guide you towards what you need to do next. It's time to investigate our unmet need. Food can help distract us when we're going through challenging times, but figuring out the unmet need can provide some lasting relief. This strategy is called the Food Decoding Method! Chronic illness is a tough experience on everyone, not just the person struggling with the pain. Remember that, and give yourself some compassion. Hardship and health conditions are difficult, but they are NOT caused by being in a larger body. There's a relationship between body size and illness, but there's no research out there to prove that being in a larger body leads to ill health. In fact, there are lots of factors, like weight stigma, that aren't even considered in classic weight research. Ending a relationship with your therapist is hard, but even going to a few sessions is worth it. Explore the option of online therapy providers! Some of my colleagues doing virtual work include Christy Harrison, Erica Leon, and Paige Smathers. You don't have to have your shit together. Transitions are messy, and adjustments take time! Show Notes: Julie Dillon RD blog Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus. Dr. Barbara Birsinger's work Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here. Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.  Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series.