This past Saturday I gave an open, free overeating workshop at the Santa Clara library.
During this workshop I met some interesting characters who had some interesting stories.
One story in particular resonated with me. I met an older Indian man and his wife who were living with their son who worked at Google.
And I was able to connect with him in a powerful way by giving him analogies to learning a different language.
See, this man said he had a problem with overeating. He was eating too much. Eating too much till the point of feeling bloated, guilty, and anxious.
But, something I noticed was that his English was excellent. His wife on the other hand could understand my body language and my gestures which I was exaggerating, but the husband was the translator. He had learned English very well. This insight would help me later on explain to him:
- Why he needed to realize his body spoke a foreign language that he could listen to.
- How the same skills he used to learn English could be applied to learning the different language of his body.
Before I gave this man some eating wisdom about learning a different language of his body, I first got to know him and hear his story (which I explain in video above).
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