Episode 5: The Theory of The Emotional Eating Cycle & How To Change It
Believe it or not, you don’t just reach for food when you’re stressed, upset or overwhelmed simply because you don’t have willpower. There are very good reasons why your brain has learned this emotional eating pattern as a way to self-sooth, and it likely began in childhood. In this episode, I’ll be explaining the theory of emotional eating (and other more severe eating disorders like binge eating and bulimia) according to dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). With a better understanding of why you developed this cycle in the first place, you can release the self-judgment and shame you’ve been spiraling in and empower yourself to take effective actions to begin to change the cycle. New knowledge and self-awareness is the first step to change.
Episode resources:
- The Empowered Eating Blueprint Quiz | Take this free quiz to identify which of the 5 Bodies of health may be underlying your struggle with food and eating.
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