Oct 29 2008
TDW 11 – Authentic Eating with Healing Artist Angelica – The DreamWorker Podcast Episode 11
This weeks podcast was originally aired live on Sunday, October 5th, 2008 at 11 PM US ET at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thedreamworker. To hear our show live, join us each Sunday as we discuss many topics including dream interpretation.
Angelica – Authentic Eating
When dieting and exercising don’t work, or only temporarily help us release excess weight, there is only way to turn: inward. This week, The DreamWorker John Vercelletto interviews Angelica about her own life struggle with her body and how after years of losing weight and gaining it back, she is finally at peace and 62 pounds lighter in body, spirit and mind.
Angelica is a intuitive body worker, reiki practitioner, mystic, spiritual counselor and tantric guide. She is visiting New York for the Fall and Winter months after living with friends and studying different spiritual modalities on the Big Island of Hawaii. In August, her and three other business partners launched AuthenticSharing.com, a Web site devoted to spiritual and ego transformation through the power of love and authentic self-expression. Through the practices of being present and connecting to her inner guidance Angelica has lost a total of 62 pounds after years of struggling with her weight. She has tried diets, pills, gyms and cleanses, only to discover that the only path that worked and was permanent was to change her inner self. You can “do” lots of things but if you aren’t feeling empowered in your beingness to actually change, nothing will work. Because of her commitment to spiritual growth, she ended her war with fat and food and started accepting — and then eventually loving — her body and seeing food as nourishment.
Angelica states:
One of the main processes in this transformation was emotional clearing. That means, being present to what is present while opening the refrigerator or pulling up to the drive-thru window. Most times, it was not hunger that was driving me to eat, it’s difficult or uncomfortable emotions. Food is a good way to stuff. By having a commitment to personal truth and discovering my ideal weight, instead of eating, I would confront these emotions by hitting a punching bag, letting the tears flow, meditating or simply setting an intention to eat authentically. When you accept and feel what is actually present, you start responding to life and yourself in new ways, rather than repeating activities and ignoring what’s really going on. You bring your consciousness to the present. And as you continually do that, everything changes.
Angelica’s website is http://www.authenticsharing.com
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts 
” is both inspirational and entertaining. It is a fast read loaded with great stories and help for the “half-empty” crowd and many “aha’s” for the half-full personality. Claudia has a very interesting background; one that she believes has proven that success only comes to… Those who really want it! As a child she was dyslexic, and her educators labeled her “not to smart.” Raised in a family that believed in rewarding effusively for accomplishments in place of criticism, proved that… motivation works. From as far back as she can remember Claudia always believed she could conquer the world. Although she faced obstacles they never seemed to stop her. She learned early on to fine tune what she did best, and place her disabilities on the back burner…this formula always worked and she believes it can for anyone… who is willing to try.