Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the common habit of making a mental category with food, and assigning it a value which is either good or bad.  This black and white thinking often creates overeating and stress and does not encourage healthy eating behaviors.

Dealing with the Good/Bad, Safe/Unsafe Food Dilemma

This podcast by Dietitian and Integrative Health Coach Betsy Thurston will cover practical ways to manage weight and eating challenges. You will learn how to stop binge eating, control weight without dieting, and develop a new relationship with eating, food, and your body. See www.betsythurstonrd.com for additional information

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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  

Emotional Brain Training for Food and other unwanted behaviors

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   

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

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. 

The practice of embodying emotions

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. 

Integrating fear, body acceptance, and learning how to refocus

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! 

Dealing with the Good/Bad, Safe/Unsafe Food Dilemma

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