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When talking about the reasons for comfort eating, one of the things that people ask me the most, is "Isn't it just a habit?" In today's episode I talk about how comfort eating is a deeply embedded habit, influenced by emotional experience, our history and the chemicals in our brains.

This is the third in a quick tip series about comfort eating recovery.

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Identifying why you really want to stop comfort eating can be a powerful tool to help you take back control of a craving. What is your why? You’ve got to have an excellent, personally meaningful reason, to give up what comforts you. So, in this byte, I ask you: What’s really worth putting your comfort binge aside for? I offer suggestions and ways to answer this question.

This is the second of a quick tip series about comfort eating recovery.

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In every relationship, there will be times when you or your partner need space. But, what do you do if this becomes chronic and painful for either of you? Here, I'll explain how you can feel more comfortable, with practical strategies. You CAN work towards repair, and taking your individual power back.

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Today, I define what comfort eating is. Can you see yourself in this brief description?

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This podcast explains why it feels impossible to control any compulsion. If you have ever told yourself to stop, while still unable to put your compulsive habit down, you'll relate to this podcast. The information here is about the biochemistry you’re dealing with in any addiction. Knowing this will help you gain back power and control.

Citations
Gabor Maté - 'In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts'
Nora Volkow - ​​Drug addiction: the neurobiology of behaviour gone awry: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15550951/
Richard Rawson UCLA https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/richard.rawson.1/bibliography/44043452/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending

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If you've ever wondered why your partner (or date) seems to withdraw after you've got on so well, this might be why. In this podcast I talk about how the fear of being dependent on people can lead to a fear of commitment, ghosting,  an avoidance of intimacy, and possibly a reliance on substances. This podcast will help you to understand what's happening with avoidance, so that you can better protect yourselves and each other.

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Citations
Stan Tatkin Interview
Stan Tatkin -  ‘Wired For Love’
Amir Levine & Rachel SF Heller - 'Attached:The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find-and Keep-Love'

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Today's podcast is about the relief that compulsion or addiction brings.  I also talk about the life that we may be attempting to block. This is the first of a three part series about addiction, based on Gabor Maté's book 'In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts'.

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Gabor Maté - 'In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts'

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Gabor Maté says that we choose belonging 100% of the time, over authenticity.
Our self-critic keeps us ‘in check’ and ‘likeable’.
The part of us that feels criticised, ‘different’, or struggles to connect, is the part that turns to something outside ourselves, in order to cope. So, here, I talk about the road to becoming more authentic and empowered as a route to recovery of confidence, as well as a path to freedom from compulsion or codependency.

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Citations
Gabor Maté - 'In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts'
Otto Scharmer - 'The Theory U' - Keynote speaker @ The Embodiment Conference.

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We are affected when disaster and terrible inequality happen in the World. Here, I talk about 

• illness, 
• storms, 
• doomscrolling, 
• and the war on Ukraine. 
• I suggest ways to cope with feeling anxious or helpless, 
• and I talk about our connection with each other.

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Citations
GQ Article "How to detox from news anxiety after a day of doomscrolling"

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Most of us feel inadequate. We imagine others are better than us, think they have a perfect life, and feel we are frauds waiting to be discovered. Most of us think that someone else could do better. It's this feeling that can lead to binge-eating or addiction.

• Here, I talk about how this comes from a belief about not being good enough, whether from your past or from society.  
• I encourage you to be realistic about your limitations and strengths, and to let others be impressed by you.

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Some ideas here were inspired by a Nicabm training on working with Imposter Syndrome. You can buy your full training programme here

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