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Comfort & Action Foods

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Healthy food as a form of resistance

Sharing and talking as a community (vs. regret and withdrawal)

Habit, dissociation vs. trying new things -- putting yourself in a place of vulnerability, creating sense of community (supporting ourselves enough to be willing to be vulnerable, and feel the stress or grief or sorrow of things we might think we don't want to know about, or don't want to be true)

Eating whatever's there (more likely to be along) / getting your mind off of what you're feeling (distraction / in a hurry)

Fulfillment / feeling better about who you are and what you're doing -- and feeling NOURISHED

Cooking to bring people together around things, with thought, and care, and concern (participatory dinner co-ops)

Getting together with others - even in a pretty undirected way, it often creates empowerment

Sending people cookies: connection over space, and through tradition, and personal connections (carrying on or reinventing things cooked with family or friends)

Independence of being active in making food (rather than giving up agency and also anxiety over food choices) 

Location & time of day: Standing / in bed / at table
Type of food: junk/snack/meal -- time put into making it, values we find embedded in it; nutrition and how it makes us feel

Environment that's created: open (let's explore this more!)
- small action of building the potential to relate to each other (or maybe trying to get people to explore particular things)

Eating with intention (vs. "how did this happen?")

Food as a part of the event (sometimes an addition, sometimes filling a void, retrieving past experience, procrastination -- of tasks or feelings)

Grief eating as remembrance, sometimes celebratory

[Reference to our shared google doc about using food: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oNPxjouyX2cfAc21Ch1mp62A5Ov4rpMRkv8DbWpbzxA]


 

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  1. Comfort & Action Foodsby MaryMerkley This workshop tackles food beyond just sustenance. It's about resisting unhealthy habits and building community. Trying new recipes, even if vulnerable, nourishes us more than eating mindlessly. Think participatory dinners! Remember the joy of sending cookies? That connection transcends distance. Feeling empowered to cook, rather than relying on convenience, boosts independence. Even a simple Slope Game break can offer a moment of mindful distraction amidst it all, renewing focus.
  2. Snow Rider 3D Isabella Brown It's so true how interconnected our choices are with our well-being. I love the point about choosing healthy food as a form of resistance – it's an active choice to care for ourselves. The idea of community and trying new things resonates deeply. It reminds me of needing to step outside my comfort zone, like trying a new game that requires focus and coordination. A friend suggested Snow Rider 3D recently, and it's definitely been a good way to break out of a rut! Finding healthy distractions is key.
  3. Slope Rider Dennis Clayton Every icy slope in Slope Rider challenges timing and skill, demanding sharp reflexes and perfect jumps to survive.

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