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

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57: You Don't Know What You Don't Know Jun 29, 2020

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Awareness Is Not Enough. Implicit bias makes it acceptable to discriminate against people for race but also for size, sexual orientation, age, and abilities. You may have a hard time identifying with bias based on skin color, but maybe you're in one of the other groups that have been discriminated against. Remember, if there isn't justice for all, there won't be justice for any.

FREE MEDITATIONS – bit.ly/crossmd

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES – To learn more about my personal experiences with historical trauma and how it impacted my work with people with eating disorders and addictions, see my #TEDxPleasantGrove talk on Intergenerational trauma here: https://youtu.be/ljdFLCc3RtM

To schedule a free consult with Dr. Ross – https://AnchorProgram.com

*To test yourself for implicit bias, you can take the Implicit Association Test

*Jane Elliott's brown-eyed / blue-eyed experiment: https://youtu.be/1mcCLm_LwpE

56: I Overeat Because I Just Love Food Jun 15, 2020

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Have you ever heard someone say: "The reason I overeat, is because I just love food"? I hear this a lot from my patients with food and body image issues. But when you think about it - food doesn't taste any better if you eat just enough versus if you binge or overeat. So the question is: can you love food without having to eat more than your body needs. How does know this change your behaviors such as binge eating, emotional eating, or food addiction?

In this episode, you will learn:

How impulsive behaviors around food are driven by deeper needs. Why your journey to healing is sacred. How do you build resilience? How does your family's dynamic affect your current food and body image issues?

Resources mentioned in the video:

Webinar "How to stop feeling crazy around food." - http://bit.ly/2sEH7dS

Email me about what kind of family dynamic you grew up in: carolyn@carolynrossmd.com

The Anchor Program is a 12-week non-diet approach to healing the root cause of your binge eating, compulsive overeating, food addiction, and binge eating. https://AnchorProgram.com

55: Shall I Tell You What I Find Most Beautiful About You? Jun 15, 2020

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The question above comes from the 1984 movie "Starman" and has stuck in my mind because the answer to that question is what exemplifies what makes Americans great. Protests about the death of George Floyd and the COVID-19 pandemic may be triggering your binge eating, food addiction, and emotional eating.

In this video you will learn:

Four techniques to help yourself stabilize and avoid unwanted behaviors during stressful times What makes Americans a beautiful people. Why your experiences during this time can take you deeper into the work of your own recovery.

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

The Equal Justice Initiative website provides factual information that will help you understand Black history: https://eji.org/reports/segregation-in-america/

My TEDxPleasantGrove talk discusses my experience of growing up in the segregated South during the Jim Crow era: https://youtu.be/ljdFLCc3RtM

Check out the Netflix documentary: "13th" to learn more about why racial discrimination is linked to excessive incarceration of Black men.

A great article that summarizes what is the frustration behind the protests: https://bit.ly/2MxNExO

You can email me your "acts of compassion" here: crossmd@mac.com

54: Consistency Trumps Intensity May 25, 2020

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Consistency trumps intensity and novelty. What does that mean? I hear over and over how my patients are able to stick with a new (novel) eating plan, exercise routine, or (fill in the blank) for only a short time then they are off to something new (novel). Many tend to gravitate towards dramatic or intense new ways of eating or being physically active (ex. CrossFit). They feel pumped up by a new diet or by a new way to "lose belly fat," for example.

If you've experienced toxic stress in childhood, your brain is also likely to crave not just sweets but intensity and novelty. You may not feel like you're not working out enough unless you're dripping in sweat and sore all over. Why? Because what your brain is craving is the same thing it gets from starting a new/novel fad diet or eating emotionally - a spike in the feel-good brain chemical - dopamine. "If you've experienced toxic stress in childhood, your brain is also likely to crave not just sweets but intensity and novelty."

DISCUSSED ON THE PROGRAM:

FREE MEDITATIONS – bit.ly/crossmd

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Check out my TEDxPleasantGrove talk on Intergenerational trauma here: https://youtu.be/ljdFLCc3RtM

To schedule a free consult with Dr. Ross – https://AnchorProgram.com

53: Stress Builds Character May 18, 2020

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Research has shown that toxic stress - for example, adverse childhood experiences (prolonged and extreme stress without compensatory support) changes the brain - increasing the risk for addictions, eating disorders, and other mental and physical health issues. However, on the other end of the spectrum, NO stress deprives a child in particular of the brain changes that help them learn emotional regulation and resilience. In childhood, life experiences AND life stresses (when coupled with family support) help the brain develop pathways that allow the child to better respond to stress in the future. The most important life experience for children is how their parents and other adults interact with them. "If you are never tested, you won't be prepared."

Schedule free consult with Dr. Ross: https://AnchorProgram.com TEDxPleasantGrove on Intergenerational Trauma: https://youtu.be/ljdFLCc3RtM Stress reduction meditation: https://carolynrossmd.com/loving-kindness-meditation/

52: Healthism May 05, 2020

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Health, particularly behavioral health, has become bound up in morality. The term for this is "healthism" based on a philosophy that everyone is responsible for their health but in a way that makes "healthy behaviors" seem to be more morally superior. This is particularly a problem when it comes to body size. There is a feeling that if health is under your control, then that means you must be "choosing" to be obese (as defined by body mass index). Often people living in larger bodies, then are blamed for not fitting into the "healthy ideal.

The problem is that moralizing about health creates weight stigma, which we know leads to discrimination against people of size in many areas of their lives. "Healthism is the new way to promote weight loss." Schedule free consult with Dr. Ross: https://AnchorProgram.com TEDxPleasantGrove on Intergenerational Trauma: https://youtu.be/ljdFLCc3RtM Stress reduction meditation: https://carolynrossmd.com/loving-kindness-meditation/

51: Coping during COVID 19 Apr 27, 2020

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FREE MEDITATIONS – bit.ly/crossmd

The Anchor Program is an Online 12-week non-diet program for people with binge eating, food addiction, and emotional eating: https://AnchorProgram.com

50: Overcoming Food Shame Apr 21, 2020

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Food shame is common in individuals with binge eating, food addiction, emotional or stress eating. Certain foods are more prone to being a source of shame and can lead to overeating and binging. How do the keto diet, paleo diet or intermittent fasting lead to food shame? Stress can also contribute to or result in food shame. Learn how to overcome food shame.

RESOURCES:

Check out my TEDxPleasantGrove talk on Intergenerational trauma here: https://youtu.be/ljdFLCc3RtM

FREE MEDITATIONS – bit.ly/crossmd

The Anchor Program is an Online 12-week non-diet program for people with binge eating, food addiction, and emotional eating: https://AnchorProgram.com

49: I've Been Sick. How Are You? Apr 13, 2020

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The past few weeks have been difficult for many people, myself included. I'm reaching out to you now because I also know that if you have binge eating disorder, food addiction or you are an emotional or stress eater, this may be a particularly difficult time to manage your eating behaviors.

FREE MEDITATIONS – bit.ly/crossmd

Check out my TEDxPleasantGrove talk on Intergenerational trauma here: https://youtu.be/ljdFLCc3RtM

49: I've Been Sick. How Are You? Apr 13, 2020

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FREE MEDITATIONS – bit.ly/crossmd

Check out my TEDxPleasantGrove talk on Intergenerational trauma here: https://youtu.be/ljdFLCc3RtM