RUNNING ON EMPTY
The idea of not eating for 10 days sounds like a nightmare, right?
It’s eye-watering, almost like depriving yourself of oxygen. Who would commit to such an ‘unappetising’ ordeal? That would be me. I believe food has morphed beyond its role as a source of daily sustenance into something many of us use to suppress our mental problems and emotional deficiencies. When I feel emotionally fragile in some way, I unconsciously devour food. In the process, I mask my true feelings in an attempt to numb the existential void.
The flip side to unconscious gorging is mindful eating. Easier said than done, but there is a process, a
