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Betsy has a conversation with the chief medical officer of Alsana, which has a small group of treatment recovery centers in the United States. We talk about what happens inside of this treatment facility, who might want to go, what the prognosis would be if you did go, and what the characteristics of some of the frequent clients might be.

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What's it Like Inside of An Eating Disorder Treatment Center?

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Emotional Brain Training for Food and other unwanted behaviors 54:55

1 year ago54:55

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In this podcast episode Betsy talks with Laurel Mellin, PhD, who is the founder of EBT, or emotional brain training. Laurel explains in great detail how this specific brain training system works, specifically giving examples related to (among other things) binge eating and childhood situations that were at the root of unwanted behaviors. She talks about the difference between low level stressful emotions and the higher level emotions which get trapped in the subconsious mind on a feedback loop. In this intricate system, the user learns to recognize that the unwanted behaviors we face are not about the behavior but about the brain circuits, which can be totally transformed. This healing modality often paralells the model of internal family systems, or IFS, of which Betsy is a practioner. Emotional Brain Training, or EBT uses a specific phone app and peer support, and breaks behaviors down into 5 specific brain states. For more information about working with Betsy you can go to her website, www.betsythurstonrd.com…

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Eating issues during menopause and at any age! A conversation with Deb Butler 50:53

1 year ago50:53

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During this conversation with weight loss coach Deb Butler, you will hear about her personal journey with weight issues and her process when working with women with similar issues. We talk about thoughts, intuitive eating, emotional eating, how menopause is in some ways like adolesence, and about how finding peace in life is the backbone for change. The conversation went into all sorts of topics that can be helpful to anyone struggling with food and the body. For more information about Betsy, or to book an appointment, you can access her website here: www.betsythurstonrd.com To find out more information about Deb Butler, you can connect with her through her social media: Website: http://drdebbutler.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drdebbutler/ Instagram: @ drdebbutler or https://www.instagram.com/drdebbutler/?hl=en Podcast, Thinner Peace in Menopause : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinner-peace-in-menopause/id1097852666…

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The practice of embodying emotions 53:11

1 year ago53:11

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Betsy talks about the techniques offered in the book The Practice of Embodying Emotions by Raja Selvam, PhD. in order to help listeners learn a tool to help completely change their unwanted behaviors. She gives specific examples and case studies that are presented in the book.

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Integrating fear, body acceptance, and learning how to refocus 49:00

2 years ago49:00

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In this podcast Betsy talks about the artform of integrating the experience of fear in all its forms, using ideas from psychology and spirituality. Included in the discussion is a look at the problem of judgment towards the body and she teaches a specific exercise you can do to work towards body acceptance. Finally, the podcast talks about the importance of refocusing attention away from problems and towards solutions, with specific action steps to take to help the nervous system get out of dysregulation.…

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Lose weight with Low carb diets, blood glucose monitoring and weight loss drugs, an interview 46:52

2 years ago46:52

46:52

On this podcast Betsy interviews Dr. Paul Kolodzik, who specializes in the prudent use of weight loss drugs, low carbohydrate diets and blood glucose monitoring for people who have trouble losing weight. Insulin resistance is a very common condition in people with weight issues, and Dr. Kolodzik talks about his approach to working with this population . Listen to this practical and in depth interview here!…

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Addiction, physical pain, eating disorders, overthinking, OCD and brain training for recovery 58:41

2 years ago58:41

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Betsy talks about the brain's "habit" of addiction, eating disorders, pain, anxiety, and even OCD, and one approach to help recover. She reviews concepts from a book called The Pain Habit by Drew Coverdale. Topics include the subconscious and conscious mind, buidling resilence, and learning how to become your own healer.…

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Fine Tuning Intuitive Eating with the Law of Attraction 46:14

2 years ago46:14

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On this episode Betsy looks at some of the key components of intuitive eating and how to apply them more fully in order to obtain a new relationship with eating. She also sprinkles in some of the ideas from manifesting, or the Law of Attraction. Topics include having the right mental approach, tuning into hunger and fullness, looking at the satisfaction factor, considering emotional eating and remembering body respect.…

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DBT: Behavior chains, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation 47:48

2 years ago47:48

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In this episode Betsy talks about the specific skills involved with DBT therapy. She details what to do and how to use some of the best DBT practices, using examples from a client. As always, she sprinkles in some spiritual concepts along the way.

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Brain, body, spirituality, habits, hope. Trust the process 56:07

2 years ago56:07

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In this episode Betsy gives a mini book report on Jill Bolte Taylor's "Whole Brain Living" which talks about integrating the brain's left and right hemispheres so that unwanted behaviors and habits can shift. She talks about the brain's connection with health, spirituality, and habits as it shows up in the micromoments of day to day life. This episode explains practical tools to help you change such as the 90 second rule and the brain huddle. It can be useful for people with eating issues and for people with ruminating thoughts, compulsive habits, and over active perfectionist tendencies.…

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Living with Diabetes: Ideas to manage food and mental struggles 47:31

2 years ago47:31

47:31

In this episode Betsy talks with Registered Dietitian and diabetes expert Ben Tzeel about how to successfully navigate mental struggles and food confusion that might come up for people with either Type I or Type 2 diabetes. We talk about some common struggles that might also happen with disordered eating. Even for listeners who don't have diabetes, this episode will have relatable topics for people trying to have a better relationship with food.…

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Future self part 2, including practices to connect with unconscious blocks 41:47

2 years ago41:47

41:47

Betsy shares one client's extensive list of future self ideals and talks about some of the ideas that came up during the session in which she shared them. We talked about the body, about eating sugar, and about questioning thoughts for their truth. This podcast can give the listener more ideas about how to make effective intentions for createing a future self.…

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Who is your future self? 37:35

2 years ago37:35

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In this episode Betsy talks about the idea of creating your future self so you can learn to be that future self now. She reviews key idea's from Benjamin Hardy's book, Be Your Future Self Now to help listeners apply the concepts to their struggles with eating, relationships, and other predicments.

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Anger, Control, Thought Habits, and the basics of healthy eating and intuitive eating 36:51

2 years ago36:51

36:51

Betsy starts the podcast with a quick review of ideal foods and food goals and intuitive eating basics before shifting to a conversation about several clients who want to stop patterns of over reaction and anger. She talks about working with brain habits, control, and learning how to live from the heart.…

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Helping Kim, who overeats at night 44:08

2 years ago44:08

44:08

Betsy talks about specific tools to use when confronted with the urges to overeat or binge eat, especially at night. At the very end Betsy talks briefly about a post from facebook from someone who is currently in the weeks after weight loss surgery. There is a lot in this episode that can help anyone improve their relationship with eating!…

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The surprising effect of having no preferences 35:57

2 years ago35:57

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Betsy talks about the surprising and calming effect of learning the art of having no preferences. This is a counter intuitive concept that can have tremendous impact on the intensity of food cravings.

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The triangle of parts in the brain that keep you stuck, and NEW ZOOM CLASS announement 18:51

2 years ago18:51

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Betsy talks about the system in play in the mind that often keeps people stuck in a cycle of chronic dieting or overthinking food and eating. She also announces her new live class over zoom which will begin the last week in March, 2023

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Sensations in the body: learning from them, learning to be with them, and learning from meditation 55:05

2 years ago55:05

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This podcast talks about the critically important skill of understanding and listening to sensations in your body. It talks about the experiences of sensation as they relate to food, emotions, trauma, and behaviors. Uncomfortable sensations often precede episodes of overeating. Other times people get lost in thought and ignore their body. Learning from our sensations, and learning how to be with them in a new way can be transformative.…

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Love and the body, refocusing our attention on what matters 38:33

2 years ago38:33

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In this podcast Betsy talks about the idea of refocusing attention onto love. It was inspired by NFL football players, who now wear helmets with love slogans! We can help our relationship with eating and our bodies by considering how to prioritize our thinking.

