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  • Very helpful. Thanks for sharing.

  • One time I made a chocolate cake at 8pm and ate the whole thing.

  • Thank you Leija. I realize that now.

  • Your videos are great!

  • My experience in recovery from bulimia has led me to see how a person's relationship with food is indicative of many other aspects of her or his life. Recovery takes years, and is a process, but in the same way that spiritual growth and self awareness are processes. Healing happens. Knowing oneself is key, as is learning to honor and trust whomever that turns out to be. Being aware of one's needs, both physical and emotional, and recognizing the difference between the two is life changing.

  • this may sound like an obvious question: Leija when you say being your true authentic self, that is assuming that every true authentic self is loving and good?

  • Wonderful vid! Thank you SO MUCH, Leija! :)

    I cannot tell you how much your posts help and inspire!!

  • Wonderful vid! Thanks you, Leija! :)

  • Great video, wonderful advice <3

  • This really helps! Thank you so much! I have "binge eating disorder" and recently set out to conquer it. Apart from 2 books, I have not found any advice on it except for this video.

  • I would really really love to hear more about your views on the conventional education system! This issue isn't spoken about enough! I'm one of those early-20's people you mentioned and just realizing the possibilities of the world. If you ever feel like making a video on the subject, I would love to watch it. :] Thank you for your insight!

  • i see what your saying, but what about tasty foods that we just cant stop craving, how do you say no to them ? i find that i have a craving for something sweet the best thing to do is have a banana or some dates, good food but sweet, what do you think ?

  • "reprogramming their minds .... " LOL! So true! ;-)

  • this is funny, durianriders just came out with a video on emotional eating too. u should check it out leija. its a neat perspective.

  • But what if you honestly enjoy the school system, and getting a degree is more to you than just trying to "be somebody." You seem to be degrading conventional education which happen to enjoy and would not rather be doing anything else.

  • @Arctandem All I'm implying here is that the conventional education system does NOT give us all our options & it's not for a lot of people. If there's a desire to be a nurse, school teacher, or cop for ex. & that is your passion, that's FANTASTIC & I say go for it! My issue (well one of them) is that the education system isn't holistic- Spirituality is completely ignored & imo, it's the most important subject!!! Kids aren't taught about their alternatives. For example, I had no idea back in...

  • @LeijaTurunen I do agree that post secondary education really is the "thing to do" these days, and that there are a lot of people at university who really shouldn't be there. But from experience I know that University has probably been the best time for self-discovery I've ever had. I ran head first into University not knowing shit from putty, and only after 2 years am I exactly where i want to be. But I wouldn't change it for anything because I have learnt more about myself than i ever have.

  • @LeijaTurunen Also, as a government institution, public schooling needs to be secular, lest someone make a complaint. And frankly I'm satisfied that's the way it was. Spirituality should be a personal thing, to be explored on your own, rather than thrust in your face by some teacher.

  • @Arctandem public & high school that I could be doing what I'm doing now. When you have an understanding of the agendas on this planet, it makes sense why they wouldn't want us to know about our other options, learn about the power of our intuition & spiritual self because that means rebellion. If spirituality & intuition was nurtured, we'd collectively see through the bullshit. Anyway, that's a whole other topic- One I don't feel the need to get into unless you're on the same wavelength. Cheers

  • @LeijaTurunen Well I don't know exactly the "wavelength" you are talking about, but I'm one of the philosophy of "I wish the human race would stop bickering over pointless shit and work together so we can go to Mars" kind of deal. High school is bullshit but I think our concurring view is the result of different experiences. Personally its the inadequate and time consuming approach to education in high school that is so BS. University is an entirely different. A sort of collaborative enterprise.

  • @Arctandem BTW, I could go on about how so much of what students are learning in their colleges and universities are either complete lies and/ or extremely...SICK!!! The brain washing that goes on in medical schools is just... WOW!!! Don't even get me started on conventional medical science, aka BIG BIZZZZ!!!! :S So many of my clients come to see me because they are sick and tired from their doctor prescribing them all these drugs and/ or having no idea what's going on with them!!!

  • @LeijaTurunen Great video L, thank you for your smashing perspectives on tings. I'm one who practices practicing the appereciation of all, and I appreciate the different perspectives on it, but generally pour moi..school certainly was a very, very, very long winded dull coloured prison for boredom, discord, fiction and pushy limitation...However, I did learn something extremely important: Forced growth makes rather tasteless fruit. ;)

  • i know what you mean on the icecream sandwiches haha .. im still at that point hahaha, thats why i only buy them maybe once a year ..

  • IMHO entheogens are among the most powerful and useful tools we have in deconditioning all that brainwashing and to clear our perceptions , but of course there are many effective tools for us grasshopping types

  • Oh, you must get lots of comments, but it´s true. listening to our inner self. i´ve noticed that lately, and listening REALLY listening myself took a while and then I had enoug. 3 weeks ago, i quit my job (actually at the moment im on sick leave) and I´m planning to quit my job complitely because it´s not for me at all. I´ve started to see things so totally differently than ever before and I just know that whatever I choose to do, it happens for a reason. <3 and I feel free! blessings.

