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Sandra Elia

Certified food addiction counselor, best-selling author of "Never Enough: Three Pillars of Food Addiction Recovery," and founder of the Food Addiction Recovery Program in Canada.

Oct 21, 2026

5:08
Like I really, that's why, that's what I want people to see is that all the things that you are doing while you are trying to reach this goal, not that you can't do it, It's just that life is making it hard for us.
5:20
Well, and also, I don't think there is an end point.
5:24
I feel like the only time I'm going to stop learning, evolving, working on my health, my strength, my mobility, my mind is the day I die.
5:32
So why am I rushing? What's the rush? I'm going to be done when I'm done.
5:37
And so I feel that this is a lifelong journey and you got to decide who's getting in the car with you.
5:44
And do you want that friend who gets in and is like, I'm uncomfortable.
5:47
It's like the clouds are terrible.

19 MINS LATER

24:57
Oh,
9:03
Yes.
9:03
So it is actually the foundation that allows change to be possible.
9:09
Self-love, love is energizing.
9:12
That's why women can have infants that will take all our sleep away and take away all of our reason why.
9:19
Love, that we have the energy to be up around the clock 'cause we have unconditional love for this little creature.
9:25
We need that unconditional love for ourselves.
9:29
Um, at the end of the day, I just don't wanna be on my rocking chair.
11:56
No.
7:30
Yeah
7:31
... that you pour so much self-love on yourself and so much compassion.
7:35
Why? 'Cause you can only learn when you feel safe.
7:39
Nobody feels safe if they're being attacked, whether you're attacking yourself or somebody else is attacking you verbally.
7:46
So then if you have a slip and you're attacking yourself, what a waste.
7:50
You'll never, you can never garner any learnings from it.
7:54
So that's a really important piece, is that either hit bullseye or love, and there's no more failing.
9:33
Mm.

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