Food is more than just nourishment. It is pleasure, culture, and comfort. But our relationship with food can also become dysfunctional and deeply conflicted.
Eating is one of life’s great joys, so it’s easy to overdo it. But society sends a lot of mixed messages about where to draw the line. We have easy access to any culinary indulgence, yet we’re also bombarded with the ultra-thin beauty ideal at every turn—and a multibillion dollar weight loss industry eager to help us attain it.
For over 30 years, psychotherapist and eating disorder expert Karen R. Koenig has taught people how to make peace with food in this confusing environment. After yo-yoing from world-class binge eater to chronic dieter, Koenig found her balance, and it stuck.
“I could eat a whole apple pie and a box of doughnuts, but I just think about food so differently now,” she said.
