The Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross Show: Binge Eating Disorder, Stress Eating, Emotional Eating, Food Addiction

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97: Answers to Anorexia Nov 04, 2021

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Anorexia nervosa is a life-threatening illness that is challenging to treat and can be overwhelming for families seeking help. The Minnesota starvation study dating to the 1950's showed without any doubt that starvation causes psychological as well as physical symptoms – symptoms that mirror symptoms of individuals with anorexia. The current state of treatment for anorexia has ignored this connection and instead resorts to the use of medications that lack FDA approval and therapies that have consistently been shown to be ineffective. What is needed is addressed by my guest, Dr. James Greenblatt who is a pioneer in the field of functional and integrative medicine.

In this episode, you will learn:

Why anorexia treatments currently fail miserably.
What is the research that could lead to significantly better outcomes for treating those with anorexia.
Why therapy is likely to fail unless nutritional deficiencies of self-starvation are addressed.

96: Binge Eating, Food Addiction and Emotional Eating – What's the Difference? Oct 28, 2021

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It can be confusing to determine whether you have binge eating, food addiction or emotional eating. While criteria for binge eating disorder have been established for some time, research is beginning to show some of the ways in which binge eating and food addiction are similar and different. All of these disorders can affect men as well as women and are related to how you use food. It's not food or your body that is the problem, it has to do with how you use food that may stem from early life adversity, trauma or neglect.

In this podcast, you will learn:

What is binge eating disorder?
What is food addiction?
What is emotional eating?
How do I know if I have binge eating disorder, food addiction or emotional eating.

95: Don't Let the D's (Despair and Depression) Get You Down! Oct 01, 2021

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If you've struggled with binge eating, food addiction or emotional eating for some time, you may find that the stresses and isolation of the quarantine have worsened your symptoms. Or you may have had other life challenges that have caused stress and overwhelm in your life. All of this can lead to depression and feelings of hopelessness or despair. It can make your battle to make peace with food and your body feel even more difficult, leading you to fall back on using food to numb your emotions or provide comfort during these trying times. But there is hope! By nourishing your spirit, you can build resilience to help replenish your resources and give you the boost you need to rise to meet the challenges in your life.

In this episode you will learn:

What are the causes of despair?
What are the symptoms of spiritual depletion and despair?
What are 3 actions you can take to get back on top of your game?

94: Tattoos and Trauma Sep 06, 2021

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Tattoos have become more acceptable over the years but are often only seen as having decorative value. My guest #DonnaTorrisi has written a book about the connection between tattoos and trauma. While a tattoo sits only on the skin, the meaning of tattoos may be much deeper for some individuals, telling a story of a difficult time in their lives, a loss or a story of abuse. In this way, tattoos are a form of self-expression that can tell you something about the person and their life's journey. We heal from trauma in many ways…tattoos are one of those ways.

In this episode, you will learn:

How tattoos can create a bond between people who have experienced difficult life circumstances.
How body markings can play a part in healing from trauma.
Whether Dr. Carolyn has a tattoo and if yes, why?

92: How Body Image Archetypes Can Help You Be The Best You Can Be Aug 23, 2021

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If you struggle with binge eating, emotional eating and food addiction, you may also have body image issues. Your body image issues may keep you from doing what you want to do in life and keep you from being the best you can do. Think of your body identity as a role or archetype you have chosen to play in your life for the time being until you are able and willing to be your best self. This is the way you've learned to cope with being in a bigger body. Are you the rebel, wounded child or sexy mama? Whatever role you're playing it may be covering up the truth of who you are.

In this podcast, you will learn:

How identifying your archetype may help you to see your authentic self.
How negative self-talk just makes binging, food obsessions worse
Why you can't "hate yourself thin."

93: 5-Day Money Attraction Challenge Podcast Aug 15, 2021

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Many people who struggle with food addiction, binge eating, or emotional eating also have money problems – overspending, impulse buying or you may have had a bad divorce that left you with financial problems. My special guest, Tasha Chen is with me on this podcast to discuss why money can be a problem for so many people and how you can attract more financial abundance into your life.

In this podcast, you will learn:

About the 13 money traumas and how they may be holding you back
Why how you manage your money can be a window into your other life challenges.
The difference between being deserving and being worthy and how that affects your ability to attract money into your life.

I will be joining Tasha to talk about how money issues relate to food and body image issues on her 5-Day Money Attraction Challenge.

