Binge Dieting

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about how to manage emotions such as panic, anxiety, fear, or anger without resorting to food. She includes a role play between internal parts of us using internal family systems therapy (IFS) . Betsy also covers key points needed to survive eating problems during this stressful time period including the anti inflammatory diet, structuring meals and creating boundaries....

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the values and habits of mind that result from our relationship with our parents and how this drives issues with food problems or an inability to stay focused with health goals. She talks about three clients and their specific stories, and at the end she gives a sneak peak into the groundbreaking work of Steven Kessler and The 5 Personality Patterns.  

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about somatic experiencing as a tool to help understand reasons for some habits and behaviors related to eating.  Betsy explains how to apply this technique and also talks about several different clients and their struggles and insights.  She talks about clients with various concerns: with a diet mountain dew addiction, an impulse to eat very fast, general anxiety aroun...

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about how to trust the body and listen to it through the perspective of our two separate selves (our higher self and our human self).  She also addresses practical issues regarding protein, fiber, check lists for food, and addressing physical versus emotional hunger.  

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about how to be in the midst of the holiday parties or other social events as well as family tension without overeating.  She looks at concepts from spiritual teachings as well as practical food advice.  Several concerns of various clients are also considered.  

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about many types of physical pain in the body, eating disorders, and anxiety and depression as a process in the brain called Mind Body Syndrome.  Healing from these symptoms is possible and she presents tools to help this happen.  Manifesting your dreams and creating your reality can happen.    

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about an effective tool to shift out of unhealthy eating patterns or worry about food and the body.  She uses examples from clients in her practice to help demonstrate how to work with this tool. Specific practices are provided at the end. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about some common roles in the family and how they might influence eating behaviors. She also covers some of the unspoken rules that are often present in families that can create enormous internal upset.   At the beginning of the podcast Betsy lists 8 eating ideas and habits that can help you feel more in control and confident.  

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about how to communicate in a way that will leave you with less stress, with a better outcome, and with your need to be heard being met.  Eating problems can happen when you avoid communication and conflict altogether, or when you go the other direction and explode into anger, nagging, or tears.  Betsy gives specific client examples and explains the method known as Nonv...

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about codependent relationships, and how these can create emotional disruption and overeating.  She talks about the concept of codependency and what to do to move towards healthier relationships with those who we love. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about how people pleasing creates exhaustion, resentment, and an inauthentic life. She talks about ways to recognize and change this behavior, and how it connects with perfectionism, communication, setting boundaries, and codependency. When people have a calmer internal world, there will be a much greater ability to make healthy food choices 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about how to view the struggles with eating, body weight and body image with perspective so you can gain peace of mind and heal.  She plays a song by Bob Sima and talks about it's message and also covers the fundamental food rules that you need to follow in order to get on track.  

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about how to work with loneliness to minimize its ability to derail our goals for healthy eating.  She talks about ways to manage it as well as the perspective that lonely isn't always a bad thing. 

On this short podcast Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the topic of feeling helpless around dieting, food and weight struggles.  She explains how to work with a brain that tells you to give up, who cares, why bother, it's out of your control........

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the numerical scale of emotions presented by David Hawkins and its implications for how it can help anyone struggling with eating and dieting.  In this podcast Betsy talks about how to change your lifestyle so you can take a huge leap out of draining emotions and into emotions which are more empowering. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD looks at the idea of dieting for weight loss and comments on the keto diet, weight watchers, and several others that are common. She also looks at the topics of gluten, food sensitivities, sugar and carbohydrates

Betsy Thurston MPH RD tackles two distinctly different topics in this podcast. First, she briefly presents a review of the basics about carbohydrates, protein and fats and how to choose what to eat. Second, using examples of clients she has worked with, she describes how setting a goal of risking disapproval from others can help with efforts at weight loss.  One key concept and one key word is ess...

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about the importance of being gentle with yourself, especially when under the influence of the parts of us that make us feel shame or frustration or fear.  She talks about the model of internal family systems and how to recognize the parts triggered in the fight and flight response, with ideas about how to respond to them. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD identifies the 6 most common reasons why people procrastinate working on their health and eating goals.  She provides specific ideas on how to start reversing the procrastination problem. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD identifies the 6 most common reasons why people procrastinate working on their health and eating goals.  She provides specific ideas on how to start reversing the procrastination problem. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD addresses the questions of what to eat, how to get back on track and how to have success with weight struggles. She looks at two separate areas: realm of what to DO and also what you need to KNOW in order to succeed. This podcast has a lot of practical information while also looking at the big picture!

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about how to calm the fears and emotions that arise when we try to be a more authentic person or to set boundaries. She describes three different clients, their food and eating goals, and their experiences when feeling exposed or scared and with setting boundaries.  She teaches an effective tool for calming anxiety in the moment. 

Betsy Thurston MPH RD talks about denial and how it plays out to keep you in old patterns and to sabotage success.  She describes specific clients and how their subconscious or conscious patterns of denial get in the way.  

Betsy Thurston MPH RD provides 4 steps and equation to help listeners recover from the trap of all or nothing dieting and all or nothing eating.  

Betsy Thurston MPH RD provides 4 steps and equation to help listeners recover from the trap of all or nothing dieting and all or nothing eating.