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Anxiety, intuitive eating, and applying key spiritual teachings 47:09

3 years ago47:09

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In this podcast Betsy weaves together ideas from key spiritual teachings, the practice of intuitive eating, and anxiety.

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Doing the inner work, notes from Yung Pueblo's book, Exposure Therapy 50:18

3 years ago50:18

50:18

This episode reviews highlights from part of Yung Pueblo's book, "Lighter" and relates them to eating concerns. Betsy talks about some key spiritual concepts, meditation, risk, and radical honesty. At the end she talks about how to apply exposure therapy to help challenge yourself.

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Key Concepts for Success. Stories from Clients 55:19

3 years ago55:19

55:19

In this episode Betsy talks about key concepts helpful for success. She incorporates stories from clients including issues with food, anxiety, relationships, the body and self criticism. The theme touches on the work of internal family systems therapy (IFS), spirituality, and manifesting. There is a lot to consider and learn!…

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Surviving eating stressors over the holidays 39:36

3 years ago39:36

39:36

Betsy shares a conversation she had with Heather Russo, who is a clinician with Alsana center for the treatment of eating disorders. We talk about common problems that come up with eating and body image during the holidays. In this conversation we include tools and tips and insights as well as a couple of client stories. This episode will be relatable if you struggle with overeating, binge eating, anorexia, fears around eating, or fears around the emotions that might come up with family. It's a good one!…

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Anxiety and food decisions: Taking a passive versus an active approach 29:23

3 years ago29:23

29:23

Betsy talks about approaching anxiety in a way which might not be too passive or too active. Anxiety can be managed! She looks at anxiety as a broad concept and also how it might play out with eating and food cravings.

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What's it Like Inside of An Eating Disorder Treatment Center? 40:05

3 years ago40:05

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Claire's weight loss journey, caretaking, enneagram personality types 32:53

3 years ago32:53

32:53

This episode talks about Claire's attempt at weight loss and the pitfalls that she experienced along the way. During the last 10 minutes Betsy talks about the 9 enneagram personality types and questions that can help various personality types learn how to minimize problems.

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Sustainable change for eating issues, Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) 45:50

3 years ago45:50

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Diet programs and diets don't work in the long run. Learning intutive eating is helpful but not enough to manage extreme swings in eating behaviors or times when procrastination and excuses take over. Many people have days or weeks or months or success followed by periods of not caring or not focusing on health or eating goals. In order to create sustainable changes, Betsy talks about how to approach the problem from all angles. Internal Family Systems Therapy is one tool that makes a big difference…

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A talk with dietitian Jenna Waite about habits, body image, God nudges 49:35

3 years ago49:35

49:35

This episode has lots of practical information about setting healthy habits and working with body image problems. We also talk about some life events that connected with what might have been spiritual guidance.

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Anxiety, Worry, Cravings, Habit Loops. Review of book "Unwinding Anxiety" 53:38

3 years ago53:38

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In this podcast Betsy reviews Judson Brewer's book "Unwinding Anxiety", using his model of habit loops. Betsy talks about her clients who struggle with certain habits such as anxiety, eating, or procrastination and talks about his premise that all habits exist because they provide value to the brain. The solution to changing habits is easier than you would think!…

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Functional Medicine: Magic's journey to health 51:26

3 years ago51:26

51:26

In this episode Betsy talks with functional medicine practitioner Magic Barclay about how she changed her life from one with serious medical problems to a life of healing and joy. We talk about getting rid of toxicity, healthy eating, learning how to speak up, and about working with the psycho neuro endocine immune pathways (PNEI) in the body. You can work with Betsy privately or take her online class. Get more informaiton at her website, www.betsythurstonrd.com…

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Temptation, Rebellion, Accommodation, Perfectionism: An interview with Michelle Segar 43:18

3 years ago43:18

43:18

Betsy talks with author and researcher Michelle Segar about 4 common traps that hook people into behaviors that might sabotage their efforts to achieve health or weight goals.

