Binge Dieting

In this 15 minute podcast Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about work with a specific client and her efforts to improve her relationship with eating and reduce her pattern of chronic dieting. Several important questions are posed to help listeners improve their personal relationship with dieting, eating, and food.

Betsy Thurston MPH RD begins her series of short podcasts with the topic of anxiety. She uses the stories from clients in her practice who are stuck in fear or regret over eating too much or gaining weight or feeling out of control. You can contact her at [email protected] to make a skype appointment.

Betsy Thurston MPH RD reviews the basics of the best way to eat for health before reposting her podcast on this topic from 2014.

Betsy Thurston MPH RD takes a hard look at anxiety and how it plays a role in her own life and in the life of some of her clients. She explains Lifetraps, which are patterns of unconscious behavior discovered by psychologist Jeffrey Young and his coworkers. Before healthy eating patterns can be achieved anxiety needs to be kept in check!

Betsy Thurston MPH RD covers a review of some of the basic concepts necessary to have a healthy relationship with food. At the end of the podcast she reads an interesting piece on life called "Here is Your Assignment"

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the work of Dr. John Sarno and explains how to use his method to cure certain physical ailments as well as cravings for sugar and carbohydrates. The podcast focuses on his transformative technique for healing back pain, migraine, IBS, chronic fatigue, and a host of other problems in the body. Betsy talks about his protocol and merges them with the healing techniques of IFS (inner family systems) therapy.

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks again about Internal Family Systems therapy as a way to reduce problem behaviors and anxiety around eating issues. She investigates the various components of IFS, specifically looking at some of the most common parts that she sees in her private practice. These include the caretaker, the binge eater, the sad part, and the angry part.

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the critical skill of loving yourself. She talks about certain clients and their struggles with motivation and their inability to find self worth. Various skills are discussed with practical suggestions on how to change into a happier person.

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the value of keeping nutritious and satisfying meals on hand. She provides 9 recipes that listeners might enjoy.

Betsy Thurston MPH RD presents an overview of DBT therapy as it is used to treat problems with eating. She incorporates the basics of intuitive eating into the discussion and offers several practical tools that can be used immediately.