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In this Life Matters conversation, Dr. Joe Klemczewski and Dr. Kori Propst discuss what emotional eating is, how to shift from fearing food and emotion to finding freedom, and the steps to begin developing acceptance and awareness. The happiest people on the planet experience the broadest range of emotion. They experience life in full color. They feel deeply. And the uncomfortable become a teacher.
From Kori:
"Every meal of mine is emotional. If I look back at the meals I've had just this past week, I've eaten during fatigue, I've eaten feeling anxious, I've eaten with a sense of confusion, and I've eaten in a space of joy.
"Emotional eating isn't inherently "bad." It's when food takes the place of a skillful response to difficult circumstances that it becomes dysfunctional.
"My clients come to me often listing emotional eating as a barrier to their weight loss goals. I see emotional eating more as a barrier to them being fully themselves!
"When we choose food to hide, avoid, assuage, or distract from life in some way, we also throw away the potential for understanding, love, and empowerment.
"We use food to feel better, but what we really need is to reverse our desire to becoming a better feeler.
"When we can touch our emotions without fearing them, respond with greater awareness and kindness, and move away from judgment, what we experience is freedom.
"If you are an emotional eater, your first step is to stop blaming yourself. You're not sabotaging yourself-- you're trying to help yourself. Wanting to feel better and not experience discomfort is not something to be ashamed of. We evolved to survive! But we must recognize that what may have been effective at some point in out lives, is no longer serving us.
"Food can provide us with comfort, it can evoke memories, and it can transport us to other worlds! It can change how we feel! Let's use food for these purposes!
"And let's be discerning about whether we're leaving ourselves behind when we do so."
00:30 Introduction
01:00 Questions to be considered
04:20 The continuum of emotional eating behavior
06:00 Categories
08:30 Believing "wrong" stories
10:00 Pigeonholing different peoples' problems?
13:00 Underlying discontent between expectations & outcome
13:30 Recognizing the "trigger point"
14:40 What measure of influence do we have over this?
15:45 Level of self-awareness
17:30 "What is happening?" - "What's not right?"
18:50 What are my perceptions of the situations?
20:55 The emotion is not you!
25:05 No emotions/feelings are permanent
26:20 When you get derailed...
27:30 What to watch for
28:45 Being "fluid" is important
29:50 Other addictive/destructive behaviors
30:20 Importance of honest with yourself & integrity
32:30 "This is the way I deal with this"
34:45 Happiness is a choice: "I get to do this!"
36:30 Develop your life philosophy
37:35 What characterizes the happiest person I know?
40:35 Worst phrase ever: "Everything happens for a reason"
41:50 Stress management techniques
43:03 Here's what to do
46:45 Identifying signs/symptoms of 4 emotions
49:00 When you feel anxiety...
53:00 Acknowledgement of the feeling
56:45 Important steps to take:
~Scheduled, methodical pairing
~Visualization
1:07:50 Next steps...
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