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Brain Priming for Success with Food 1:00:02

3 years ago1:00:02

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Betsy talks with Dr. Sharon Grossman about the topic of priming the brain in order to maximize success.

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Exercise, body acceptance, and taking action with Meghan Eddinger 47:54

3 years ago47:54

47:54

In this conversation with the podcast host of "The no BS Mama", Betsy and Meghan Eddinger talk about her journey away from feeling stuck and alone and overweight towards action steps such as exercise, body acceptance, and more.

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Life Lessons 34:27

3 years ago34:27

34:27

Ten life lessons, from a source unknown, are the topic of this podcast. The lessons relate to wise truths about life and relationships. The first lesson is this "You will receive a body and it will be yours for your entire life. You may or may not like it, but it will be yours to take care of". Most people already know that taking care of the body involves in part eating an abundance of nutritious healthy foods and avoiding too many of the comfort foods. Yet despite knowing this, many paople can't follow through with healthy eating goals. The lessons connect with broader concepts that might have something to do with staying the course with healthy eating ideals.…

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Tools for obsessive thinking and inner criticism 32:27

3 years ago32:27

32:27

Body checking, obsessive thoughts about eating and the body, or inner criticisms and judgments can be overwhelming. In this podcast Betsy provides three concrete exercises that can help you manage the intensity of obsessive thoughts or inner criticisms about the body or eating.

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Changing the impulse to compare ourselves 35:40

4 years ago35:40

35:40

In this podcast Betsy talks about the experience of comparing ourselves and how it can be a trigger for a lot of behaviors and negative emotions. She talks about specific clients and their stories of comparison as well as ideas from various spiritual teachers, Brene Brown, and the science community.

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Christie's journey: from dieting and extreme body focus to binge eating and then recovery 54:11

4 years ago54:11

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In this podcast Betsy interviews Christie Bettwy, who now runs Rock Recovery in DC. Christie talks about her long journey to freedom after years of obsessive dieting and overeating to the point of bingeing. We talk about many related topics on this podcast that will be relatable to people who live on diets or those with a full blown eating disorder.…

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Eliminating or reducing sugar. Recipes from Brownies for Breakfast. Managing the psyche's response to sugar goals 1:09:07

4 years ago1:09:07

1:09:07

This podcast has two parts. In the first 35 minutes Betsy has an interview with Lynne Bowman, who talks about her journey to a sugar free, flour free way of life. Lynne is the author of the cookbook Brownies for Breakfast, and she gifts us with some of her recipes. In the second part of the podcast Betsy talks about tackling sugar addiction, the book Brain over Binge, setting boundaries, and a few other things. As usual, she discloses a story from one of her old clients.…

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Body image, social currency, diversifying your assets 49:46

4 years ago49:46

49:46

In this podcast episode Betsy talks with Rebekah Buege about body image, over attachment to beauty, giving away our power, social currency, and how changing our perspective can change our relationship with food. Rebekah is a coach and the author of the book Social Currency.

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Leslie Talks About Losing 100 Pounds. 1:12:08

4 years ago1:12:08

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In this podcast Betsy and Leslie talk about the many things Leslie had to overcome and understand in order to succeed on her journey of losing 100 pounds. Leslie is the author of the best selling book, "You Can't Eat Love". This conversation is both inspiring and informative and will help anyone who has struggled to change eating behaviors.…

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Stomach pain, IBS, GERD: Two methods for healing 30:32

4 years ago30:32

30:32

Debilitating and frustrating symptoms of pain, bloating, heartburn, and IBS can be improved by two methods. I talk about each method and how you can start a process of change today. Mind body syndrome is a very real and difficult condition, and I talk about this during the last 10 minutes of the podcast. For those who suffer, good luck! Betsy…