  • Thanks for this video, Leija! It has made me realize how I have been trying to suppress my feelings with food wich isn't healthy for me. I'm just trying to understand how to face my feelings, but I must say it is really hard from time to time.

    Much love! <3

  • I think that a lot of "emotional " eating is unidentified drug addiction......because most junk foods contain high quantities of opioid peptides and betacarbolines in them which lead to the same addiction as heroine....i.e. If a person is addiction to dairy products, which are very high in opioid peptides, then it's exactly that which the person's brain is craving.......and opiates lift one's mood. People don't emotionally binge on broccoli or lettuce. The cause is chemical

  • Well said, love... Thank you!!!

  • This is awesome. ^-^ My aunt actually used the "go for a walk and see if you still feel like it" method to quit smoking. It was twice as effective, because she'd come back having trouble breathing, and remember just how much she really wanted to change that habit.

  • WOW you couldnt have made this video at a more perfect time!

  • I love how you casually go into saying the truth, which is the conformity of the brainwashing educational systems. Im 17 junior year. Cant stand highchool, and ovbiously i see the flaws. I am gunna be a star one day ^^ haha

  • I want to manifest more people like you and Felipe into my life. I want more positive thinking, happy, energetic beings surrounding me. Sometimes it's hard straying from mainstream thinking, but then again it's a lot more fun!

  • I'm still reprogramming... but it's kinda fun :D

  • Amen sister, amen! :-)

  • What are our other options for jobs after highschool, like what you mentioned in the beginning?

  • I felt strongly about the gray shoehorning element of the college system, and deprogrammed myself in the mid- to late 90s. I just had to believe that I know better about this than my parents, my girlfriends' parents, EVERYONE.

    Two drops out of college and a destroyed relationship (partly over this) later, it was still worth it. It's a bit gratifying to see that since then more and more people are realizing that college isn't the end-all, and for many it's just a colossal waste of time.

  • I always eat when I'm bored or when I get home from school i'll pretty much mindlessly eat the whole cupboard. Thanks for the suggestions, I will think of them next time I feel the need to eat everything.

  • i liked how u compared eating those sweet stuff with filling the void within. when u cant rly get happyness anywhere u kinda..well yea..just eat it :/

  • I grew up in Truro, Nova Scotia ... and my mother would buy ice cream in 5 gallon containers .... and I was the eldest with 4 younger siblings ... like 14 years old... my room was in basement also... and I would also grab this giant ice cream container and eat the entire thing !! ... I used to get in soo much trouble ! Canadian ice cream is sooo good... I would move back to Nova Scotia just because the ice cream is so good ... oh I forgot... I am a Vegan :)

  • The myth of emotional eating : watch?v=9YjZ5UAYFBA Makes a lot of sense to me :)

  • that's wonderful :-) Thank you.... :)

  • ever read doreen virtue's book 'constant cravings'? you would like it...she speaks of similar things that you do, including the emotional meaning behind each specific kind of food craving. its a wonderful book! anyways, thanks for sharing, leija. this video was so transformational to my heart and a much-needed message. sending you blessings and so much love!!!

  • thanks Leija, from all my heart :)

  • You are wise beyond your years.and a sweetheart. :)

  • thank you!

  • I dont have a problem with emotional eating, but with high eating! Great video leija!

  • How far and how long did you walk for?

  • I don't know what it is, but when I see ppl gorging, binging or eating insane amounts I tótally freak out, even as a kid. This makes no sense, I am a man, have no probs with emo eating of any kind and am in good shape, but whenever I read, or worse, see stuff about emo eating it triggers something that disturbs me deeply. The strong negative emotions of helplessness and self-hate tied into that have an impact on me, it hurts a lot to see ppl go trough that. :( So glad you came out of it.

  • I love this video.... Thankyou so much :)

  • Ever since i left highschool i've been aware of the programming and trying to get rid of it. Its been 2 years and its still pretty inbred.

  • Hi Leija! I've had this idea for a while and it just seems to fit in here with what you've said about creativity. I've wanted to make a collage of pictures of super healthy, delicious looking, colorful, vibrant food...really go all out...and then stick it to the refrigerator. That way, I'll be confronted with great inspiration for which choices to make, even before I open the door and see the chocolate cake! Kind of like self-brainwashing...so I'll take this as my sign and get busy! Thanx! :D

  • The first 2mins spoke to me more than anything... I'm 19 and basically going through that process you spoke of. I've just finished my first year in college and have realized I've wasted an entire year. And the only reason I decided to go to college was because I didn't know what else to do, so I just went with what was expected of me. But now, I'm realizing this path isn't for me, but now what? I want to do something spiritual, but there aren't many options in my part of the U.S.. Any advice?

