055 How Shame Sabotages Your Health Journey with Ocean Robbins

About this episode

The episode discusses how shame can hinder health journeys and emphasizes the importance of compassion and self-love in healing.

What if the biggest barrier to healing… is the belief that you’re broken? So many of us are doing everything right — eating better, moving more, trying to fix our health — but deep down, we’re carrying a quiet belief that we’re not enough. That our body is the problem. That healing has to come through restriction, guilt, or perfection. But what if real change begins not with feeling shame — but love? In this week’s episode, we sit down with Ocean Robbins, CEO of the Food Revolution Network, for a deep, honest conversation about what it means to root health in compassion — not shame. Ocean is the son of John Robbins, who famously walked away from the Baskin-Robbins empire to write Diet for a New America. Ocean has forged his own path — helping millions transform their relationship with food and health to experience what truly matters to us in life. In this episode we explore: Why so many people feel like they’re failing at health How Ocean’s upbringing shaped his values and mission The tension between grief, perfectionism, and purpose What it means to choose love — again and again This conversation was one of our most soulful and resonant yet — and I’m so glad to have Po back for…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Rak

Guest: Ocean Robbins

Topics covered

• shame and health
• compassion in healing
• relationship with food
• perfectionism
• self-acceptance

Keywords

• shame
• health journey
• compassion
• self-love
• Ocean Robbins
• Food Revolution Network
• perfectionism
• healing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Food Revolution Network

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