Listening to the Body
Babies are born with the innate ability to listen to their bodies. They cry when hungry and stop eating when full. They fuss when they’re too hot and wail when they crave human touch. Yet over time, we lose this connection to our bodies. We train ourselves to ignore hunger, to push past fatigue, and to engage in eating and exercising patterns that may not agree with our bodies. We resist the urge to hug or touch others because we fear their response or because we’ve been taug
