She Rises (The Original)

Julie Simon - When Food is Comfort

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On this episode of She Rises, host Giovanna Capozza interviews Julie M. Simon, a licensed psychotherapist and life coach with over 27 years of experience helping overeaters and author of When Food is Comfort and The Emotional Eaters Repair Manual.


  • Julie tells the story behind how she arrived on the topic of overeating.

  • Body shaming and exposure to perennial dieting kickstarted an unhealthy relationship with food.

  • At an early age many children are taught that food is comfort and children are not attuned to their emotions.

  • When our brain is forming, we need consistent and sufficient emotional nurturance.

  • The logical and soothing part of the brain need to be properly wired to the emotional part.

  • Caregivers need to be well tuned in to themselves and those they care for.

  • Julie goes over the emotional eating checklist from her book.

  • Julie talks about ways you can fix the damage done during childhood.

  • The inner nurturer can step in and regulate and attune you.

  • Your inner nurturing voice will provide hope.

  • Overeaters resist the practice of having a nourishing voice and having dialogues with themselves.

  • How to talk to yourself in an emotionally kind way and stop resisting nurture.

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    • Over time I found all of the imbalances that underlie our relationship with food.

  • There’s got to be some difference between people who get addicted to substances and people who don’t.

  • Emotions point us in the direction of our needs.

    • Resources Mentioned
    • GiovannaCapozza.com

  • www.overeatingrecovery.com

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