"My Father Died" — Is It True? The Work of Byron Katie on Eating Disorders, Abandonment & Death | Grace Bell

How many of your beliefs have you really questioned? What if it is these same unquestioned beliefs that cause suffering? And what if questioning is all that's required for stressful thoughts to let go of you?

Grace Bell has used The Work of Byron Katie to question the thoughts underlying her eating disorder, divorce, grief, and cancer diagnosis, and found that without the filter of these thoughts, reality is far kinder than the mind insists.

A certified facilitator of The Work for over two decades, Grace walks through the four questions and the turnaround as taught by Byron Katie, weaving the method into her own healing journey to show how self-inquiry works not as philosophy but as practice — in times of crisis and in the ordinary moments of daily life.

Guest Bio: Grace Bell is a certified Byron Katie facilitator, licensed counselor, and founder of Work With Grace, dedicated to helping people find mental and emotional freedom through self-inquiry. She offers the Eating Peace process, drawing from personal experience to guide people away from food obsession toward relaxed, balanced eating. She also hosts the Peace Talk podcast and leads the Year of Inquiry, an immersive ten-month self-inquiry program.

Resources:

• The Work of Byron Katie: https://thework.com/
• Work With Grace: https://workwithgrace.com/
• Eating Peace Process: https://eatingpeaceprocess.com/
• Work With Grace YouTube:  ⁨@QuestionWithGrace⁩ 

Chapters

00:00 What does it mean to believe thoughts?

07:03 South Africa, Adolescence, and the Birth of an Eating Disorder

17:39 Eating Disorder is Really a Thinking Disorder

25:20 Questioning Our Thoughts: The Work of Byron Katie

40:21 The Work: Four Questions and Turnarounds

53:41 Two Ways of Letting Go: Using Thoughts and Using Feelings

57:49 Core Beliefs: I'm Not Safe, I Could Be Abandoned

01:12:05 Life without an Eating Disorder

01:14:58 Doing The Work on Divorce

01:22:15 "I Am Willing to Get Cancer Again"

01:28:42 "My Father Died - Is It True?": Grief Feels Like Love

01:39:27 Questioning or Holding Space?

01:45:28 Out of Suffering Arises New and Unexpected Growth

01:57:15 12-Step, A Course in Miracles, and "Negative Grandiosity"

02:06:03 "I Have What It Takes": A Practice for Finding Ground

Music for this episode  ⁨@BenBigelow3⁩ 

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