To sign up for the 5-Day Money Attraction Challenge with Tasha Chen: https://tashachen.com/money-attraction-challenge/?ref=894

91: How to Stop Self-sabotage from Ruining Your Life NOW! Jul 07, 2021

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Self-sabotage is common and happens to people from all walks of life. Many people with food addiction, emotional eating or binge eating self-sabotage with food as a way to numb unpleasant emotions or cope with stressful situations. This can lead to feelings of failure and can worsen the behaviors or body dissatisfaction. Then you can get stuck in the vicious cycle of binge eating, obsessing about food, and being dissatisfied with your body. Rinse, Repeat.

In this video you will learn:

1. What the connection is between perfectionism and self-sabotage 2. How trauma can be a cause of self-sabotage 3. 4 tips on how to stop self-sabotage in its tracks

Thanks for listening! If you're interested in learning more about food addiction, enter the book sweepstakes to win a copy of The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook.

Schedule a free consult to discuss your food and body image issues: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/CONSULT

The Anchor Program is a 12-week non-diet program offering ONLINE group and individual sessions for the treatment of binge eating, emotional eating, food addiction, and compulsive overeating. Want to learn more about the Anchor Program? https://AnchorProgram.com

Where you can find me:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-healing https://www.youtube.com/user/DrCarolynRoss Where you can find Irene:https://irenelyon.com/

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90: Body Memories Trauma and Eating Disorders Jun 14, 2021

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Traumatic life experiences, including childhood trauma and the relationships you have with your caregivers growing up, directly affect the nervous system – often throwing it out of balance. An out-of-balance nervous system can make it difficult for you to tolerate your emotions. This then leads to using food (and other substances and behaviors) to numb or manage your anxiety, sadness, fear, anger, and other emotions. In this episode, I talk with Irene Lyon from Vancouver, Canada about the links between trauma, body memories and binge eating, compulsive overeating, food addiction, and emotional eating.

In this episode you will learn:

The effect of trauma on the nervous system.
How to use your body sensations and body functions to help you understand your emotions.
How to release trauma using your body's wisdom.

Thanks for listening! If you're interested in learning more about food addiction, enter the book sweepstakes to win a copy of The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook.

Schedule a free consult to discuss your food and body image issues: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/CONSULT

Where you can find me:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-healing https://www.youtube.com/user/DrCarolynRoss Where you can find Irene:https://irenelyon.com/

Be sure to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and leave us a rating and a review!

89: Binge Eating, Ethnicity and Trauma Jun 09, 2021

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"Health and weight are not synonymous."

Behaviors such as binge eating, compulsive overeating, emotional eating, and food obsessions are part of systems of power that rank human bodies by size and race and create an illusion that health and virtue are obtained by being thin. Being controlled by size and food is still an accepted way of controlling the futures of women, leading them to wait to have the lives they deserve and desire until they can change their size.

What you'll learn in this podcast:

Is the BMI a racist measurement?
Why is it so hard to give up binging?
How graham crackers started as a diet food.
How diets fail us, while making us feel we are failures.

Thanks for listening! If you're interested in learning more about food addiction, enter the book sweepstakes to win a copy of The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook.

Schedule a free consult to discuss your food and body image issues: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/CONSULT

Where you can find me:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-healing https://www.youtube.com/user/DrCarolynRoss

Be sure to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and leave us a rating and a review!

88: How to End Diet Thoughts! May 21, 2021

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"Weight stigma is associated with several physical and psychological health consequences." You've realized that diets don't work for binge eating, compulsive overeating, food addiction, or emotional eating. You've been on a lot of diets and even though you lose weight, it doesn't last. After many diets, you've come to the conclusion that there's more to your food and body image issues than a diet can fix. You feel good about this insight. You may even be working towards taking steps to make peace with food and your body. But why can't you stop thinking about dieting! In this podcast, you will learn:

What do twin studies teach us about binge eating, food addiction, and emotional eating?
Why one physician's research led him to stop recommending the intermittent fasting diet.
How weight stigma can make binge eating, emotional eating, and food addiction worse.

Thanks for listening! If you're interested in learning more about food addiction, enter the book sweepstakes to win a copy of The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook.

Schedule a free consult to discuss your food and body image issues: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/CONSULT

Where you can find me:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-healing https://www.youtube.com/user/DrCarolynRoss

Be sure to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and leave us a rating and a review!

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