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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Watch my video Stop Losing Yourself in Love  to understand how early patterns shape your relationships, and how somatic awareness helps you stay true to yourself.

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'.

Citations
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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Citations
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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Typically, the binge-eaters I see have lost touch with what makes them happy.  Today, I talk about why and how to develop a practice of making your own happiness more of a focus. Here, I list 10 learnable things that can make us happy.

We are more capable, more resilient, and at our best when we’re happy. So, we are more able to make better choices for ourselves.  This is the best kept secret to breaking the habit of binge-eating, overeating or comfort eating. Get your happiness back!

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Citations
Katherine Woodward Thomas - Calling in The One
The Science Behind Why Volunteering To Help Others Makes You Happier

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To be able to give up comfort eating, overeating or binge-eating, you're going to need to learn how to be kinder to yourself.  This might be a whole new language for the comfort eater. So, here I give you some examples of what to say.

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 Overwhelm can rapidly contribute to losing control of eating. So, here, I talk about what overwhelm really is, and how to take back control of feeling overwhelmed.

One listener says: 

“I want to learn how to recover for real, and for good. I can stay on a plan for a couple of months, and then my emotions overwhelm me and I cave to the comfort of overeating”

Can you relate to this? If so, you might need to understand more about overwhelm. 

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