This Program is broken into powerful conversations designed to help you draw connections between rules you acquired in childhood for food and eating, and the ongoing impact they have in your life today. These conversations will help you identify and examine the mental models that are keeping your weight problems active and dynamic. By the end of this program, you will have the tools to differentiate between inherited food norms and your own personal choices. This awareness will enable you to make conscious decisions about your dietary habits and create a food culture that aligns with your well-being and happiness. Explore the impact of your family and cultural influences on your relationship with food and weight. We will investigate the traditions, values, and habits surrounding food that have been passed down through your family and cultural heritage. By examining how these influences have shaped your own food In this Program, you will unpack the childhood experiences that provided the raw material for your eating system. To unravel an eating system and stop it running on autopilot, we need the backstory and rules that led to its creation.  In systems thinking the facts and the story are treated equally. When a woman says, ‘Since I had my second child, I haven’t been able to lose weight,’ it makes sense to her and others. And while there is always more to it, by hearing the story it provides an entry point for uncovering the rules that created the system. Where a story gives more general information, rules are specific and connected to actions. These rules learned in childhood are carried as a time capsule throughout your life. A common rule you’ll be familiar with is, ‘Eat everything on your plate.’ The subtext of this ruler is to eat everything whether you want to or not. A rule like this can lead to, not being able to eat only one biscuit; you must eat the whole packet. Not just eat two squares of chocolate that would satisfy a sweet tooth b
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