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Recipes and cooking ideas (and supplements, GMOs, and other various topics) 45:14

4 years ago45:14

45:14

In this episode I share a conversation with chef Tina McDermott who shares her best tips for quick and easy recipes and grab and go food ideas. We also talk about supplements, digestive issues, GMOs and organic items, and weight loss. The specifics about food and recipes starts at about ten minutes into the podcast.…

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A doctor speaks about emotional eating and addiction 48:33

4 years ago48:33

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In this podcast I share a conversation with Dr. Carolyn Ross, who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and emotional eating. We talk about many things, including the brain, supplements, trauma, therapy, the inner critic and judgment and forgiveness.

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Food Cravings: Should I Cave In or Should I Be Good? 46:36

4 years ago46:36

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Do you often find yourself craving food and feeling the need to control what you eat at the same time? If you want to stop this overwhelming tug of war once and for all, sometimes you need to delve deep into yourself and find out why these feelings surface. IFS, or internal family systems therapy, understands that we are made up of multiple “parts” inside of us that are either needing to protect us or that hold our vulnerabilities. In this episode, I discuss how you might talk to the parts of yourself that overwhelm you with cravings. Extreme cravings or a need to rebel against diet rules often are rooted in past experiences of deprivation or shame. We all have these little parts inside of us that developed to protect us. When we learn how to separate from and understand them, we can get them to change. Tune in to the full episode and learn more about what to do the next time you’re craving food. Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode: Identify and connect with the parts of yourself causing you to have extreme reactions when craving food. Find out how you can connect with the different parts within you. Learn actionable tips on what to do when you’re craving food. Episode Highlights Challenges of Intuitive Eating Intuitive eating is a way of eating where you listen to your body and tune into internal hunger and fullness cues. It requires you to trust your ability to self-regulate. You learn to give yourself food boundaries not because you have to, but because you want to feel good and empowered. Intuitive eaters flow with the ups and downs of eating without being extreme. Intuitive eating may be difficult to achieve for people who have a history of eating disorders. One of my clients described how she found it hard to resist craving food, and convinced herself that since it was what she was craving it would be justified. She thought this was intuitive eating. She was not practicing intuitive eating though, because she was not connected to a peaceful wisdom space. Instead, she was under the spell of the loud, scared, and protective parts inside of her. She was craving from a scared or defiant place. The Internal Tug of War There are often three primary parts of you involved in an overeating or craving cycle. One will have an extreme need to eat, the second will have an extreme need to not eat and might be demanding and critical of you, and the third is the part that will try to figure out what to do. Sometimes the third part is pure shame. Many of my clients find it hard to make food decisions because all these parts working together at the same time just leads to a shutdown. You need to take a step back and investigate why these sides feel so strongly. Take a Step Back and Be Curious When we want to overcome this anxiety and overwhelm around food decisions, we need to investigate and understand these parts of ourselves. IFS therapy uses a specific technique where you learn to separate from the part of you that is craving food, and ask it what it’s afraid of happening if it doesn’t keep urging you to eat. In this way you learn the skill of listening from a genuinely open hearted