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The Therapeutic Use of Food in Times of Grief or Loneliness – In Session with Marc David

Release Date: 05/17/2023

Which Voice Should You Listen To: Change Your Body, or Embrace It? – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Chances are, you’ve had the experience of hearing conflicting voices in your head when it comes to food and body. One part of us can clearly say: “I absolutely must lose weight.” While another part of us can simultaneously whisper: “I’m tired of dieting. Maybe I should just give up and love my body as it is.” And from here, an inner conflict unfolds. On the one hand, we can find ourselves motivated to stick to a diet, get to the gym, and do everything we can to control our appetite. After all, we know how much happier we’ll be when we hit our weight loss number. But another...

Body Image Triggers: Where They Come From & How To Find Healing – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Picture this: You’re trucking along your day – everything’s going pretty well, when BOOM: You see a picture of yourself, and you’re instantly triggered. “Is that really what I look like?” you ask yourself. You can’t believe your appearance. Maybe it’s extra weight, or the shape of your hips or stomach. But whatever it is – you feel your heart start to sink, and a crushing sadness races in. Before you know it, you’re spiraling into that incorporeal place made famous on Netflix’s acclaimed series. (And let’s just say, it’s not “The...

Emotional Eating & The Mother-Daughter Connection – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Managing emotions with food, otherwise known as emotional eating, is something that humans have been doing for millenia. And the reason is simple: when we eat, we reliably feel better – no matter how fleeting those “feel-good” feelings may be. While many people intuitively understand that emotions play a key role in our eating habits, it can often be a lot harder to understand the emotions themselves. The truth is, our inner emotional world is fantastically complex, and influences our relationship with food in so many diverse and fascinating ways. Which brings us to guest...

When Weight Loss Doesn’t Alleviate “Weight Worry” – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

When it comes to body weight, most of us are focused on one thing: losing it! But many people aren’t prepared for what happens after weight loss. Any thoughts we may have about post-weight loss life are pretty dreamy. We imagine we’ll feel uber confident, accomplished, and ready to boldly move forward in life. But all too often, that simply isn’t the case. For many, the striving and struggle for weight loss ends up getting replaced by an equally unwelcome visitor: WEIGHT WORRY. That can look like constant fear that we’ll gain the weight back, or nagging anxieties that...

Harnessing the Power of Conscious Ritual to Overcome Binge Eating – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Night-time binge eating. It’s a pastime that many people struggle with, and can feel truly insurmountable. But nightly binge eating doesn’t have to get the best of you. The reality is, there’s a clear road to recovering our power and being in control with food – all that’s needed is a deeper understanding of why nighttime binge eating – otherwise known as “nighttime eating syndrome” – happens, and a wise framework for overcoming it. In this episode, we meet guest coaching client, Megan, who would like to finally break free from this challenging nighttime...

Why Becoming a “Natural” Eater is Key to Weight Loss – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Like so many of us, Cherie, age 56, wants to lose 20 pounds – but without the constant fight and struggle. Cherie has been battling these 20 pounds just about all her adult life – and she’s feeling ready for a new approach. Cherie’s kids are about to leave the house, and she’d like to focus on her life for the first time in many years. She dreams of letting go of her day job and taking on an exciting new career, and she knows that now’s the time to step into her power. Everything is falling into place for Cherie to take a big leap in life. But her weight continues to weigh...

Why Self-Discipline Can’t Fix All Our Weight Loss Woes – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Raelene, 46, would love to lose about 40 kilos. And she’s had great success in the past: all she has to do is eliminate sugar, cut down on the carbs, watch her calories and portion sizing, and the weight will eventually come off. But the problem is, she just can’t seem to stick to a diet plan for more than a few months. A cooking teacher and mother of two, Raelene says she simply doesn’t have the discipline to stick with it. And after 15 years of off-and-on-again dieting, Raelene still hasn’t reached the promised land – and like so many of us, is pretty frustrated...

When Body Insecurities Cause Us to Date the Wrong People – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Barbara, 60, is finally ready to explore the world, go on adventures, and find the man of her dreams. She’s done lots of therapy, read all the books, and it seems like nothing should be in the way. But something is clearly holding her back. A lifetime of dieting and disliking her body, and a string of unfortunate dating experiences in the past has her majorly doubting herself. Barbara so deeply wants to move on and create the life she feels like she’s long overdue for – but there’s part of her that is having a really hard time trusting that it’s possible. For all of...

Tempted to Take a Break from Weight Loss But Afraid of What Will Happen? –In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

If you’ve been dieting for many years, you know it can get to be a little “much.” Chronic dieting can leave us frustrated, exhausted, and exasperated. Why does something so simple – weight loss – have to be so hard? Millions of people around the world are realizing that they’re just plain tired of dieting. So much so that an increasing number of people are deciding to take a break from weight loss altogether. But taking a diet break doesn’t alleviate the very real fear that many of us experience: that the second we stop dieting, we’re going to gain...

Emotional Eating in Uncertain Times: It's Time to Forgive & Let Go – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Emotional eating always has a psychological or biological reason for showing up in our life. It never just “happens” … it’s almost always an unconscious psychological strategy to regulate difficult emotions. That’s the case for guest coaching client, Katy, who’s going through a period of massive change – and is struggling to manage her feelings about it all. As a newly-turned 30-year old, Katy is figuring out what’s important to her in life, what sort of career she wants to pursue, and how she wants to earn money. She’s hoping to find a life partner, and would one day...

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Food is so much more than just fuel for our bodies.

It’s also a powerful connector.

Food brings us together with family and friends, and allows us to express and receive love and appreciation, spark new relationships, create memories, discover and care for the world around us, and even navigate and explore our inner emotional and spiritual landscape.

Because food helps us feel connected, we may also reach for it in moments of disconnection, distress, isolation, and loneliness. We can turn to it for comfort, or for a sense of familiarity and reassurance.

And that’s because of a foundational, biochemical truth for every human being on this planet:

When we eat food, we feel better.

As Marc David unpacks in this episode, using food to self-soothe and comfort ourselves isn’t all bad. In fact, the conscious use of food to feel better can actually be beneficial.

Fifty-nine year old guest coaching client, Debra, endured the death of her late husband several years ago – and now finds herself again grieving the loss of a relationship – this time, a breakup.

In response to her grief and sadness, Debra has noticed she’s started eating compulsively in the evenings. And she feels ashamed of having gained some extra weight in recent months.

Follow their conversation, as Marc explores how the loss or absence of close relationships and social ties in our lives can mean we look to food to satisfy some of our most basic needs – and how, at different times in our life, that can be a therapeutic strategy.

🎧 Listen now to learn more about why eating for comfort or connections isn’t shameful, and can actually be supportive in our healing journey – if we learn how to make it work for us, not against us.

You’ll hear how consciously seeking intimacy through food can ease the pain of isolation, while prioritizing social time in everyday life can help protect us from falling into future loneliness.

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