The Things We Do To Keep Ourselves Alive
This blog is dedicated to the journey of recovery and finding your inner voice in a wold that is chaotic and where instant gratification is easy to fall victim to.
Do you feel...
tired of obsessing about your weight, food and body
unable to control your emotions without drugs/alcohol/food
anxious around eating and exercising
hopeless over your binges and purging behaviors
desperate craving for drugs and alcohol to numb out and feel "normal"
scared about eating, thus starving yourself to the point of exhaustion
a constant drive for more, more, more like an insatiable hunger always present
...like you have tried one million ways and there is just no escape?
I can help.
I am Christina Santini, Clinical Nutritionist specializing in Biological Medicine with 15+years working in the eating disorder field both in Europe and The States.
Having worked with the complexities from a medical, nutritional and behavioral aspect for over 15+ years at private hospitals and rehabs as well as clients in private practice, I know your struggle. Every single eating disorder is different and requires a customized approach to find lasting recovery.
I treat following eating disorders and co-addictions:
Anorexia
Binge Eating Disorder
Bulimia
Orthorexia
Bigorexia
Substance addiction
Alcoholism
The purpose of treatment is to make you a “normal eater”.
The goal is to enable you to eat what your body-mind-soul intuitively wants to achieve satisfaction and well-being. I have been working with Intuitive Eating and Mindfulness-based Eating Awareness Therapy since 2009 and I am a member of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. Since then, more and more practitioners have started working with these concepts, which have gradually become internationally recognized treatment strategies. I started working with the concept of intuitive eating at private hospitals and in group therapy, when it became clear to me that calorie counting, rigid diet plans, restrictive lists and weight control did not lead to any healthy relationship with food and body in the long run. Nevertheless, elements of these things may be necessary as part of a recovery process until one's biochemistry is balanced and one can actually rely on body intuition. This state can only be tapped into, when we let go of our eating disorder voice and/or black-white brain washing around food choices.
Treatment strategies I use:
Customized Nutrition Counseling
Laboratory Testing + Biochemistry Balancing
Metabolism Reset (restoring digestion, hormones + metabolism in recovery)
Meal Exposure Therapy incl. Restaurant Outings
Intuitive Eating + Mindfulness-based Eating Awareness Therapy
Emotional Distress Distraction Skills
Automated Negative Thoughts (ANTS)
Decoding Your Hunger Tools (body, mind and soul)
Group Therapy (topics incl.: Body Image, Social Skills, Nutrition Education, Relationships + Authenticity/Identity Exercises)
Ongoing Collaboration and Referral Back To Other Primary Treatment Team Members
Which strategies are used depends upon on your needs.
In many cases, we will start by creating regularity and stability around food with strategies based on mechanical/guided eating that can reduce blood sugar problems and cravings. Mechanical eating serves the purpose of helping to restore balance and and decision fatigue associated with food in the beginning stages. This is the first step: rediscovering a regularity and structure that can support becoming an intuitive eater in the long run.
You can read more about how I work, my background in nutrition and biomedicine on my main website here.
You are not weak, you are not alone.
Trying to fit into a society that in many ways is sick is often what makes us... sick. It is time to reconnect with who you are and break the chains once and for all.
Anyone who says that willpower is the way to break free has no clue of the biochemical imbalances at play.
When we get addicted to something - it feels as if we are drowning alive. Like a slow suicide, yet hoping for an exit, before we reach the bottom.
This is your exit. This is your time. This is your chance.
I want you to take the first step today. Maybe it is just signing up for the newsletter on this site, where you will get a weekly step to help you reconnect body+mind+soul and thrive in this skin you are in.
If you are ready to step up in recovery, then you make an appointment with me by Skype or in-office in our Los Angeles or Copenhagen location right here right now.
We start by decoding the language of your self-destructive behaviors, and what you really need so that you can find lasting relief and healing.
What is it your soul is hungry for?
Deepak Chopra has said, "those suffering from addiction are basically looking for God in all the wrong places". When we disconnect from our soul, we betray ourselves... and the pain of leaving our true selves all too easy leads us down a path of self-destructive behaviors. Like an orphan left roaming the streets alone with no parents to care, no guidance, no structure to navigate from. How can you stop numbing out from life and instead use tools that will truly nourish you and fill your soul hunger... bit by bit... let me help you find your place, your way.