space. Find the Underlying Reasons There is always a reason for your compulsions. When people go on long-term diets, this eating part of them develops to protect them from being deprived or left out. This part of you may get creative to convince you to eat. It may also feel that if it doesn’t get its way, you’ll be in danger. Sometimes the reason appears to be just the brain based habit of making you feel an urgency. Give Yourself Loving Care and Compassion From there, what we need to find is the part deep down that created the need for this protective part in the first place. You need to connect with this part with loving care and compassion, and this is the skill to be developed. You learn to heal this part of you by validating its feelings and experiences. It might not make sense until you practice it experientially. Often the habits of the brain are just repetitive brain patterns stuck in time. We learn to help our food craving parts see that you are no longer living in the past and the original danger is gone. Usually parts needing food become extreme based on a perception of danger. Question the Part that Does Not Want to Eat After understanding and connecting with the part that has an extreme need to eat (without hating it!!), you might investigate the other side of the conflict. Similar to what you had done with the part that is craving food, connect with the part that has a desperate need to go on a diet or stop overeating. What is it so afraid would happen if you didn’t do this? Release Yourself from the Trap of Extreme Diets Chronic dieting does not work long-term because applying willpower will not work forever. I talk about a specific client who was only able to heal when she connected with her internal parts and helped them come out of the past. She started to recover when she let go of her extreme beliefs about beauty. It takes time to understand your inner world, but it’s worth the investment. Living in a world of stress around eating and the body is exhausting. What to Do When You’re Craving Food As you work with your inner parts, you can implement some food action steps. First, you might try allowing yourself to give in to your food craving without fear but with gentleness. Let yourself eat with curiosity. Notice what your impulse to eat food might be about. When you learn the skill of being present without fear and judgment, perhaps allowing your “dieter part” to calm down, you might learn a lot about what’s going on. You can repeat this experience of noticing, but next time, perhaps be present without eating even though you’re craving. With curiosity, allow the craving to be there. Again, notice what comes up. You might want to turn towards your emotions and see if you can understand what you’re afraid to be with. Is there an emotion that’s looming underneath? Or is it just a sensation of irritability or discomfort? Sometimes you can coach yourself by saying, “I’m craving food, but I’m saying no, all is well, I can be safe in this moment”. This is an individual journey that can be very intense or tangled for some people and less so for others. When we learn to get the loud parts to settle down and feel calmer, what will naturally arise is our higher self. It will know what to do. Resources Receiving Chant by Karen Drucker 5 Powerful Quotes from this Episode “With intuitive eating, you learn how to make food decisions out of a choice to honor your body wisdom.” “You just want to try to listen, go within, and open your mind and your heart to this part of you. Because you want to honestly understand why it is doing this.” “You had this cellular memory of deprivation that gets trapped inside, and in order to get it out, it must be heard and witnessed and no longer repressed.” “The trick is learning how to understand [that] they’re little parts within you. Once you separate from them and get this relationship with them, that's when you get the healing shifts.” “We are the healer we've been waiting for. We are it.” If you listened to the podcast and enjoyed it, please share and post a review! Have any questions or want to schedule an appointment or enroll in my class? You can email me at betsy@betsythurstonrd.com or visit my website . To making peace with eating, Betsy…

