DR. VIMALASARA also known as (VALERIE) MASON-JOHN M.A (HON.DOC) to the show. Vimalasara is a founding facilitator of Compassionate Inquiry, and is 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 in 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, USA, UK and Spain. In today’s episode we speak about: 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  FOLLOW: Vimalasara (VALERIE) MASON-JOHN M.A (HON.DOC) Website: https://www.valeriemason-john.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMasonJohn Instagram: vmasonjohn Twitter: @VMasonJohn