Episode 28: The one powerful question that can help you get unstuck with Annina Schmidt

**Episode 28: The one powerful question that can help you get unstuck with Annina Schmidt **

Annina Is a substance use and eating disorder counsellor in Toronto.

We first connected late last year through the body peace conference which is run by body brave Canada. Annina was the facilitator for my panel in the session on Eating Disorder Sensitivity for Movement Professionals.

You can connect with me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amykatebowe/ Website: http://www.amykatebowe.com/ Email: [email protected]

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In today’s episode we talk about:

Annina’s work as a counsellor in the Eating Disorder and substance use space.

Her history with an eating disorder and substance abuse, her recovery and her why for working in this space.

She shares what solution focused dialogue is - a type of therapy that concentrates on finding solutions in the present time and exploring one’s hope for the future to find quicker resolution of one’s problems - and we work through an example of it in action.

My biggest takeaway from this episode was that - one of the most powerful questions you can ask yourself is: When I felt good, strong, confident, well, sexy (insert any positive feeling)….what went well for me? I really like this as it shifts it away from the negative, to look at what was going on in my life that helped me feel x.

I often like to asked the females I work with “When you feel well, strong, confident what are you doing?” And now, do more of that!

We also talk about the diet industry, intuitive eating, how to work through negative thoughts about your weight and why eating regularly will help you feel well.

And so much more.

I really enjoyed this conversation.

**You can find Annina at @substancecusecouncelling ** Website: https://www.substanceusecounselling.com/

Webinars https://www.substanceusecounselling.com/webinars

Other resources

HEAS - Healthy at Every Size https://haescommunity.com/

Intuitive eating https://www.intuitiveeating.org/10-principles-of-intuitive-eating/

Jennifer Rollan Webinar https://substanceusecounselling.lpages.co/eating-so-what-webinar/

Christy Harrison Foodpsych Podcast https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych