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

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48: Emotions, Food and the Body Apr 06, 2020

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If you are an emotional overeater, this problem probably began early in your life. As a child, if you were not taught to manage your emotions, you may be at higher risk for engaging in emotional eating as an adult. Or if you had difficulty postponing gratification as a child, threw tantrums, or expressed excessive anger about food, this also would have put you at risk for weight and food issues. The goal is to be able to experience a normal range of emotions without feeling so uncomfortable with those emotions that you use food (or other substances or behaviors) to avoid dealing with them. Here are a few techniques you can begin to practice to help you end emotional eating:

When you find yourself wanting to emotional or stress eating, try to identify the emotion you're feeling and consider what this emotion may be trying to tell you about your situation. Every emotion has a purpose.
Try not to judge your emotion. Think of emotion as energy that needs to be expressed.
How can you move or express that energy of emotion in a way that does not hurt yourself or others?

Find out if you are an emotional eater = take the quiz: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y8X8QYL

Join the webinar: "How to stop feeling crazy around food" http://bit.ly/2sEH7dS To learn more about The Anchor Program - https://AnchorProgram.com

47: What Am I Really Hungry For? Mar 23, 2020

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Many people feel their emotions are overwhelming while other people may have completely shut down any access to their emotions and even have trouble identifying what they are feeling. Both reactions to emotional pain are two sides of the same coin—attempts to escape from your emotions. But what are you really hungry for? What if your emotions are the breadcrumbs that can lead you to the secret meaning of your hunger? When you eat emotionally, if you are able to pay attention to the breadcrumbs and gain insight into why you are feeling emotional at this moment, you may be able to see a pattern that helps you understand your cravings on a deeper level.

STUDY GUIDE : What would be missing in my life if I no longer could turn to these specific foods to deal with your problems or your emotions? What is the dream you're craving? What are you really hungry for?

Anchor Program starting soon! To learn more, sign up for a FREE consult here: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/consult

Download a free meditation audio file: https://carolynrossmd.com/loving-kindness-meditation/

Join me for my webinar "How to Stop Feeling Crazy Around Food" if you're ready to get out of the vicious cycle: http://bit.ly/2sEH7dS

46: How to Stop Mindless Emotional Eating Mar 16, 2020

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STUDY GUIDE: HOMEWORK

Identify specific emotions and their body sensations. Then list a situation when you remember feeling each emotion strongly. Then list the body location and sensations associated with each emotion. Finally, see if you can identify nonverbal cues that are associated with each emotion. For example, think of your facial expressions, body posture, hand gestures, and other body languages that indicate what you're feeling.

Anchor Program starting soon! To learn more, sign up for a FREE consult here: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/consult

Download the e-book "The Five Keys to Recovery" – https://YourFoodBattle.com

If you can identify with Maryann's story and are ready to learn more about how to put an end to your mindless emotional eating, join my webinar

"How to stop feeling crazy around food" - http://bit.ly/2ToZOw0

46: How to Stop Mindless Emotional Eating Mar 16, 2020

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STUDY GUIDE: HOMEWORK

Anchor Program starting soon! To learn more, sign up for a FREE consult here: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/consult

Download the e-book "The Five Keys to Recovery" – https://YourFoodBattle.com

If you can identify with Maryann's story and are ready to learn more about how to put an end to your mindless emotional eating, join my webinar

"How to stop feeling crazy around food" - http://bit.ly/2ToZOw0

46: How to Stop Mindless Emotional Eating Mar 16, 2020

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STUDY GUIDE: HOMEWORK

Anchor Program starting soon! To learn more, sign up for a FREE consult here: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/consult

Download the e-book "The Five Keys to Recovery" – https://YourFoodBattle.com

If you can identify with Maryann's story and are ready to learn more about how to put an end to your mindless emotional eating, join my webinar

"How to stop feeling crazy around food" - http://bit.ly/2ToZOw0

45: How Can I Ever Gain Control and Heal My Food and Body Image Issues Mar 09, 2020

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I've discussed in recent emails and podcasts the importance of recognizing how shame and guilt can affect your eating behaviors and can exacerbate binge eating, compulsive overeating, food addiction, and emotional eating. This is a very difficult subject and one most of us don't want to think about. But it is an important topic to understand. When we shame ourselves and when we set unrealistically high expectations and then feel guilty or shame ourselves for not meeting them, we can find ourselves stuck in a vicious cycle that often includes using food in unhealthy ways. Brene' Brown says: "Shame is far more likely to cause destructive behaviors than it is to cure them." Self-compassion is the antidote to shame. STUDY GUIDE: HOMEWORK

Challenge yourself to do at least one self-compassionate action each day for 7 days. Examples might include, giving yourself reassurance, doing some deep breathing, practicing positive self-talk, giving yourself a hug. Keep a record each day of the self-compassionate actions you've taken and also how being self-compassionate feels.

Anchor Program starting soon! To learn more, sign up for a FREE consult here: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/consult

Download a free meditation audio file: https://carolynrossmd.com/loving-kindness-meditation/

Join me for my webinar "How to Stop Feeling Crazy Around Food" if you're ready to get out of the vicious cycle: http://bit.ly/2sEH7dS

44: How Do I Heal My Guilt About What I've Done in the Past Mar 02, 2020

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Ever blame yourself for something you think you should have done or something you did that was wrong? Maybe you blame yourself for your last binge or for not living up to your values or goals for the future. Is it possible to overcome the shame, and feelings of failure?

In this episode we will discuss:

The difference between guilt and shame
What is healthy guilt?
Why you may want to hold on to guilt and shame?
Why guilt and shame may make your binge eating, food addiction or emotional eating worse.

Anchor Program starting soon! To learn more, sign up for a FREE consult here: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/consult

Download a free meditation audio file: https://carolynrossmd.com/loving-kindness-meditation/

Join me for my webinar "How to Stop Feeling Crazy Around Food" if you're ready to get out of the vicious cycle: http://bit.ly/2sEH7dS

43: Self-Compassion Beyond Food and Body Image Feb 26, 2020

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On today's episode I will discuss:

1. What is self-compassion? 2. Why is self-compassion so important? 3. How can you develop self-compassion?

HOMEWORK: List 2 ways in which you can treat yourself with more compassion. Many people who have trouble feeling self-compassion, can imagine being compassionate towards a small child or a pet. So think of how you can give yourself the same care you would give to a small child or pet.

Anchor Program starting soon! To learn more, sign up for a FREE consult here: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/consult

42: Why Do I Binge When I Feel Shame Feb 24, 2020

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In this episode, I will be discussing how shame that can start in childhood can impact your eating behaviors, self-confidence, and self-acceptance.

Homework to journal about :

Exercise: 1. Picture yourself at your family's dinner table. Ask yourself which foods were "forbidden" to you and why. What emotion did you feel? 2. Next, imagine a time when you felt shame about your body or your size. What emotion did you feel? 3. Now go back to each situation in 1 and 2 above and do the following: Practice saying at least one encouraging statement in each situation. For example: "I am worthy to eat what my body desires" or "I am proud of my strong body." The goal is to challenge the shame and instead of hiding because of it or binging to escape it, finding a way to have compassion for yourself and realize that you don't have to be perfect to deserve compassion.

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41: Overcoming Resistance to Binge Eating Disorder Recovery Jan 20, 2020

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In today's episode, I will be discussing 5 points of resistance in trying to overcome binge eating disorder that can keep you stuck, repeating the same behaviors over and over again. I will discuss specific ways to address these stumbling blocks so you can overcome binge eating disorder.

What you'll learn listening to this episode:

The 5 Key Points of Resistance in healing from binge eating disorder
What is exercise trauma
How do you shift your mindset to avoid food confusion and diet thinking?
How body hatred sabotages binge eating disorder recovery

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