Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about brain research and gives specific tools and ideas to help you get more in control of your brain.  Hopefully weight and health issues will then be more easily resolved.

How to get your brain working for you (rather then against you)

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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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. 

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! 

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

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.  

How to get your brain working for you (rather then against you)

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