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Reconnecting with the Past to Address Your Food Insecurity or Overwhelming Focus on Dieting and your Body 41:21

4 years ago41:21

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Reconnecting with the Past to Address Your Food Insecurity or Overwhelming Focus on Dieting and your Body In this episode, I discuss how our experiences in our younger years shape our body image and relationship with food. Many of these experiences may have contributed to how you behave and feel around food and your body as an adult. Using the model of internal family systems, you can reconnect with your experiences and find more inner peace. In time, you will be less triggered by comments or experiences that once made your body contract or freeze and your mind ruminate. Tune in to the episode to learn how you might work on your relationship with food and your body by exploring the root of your food insecurity or your overactive need to diet. Also, consider joining my online class to help you learn how to help yourself get out of stressful eating habits. For more information go to www.betsythurstonrd.com . Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode: Identify when and how your food insecurity started. Discover how reconnecting with your past experiences can help you in your journey to healing. Learn how helpful it can be to have more understanding and compassion for yourself and your inner child. Resources Mary O’Malley Episode Highlights Feeling Flawed and Having Food Insecurity As an adult, you may have developed an image or belief that you are flawed because of your body and how you feel and act around food. You don’t trust yourself around food, and you might avoid it as much as you can. You might also have periods of secretly overeating. Shame and fear of judgment might happen daily. Getting to the Root of the Problem When there’s a fear of being fat or a history of long-term dieting, more often than not, there is an initial source of wounding. And this is often rooted in childhood experiences or sometimes times in college or early adulthood. You may have been surrounded by real or perceived judgments around your body, or you might have been flooded with internal judgment. Other people’s fear for their own bodies may have been projected onto you. These experiences may be traumatizing and have resulted in you feeling inadequate, creating an internal obsession over your weight and body. Explore the Past We can always explore the past with awareness of the present. Tapping into the memories of your younger years could help you heal from issues surrounding your weight and body. By learning to connect with the root of your fears and food insecurity, you gain more understanding and compassion for yourself in your journey to recovery. Separate Threat from Trigger Growing up surrounded by body critics may have led you to watch your food intake and obsess over every little change in your body. For instance, a slight hint of being bloated might set you into panic and hypervigilance. Yet feeling bloated is completely normal; it’s a part of digestion. The part of your mind that takes over in this way actually believes you’re in grave danger. It wants to save you from the early memories of shame and hurt. But these parts can create hyper vigilance and dieting habits, which can be very demanding and destructive. It's important to learn how to separate the threat from the trigger and calm the internal noise in your head. Connect with the Quiet Space Within You One of my clients came to me when she was in her late 30s. She’d been on every diet on the planet. But she still felt defeated and disappointed. She knew it was very exhausting to live in deep fear of having a certain body type and obsessing over what she was eating. What we started to do was to talk about the practicalities of food and a bit on intuitive eating. Then we were led to memories of when she was a little girl who’d experienced being bullied about her body. She was able to get in touch with this critical energy from a curious place. Through a specific process, she reconnected with her inner child, and this allowed her to understand and re-experience what happened in a new way. This child realized that forever more, she was not alone, and she also knew that she was heard. In the weeks after this experience she was able to relax and eat intuitively much better. Be Compassionate with Yourself Another client grew up in a household where the fabric of the conversation, with her mother, in particular, was on dieting. Food and the ‘perfect’ body were overvalued. Along with this, she felt as if she wasn’t paid much attention to as a child. As a result, this client was stuck in a world of stressful eating habits. The solution began with her spending time to find the little girl who was shamed for her body and only found comfort in food. Taking care of this little girl brought her much healing. She was able to find compassion not only for her present self but also for the child she was. Very successful people with the secret eating problem A different client had a problem with binge eating. She felt great shame for being successful in her career, yet secretly having a problem with overeating food. She would follow a diet and rebuke herself if she fell off the track, and then the cycle would continue. But it was through working with a sense of quietness and compassion that she was able to open a space for curiosity and realize the origins of the problem. She was able to process her problem by reflecting on the abuse she experienced as a child. The feelings of loneliness and helplessness around eating shifted to understanding and calmness. 5 Powerful Quotes from this Episode “If you've been dieting for your whole life, and here you are listening to this podcast, I want you to take in hopefully, that another diet is really not going to get you anywhere, we really need to get to the bottom of the problem in order to fix the problem.” “I can guarantee you that no matter what happened as a child, on some level, you were just doing your best. You're just a kid seeking love. That's all anybody ever wants.” “It's about connecting with a sensation of feeling alone, or scared or overwhelmed, or helpless, and letting that part be heard, and come out of hiding, and connect with another part within that's listening.” “We have an infinite ability deep within us for healing and peace. It's there; we all are self-healing. It's a matter of finding it. It is. Peace is always available. Calm within is always available.” “We all need to look at the areas in ourselves where we believe we are not enough. I think it's universal… And if we all could work towards healing, our inner children, all of us, imagine how the world would be a better place. We can heal this planet, because then, we're not so stuck in fear and caught up in our heads and worrying all the time. We can be so much more available to life.” If you listened to the podcast and enjoyed it, please share and post a review! Have any questions or want to enroll in my class or schedule an appointment? You can email me at betsy@betsythurstonrd.com or visit my website . To making peace with eating, Betsy…

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