Oct 12, 2020
If you've been using binge eating, emotional eating or food addiction behaviors or body dissatisfaction as a way to deal with your stress, emotions or to deal with underlying childhood beliefs of unworthiness or unlovability, it is hard to change. Want to know how to deal with stress and food cravings? Want stress relief, food addiction help, and an end to emotional eating. Listen in.
In this episode, you will learn:
- How to deal with emotions without using food as a crutch.
- Specific actions you can take to deal with stress without using food as a crutch.
- Why your body is the result not the cause of your problems.
STUDY GUIDE: HOMEWORK
1. List situations in your life that are stressful.
Some examples might include:
- loneliness
- dissatisfaction at work
- relationship issues (relationship with
parents, siblings, partner/spouse, friends)
- parenting concerns and fears
- financial
- other - add in any other stressful situations
in your life right now
2. For each of these situations, make a list of behaviors you
have around food that you are recognizing are a response to these
life stressors. For example, I was laid off from work and
have been worried about finding another job. Looking back,
I've noticed that I've been eating lots of junk food "because it's
cheaper" but really because of wanting to be
comforted.
3. List 1 statement (affirmation) you can say to
yourself the next time you "feel fat." For example, I can ask
myself "what are you really feeling?" or I can remind myself
that I can use another skill to deal with stress rather than food
or body hatred.
Mentioned on
the show:
Schedule free Anchor Program consult: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/consult
Here is the link to my #TEDxPleasantGrove talk on intergenerational trauma: https://youtu.be/ljdFLCc3RtM