  • LEIJA IS BEAUTIFUL CONTINUED:

    THE POINT I'M MAKING HERE IS THAT DIET IS ONE PART OF THE DANCE AND THE PROCESS. IF ALL OF THAT ISN'T A PART OF A FREE SOCIETY, THEN IT ALL KIND OF SUCKS. NOT THAT FREEDOM ISSUES ARE RESOLVED AT EVERY LEVEL WITH THE PASSING OF SOME LAWS AND THE REPLACEMENT OF SOME POLITICIANS. THE IDEA THERE IS TO STRIVE TOWARDS A WORLD THAT RUNS ON LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE AND HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS RATHER THAN JUST BRUT FORCE. YOU MIGHT BE READY TO START DEALING WITH THESE MACRO ISSUES

  • LEIJA,I AGREE WITH YOU, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL BUT HERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS:

    1. DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE A LIBERTARIAN ECONOMY, YOU MENTIONED THE DUMBING DOWN OF GOVERNMENT CONSCIOUSNESS WHICH IS ANOTHER WORD FOR SOCIALISM.

    2. WOULD YOU ADVOCATE POLITICIANS LIKE RON PAUL 2012 BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T AND YOU STAY NEUTRAL ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT THEN IT'S ALL POINTLESS WITH ENSLAVED PEOPLE AND A BAD ECONOMY.

    3. I'M A RAW VEGAN AND I'M HEP TO EVERYTHING YOUR SAYING, LIFE IS MORE THAN DIET.

  • I LOVE YOU GIRL!

  • Thank you, Leija! This is just what I needed after a night of no sleep, I got really cranky (but didn't express it in a bad way) and I kinda feel guilty later after getting angry when I am woken up in the middle of the night, but I am human, lol. I went to the links for EFT and had realized that I knew about this before but had forgotten about the technique and never tried it before fully. I tapped away the stress of the anger, and I feel amazing!!

  • I'd love to hear some tangents/rants on the educational system Leija! lol (public fool system) ;)

    I'm an emotional eater sometimes. And you're right, it is when I feel empty and disconnected that I have the urge to do this. Next time the feeling hits me I'm going to watch this video again to bring myself back from the brink, hahaha

    Thanks for all that you give ::^.^::

  • namaste love and gratitude for you!

  • Besides the content and everything, IT'S A NICE LIGHTING!

  • Thank you so much for making this video. I really appreciate your honesty by sharing your personal experience with emotional eating. You are so beautiful inside and out. I'm so glad I found you on youtube!

  • nlp technique is good too.

  • Leija you are heart beautifully. Namaste.

  • This was wonderful, thank you love.

  • Thank you so much Leija, I really needed this!

  • Your So wonderful ~

    blessings of love & SMILE Leija

  • What stopped me overeating was when I found out that I never felt good enough.In my appearance or who I was as a person.Now I keep telling myself that I AM ENOUGH so I don't need anymore.

  • I watched this while eating pizza and chocolate to numb pain. :|

    I will take your advice and go for a walk next time, because eating junk doesn't make anyone feel better.. in fact I feel sick.

  • Hey! Im in London and your videos usually reach me around the morning time. I love to listen to them whilst I'm typing at work, they are so inspirational. I look forward to your videos. Thanks :)

  • 12 Icecream sandwiches left .. Lol thought they only come in packs of 12

  • @proent It was a 24 pack...lol. I have 6 people in my family so my mom would buy things in bulk whenever she could. :-)

  • Mom helped me figure out that we are gluten intolerant! In about a month of gluten free eating, I feel like a different person. Even my sugar cravings have gone down a lot. I still eat when I'm bored, but I find that 1-eating full meals instead of snacking all day helps and 2-get moving and keep busy! Sometimes I have too much time on my hands :)

    Love how you are sharing this with everyone! 

  • I truly needed to hear this as well. It's so nice that someone can inter-relate and empathize.

  • can totally relate to this ;) When my binge eating got really bad, I started to go out in nature and it would really trigger an emotional release. I would start crying and then I would feel much better. I think a lot of it had to do with not knowing what I wanted to do with my life, not feeling like I belonged, and boredom. I battled binge eating disorder for 3 years and now I rarely binge, except for recently when I was feeling stuck and not following my passions..which I plan on doing now :)

  • Interesting post, I just load this video onto my blog :)

  • A huge Wave of Love in your direction... I so enjoy what you choose to share with the world... I see World class transformation as a real possibility and on the personal level... Love and thank you, for giving some more insights to my own (almost gone) emotional eating

    (((((<3)))))

    YIPEEE, for a wonderful day

  • Beautiful! Just thank you so much! Even if we know all this things we always need somebody to remind us to stay connected. Thank you for staying connected with us! :)

  • Hi Leija, was your Mum born in the Caul.. a Caul Baby ???

  • Oh Leija!!! I love you so much and I need you so much! :))) Because this video it`s loke you did it for me! I have months struggling with eating good food. I gave up coffee first and I felt great and then I tried to become a vegetarian but I couldn`t and I got like 5 kg more because of eating a lot of bread and rice...And now I try to eat healthy and lose some weight and the more I think about it ...well I t6hink you understand what I mean....

  • Yeah EFT is a great energy healing technique. You can learn it for free and can do it on your own. I have gotten rid of lots of emotion blocks using it. Another great video Leija. :)

  • @starseedawakenings Absolutely! I share this technique with all of my clients. It may seem silly to some, but it really can help a lot! I encourage people to give it a try! :)

  • Thank you. I truly needed to hear this.

  • love!

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