Physical activity has been co-opted by the diet industry just as food has – in other words, only good to get you to lose weight.  No wonder thinking about body movement may send you into a fit of resistance or rebellion or make you feel guilty – feeling you’re not doing enough or not doing the right kind of activity that the experts say you should.  If you struggle with binge eating, food addiction or emotional eating, you may struggle in finding a way to move your body that doesn’t feel like something you have to do or something you feel bad about not doing.  In this podcast, you will learn: How to recognize if you’ve experienced exercise trauma. How to reclaim body movement as a form of self-expression. What the 3 most common reasons for not being physically active are and how to address them.

The first goal of therapy if you have binge eating, compulsive overeating, food addiction or emotional eating should be interrupting any current unwanted behaviors, such as bingeing, overeating, obsessing about food or your body.  But these behaviors are so automatic and so linked to emotions that often are not acknowledged or even recognized, that it’s hard to stop or interrupt them.  There are skills that can help you if you want to move on and just don’t know how. In this podcast you will learn: Why practicing certain skills can help you end unwanted behaviors. Five skills you can put into practice immediately. How skills can help uncouple your emotions from your unwanted behaviors.

The first goal of therapy if you have binge eating, compulsive overeating, food addiction or emotional eating should be interrupting any current unwanted behaviors, such as bingeing, overeating, obsessing about food or your body.  But these behaviors are so automatic and so linked to emotions that often are not acknowledged or even recognized, that it’s hard to stop or interrupt them.  There are skills that can help you if you want to move on and just don’t know how. In this podcast you will learn: Why practicing certain skills can help you end unwanted behaviors. Five skills you can put into practice immediately. How skills can help uncouple your emotions from your unwanted behaviors.

If you have binge eating, food addiction or emotional eating, you may know that diet culture has rebranded itself as “healthy” vs. the prior focus on the thin ideal, losing weight or getting skinny.  There has also been a trend by social media influencers to market detox products to make money, but in doing so, they may be contributing to the development of eating disorders in their followers.  Your body has its own detoxification system.  There are things you can do to give your body and mind a “reset” for the new year that will help you deal with cravings, binging, body dissatisfaction and food obsessions.   In this podcast you will learn: Why detox products can be dangerous. What is orthorexia? How can mindfulness help your break free of food obsessions. Specific steps you can take to reset your body and mind in the new year.

If you have binge eating, food addiction or emotional eating, you may know that diet culture has rebranded itself as “healthy” vs. the prior focus on the thin ideal, losing weight or getting skinny.  There has also been a trend by social media influencers to market detox products to make money, but in doing so, they may be contributing to the development of eating disorders in their followers.  Your body has its own detoxification system.  There are things you can do to give your body and mind a “reset” for the new year that will help you deal with cravings, binging, body dissatisfaction and food obsessions.   In this podcast you will learn: Why detox products can be dangerous. What is orthorexia? How can mindfulness help your break free of food obsessions. Specific steps you can take to reset your body and mind in the new year.

If you’re struggling with food addiction, binge eating or emotional eating, at some point you may have come to realize that there’s something deeper to your food and body image issues.  If you ask yourself what the cause is of most of your suffering about your food obsessions and body hatred, you may realize that it is because of these problems you have not allowed yourself to express who you truly are.  You may have held yourself back in your career, in relationships, as a parent and in other roles you play in life because of your size.  The ultimate goal of recovery from binge eating, food addiction or emotional eating is to find soul satisfaction and to bring it into all areas of your life, including your relationship with food and how you feel about your body. In this episode, you will learn: What is soul satisfaction? What does soul satisfaction have to do with my binge eating, food addiction or emotional eating? Why is soul satisfaction not about religion or even spirituality? How can food and body image issues be metaphors for what is missing in your life?

If you’re struggling with food addiction, binge eating or emotional eating, at some point you may have come to realize that there’s something deeper to your food and body image issues.  If you ask yourself what the cause is of most of your suffering about your food obsessions and body hatred, you may realize that it is because of these problems you have not allowed yourself to express who you truly are.  You may have held yourself back in your career, in relationships, as a parent and in other roles you play in life because of your size.  The ultimate goal of recovery from binge eating, food addiction or emotional eating is to find soul satisfaction and to bring it into all areas of your life, including your relationship with food and how you feel about your body. In this episode, you will learn: What is soul satisfaction? What does soul satisfaction have to do with my binge eating, food addiction or emotional eating? Why is soul satisfaction not about religion or even spirituality? How can food and body image issues be metaphors for what is missing in your life?

Unconscious core beliefs can stand between you and your goal to put an end to your food, body image, and weight issues. When first formed, usually when you were younger and during times of transition, trauma, or emotional upheaval, core beliefs are solutions to problems you couldn’t solve—perhaps because you didn’t have the resources at the time.  Research highlights the importance of addressing negative core beliefs; when they are not addressed, you may find it more difficult to stop unhealthy behaviors.   Examples of core beliefs include:  I’m not worthy, I’m not good enough and more.  Negative core beliefs play an important role in the development and maintenance of the symptoms of food addiction, binge eating and emotional eating.     In this episode you will learn:   What are core beliefs? How do core beliefs stand between you and what you desire most in your life? How can you change a negative core belief?

Unconscious core beliefs can stand between you and your goal to put an end to your food, body image, and weight issues. When first formed, usually when you were younger and during times of transition, trauma, or emotional upheaval, core beliefs are solutions to problems you couldn’t solve—perhaps because you didn’t have the resources at the time.  Research highlights the importance of addressing negative core beliefs; when they are not addressed, you may find it more difficult to stop unhealthy behaviors.   Examples of core beliefs include:  I’m not worthy, I’m not good enough and more.  Negative core beliefs play an important role in the development and maintenance of the symptoms of food addiction, binge eating and emotional eating.     In this episode you will learn:   What are core beliefs? How do core beliefs stand between you and what you desire most in your life? How can you change a negative core belief?

If you’ve been struggling with binge eating, emotional eating and food addiction for most of your life, you may view your body as an adversary.  When you experience negative feelings about your body, it may be the result of past hurtful experiences from childhood, which can lead to a disconnection between you and your body. This can lead to your self-evaluation (how you feel about yourself) being tied to your body size or shape and a desire to whip your body into shape.  When you reconnect to your body, you can tap into a vast reservoir of wisdom and advise that will guide you in your recovery from binge eating, emotional eating and food addiction. In this episode you will learn: What is body image? What are the 3 causes of negative body image? What in your childhood is the key to understanding your body image issues?