Episode 5: The Theory of The Emotional Eating Cycle & How To Change It

08/22/22 • 24 min

Believe it or not, you don’t just reach for food when you’re stressed, upset or overwhelmed simply because you don’t have willpower. There are very good reasons why your brain has learned this emotional eating pattern as a way to self-sooth, and it likely began in childhood. In this episode, I’ll be explaining the theory of emotional eating (and other more severe eating disorders like binge eating and bulimia) according to dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). With a better understanding of why you developed this cycle in the first place, you can release the self-judgment and shame you’ve been spiraling in and empower yourself to take effective actions to begin to change the cycle. New knowledge and self-awareness is the first step to change.

Episode resources:

The Empowered Eating Blueprint Quiz | Take this free quiz to identify which of the 5 Bodies of health may be underlying your struggle with food and eating.

Connect with Sarah Emily:

Website | www.sarahspeers.com
Instagram | www.instagram.com/sarahemilyspeers/

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Episode resources:

The Empowered Eating Blueprint Quiz | Take this free quiz to identify which of the 5 Bodies of health may be underlying your struggle with food and eating.

Connect with Sarah Emily:

Website | www.sarahspeers.com
Instagram | www.instagram.com/sarahemilyspeers/

Ready to do the inner work to address the issues underlying your eating struggles?

Love this show? Please leave a review! We deeply appreciate you sharing the love with others who may benefit from listening too.

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Episode 4: Clarifying The Spectrum Of Overeating Tendencies. Is It Binging?

There is quite a bit of confusion about what binge eating actually is due to media portrayals of overeating that normalize using food to soothe or overeating as fun. I have clients come to me who tell me they binge, but after describing their behaviors to me it turns out they actually just emotionally overeat, but it’s not technically binging. On the other hand, some clients come to me and minimize their eating tendencies but upon deeper exploration we discover they technically meet the criteria for binge eating, according to the DSM-V manual. So this episode is meant to clear up any confusion! I explain mindless eating, emotional overeating and subjective/objective binge eating so you can better understand your own eating patterns. Because when you have this clarity, then you can make informed decisions about the best support to seek and steps to take to improve these patterns.

Episode resources:

The Empowered Eating Blueprint Quiz | Take this free quiz to identify which of the 5 Bodies of health may be underlying your struggle with food and eating.

Connect with Sarah Emily:

Website | www.sarahspeers.com
Instagram | www.instagram.com/sarahemilyspeers/
Innergize Your Life Program | www.sarahspeers.com/innergize-your-life

Ready to do the inner work to address the issues underlying your eating struggles?

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Episode 6: Reiki Healing & The Energetics of Eating with Christy Marsh

In this episode I’m having a powerful conversation with my Reiki master teacher, Christy Marsh, who was a huge guide for me on my own healing journey. We discuss what Reiki actually is (clearing up any misperceptions), some important aspects of healing, how to begin to shed your shame and rebuild self-trust, and how you can befriend food with some mindset and energy shifts. Christy was one of the first expanders I had who modeled to me the energetics of eating, revealing that the emotion and energy around HOW you eat matters more than what you eat. She shares her refreshing food philosophy and how you can liberate yourself from the prison of perfection that may be keeping you stuck in life and your eating issues. Trust me, you want to hear every word of this.

About Christy:

Christy Marsh is a Clinical Nutritionist, Holistic Health Practitioner, and a Reiki Master dedicated to treating the whole person. Using a “bio-individual” approach, she’s able to assess the unique needs of each individual. Christy is highly trained and educated to offer a whole regime of foods and herbs, energy work, body reading and lifestyle-fitness solutions that work.

Christy brings a positive spirit and light-hearted approach to the work she does; combining practical western modalities and a holistic attitude to whole body healing. Christy was trained in San Diego and had a practice in La Jolla for nearly ten years before returning to her native Midwest where she now resides. She lectures nationally on the benefits of healing within.

Episode resources:

The Empowered Eating Blueprint Quiz | Take this free quiz to identify which of the 5 Bodies of health may be underlying your struggle with food and eating.

Connect with Christy Marsh: