Welcome to the show, DR. VIMALASARA, also known as (VALERIE) MASON-JOHN M.A (HON.DOC). Vimalasara is a founding facilitator of Compassionate Inquiry and the author of 10 books, including the award-winning book, “Eight Step Recovery: Using The Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction” and “Detox Your Heart: Meditations for Emotional Trauma.” There are 8 Step Recovery meetings held on several continents. And they are co-founder of the training program, Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery (MBAR), which is delivered in both English and Spanish. They work as a public speaker in the field of Mindfulness for Addiction and Trauma. They also work online and in person between Canada, the USA, the UK, and Spain.
In this episode:
- Their personal story of eating disorders, food addiction and recovery
- How to work with the shame we experience around eating disorders and food addiction
- The mutual help recovery community Vimalasara created Eight Step Recovery: Using the Buddhist Teaching to Overcome Addiction.
- Their new book First Aid Kit for the Mind: Breaking the Cycle of Habitual Behaviours
- Vimalasara does two practices in this episode around SHAME and LOVE
