Confessions of a Binge Eater

Where did your sex drive go? Are your hormones hacking your health? Is hormone imbalance making you eat? Dr Anna Cabeca stops by the show to talk about how hormones affect women’s health, sex drive, and how they can (and should) help us feel happy, horny and whole, in mind, body and spirit.

Do you have a love/hate relationship with the scale? Do you give it the power to make you feel good…and bad? For most emotional eaters, the scale seems to rule our lives. We judge ourselves by those little numbers and let it control how we feel. Why does the scale have so much power over us? Check it out!

Our parents can have a large influence on our lives. What happens in our early years can affect the rest of our lives. How do we move on from early issues with parents? What can we do to improve our relationship with them now, and how can we move on from the emotional issues that start when we are young?

Are Emotional Eaters People Who Overeat or Eat the Wrong Things? People often think they aren’t emotional eaters because they’re not bingers. But people who never binge but are overweight could also be emotional eaters. Being drawn to sugar, carbs and fried foods could be an indication of emotional eating, as well. Let’s explore this topic and find out just what qualifies as emotional eating, and...

Dr. Tom O’Bryan is a leading expert on the real dangers of gluten and how to heal your body of autoimmune disease. In this lively interview, we discuss the gut, the foods we eat (and overeat), inflammation and how our brains react to what we eat. Learn why gluten and dairy are so hard for our bodies to metabolize properly and why you may be suffering from leaky gut. Dr. Tom has a such a wonderful...

There are many forms of medication; overeating, drugs, alcohol, prescription drugs, porn, etc. When life seems hard and we need a little “boost” these are things we turn to. But meditation is a much more effective boost, that has no negative consequences. Let’s look at how meditation can work for you and the obstacles that are stopping you from developing this life-transforming habit....

When we experience pain in our bodies it’s easy to want to soothe ourselves with food. After all, we deserve a “little something” to take our minds off of how we feel. But the comfort foods we reach for are exacerbating our pain, if not the cause of it. What should you do instead, and how do you heal your pain? My guest, Joe Tatta, is a pain expert who shows us what we can do to start...

Fat Head: The inability to see ourselves realistically or judge our body size accurately. Most emotional eaters suffer from Fat Head; we think we look fat when we really look OK, or we think we look OK while our weight is creeping up higher than we realize. Our body consciousness plays an important role in our inability to lose weight. We have other ways of thinking that also interfere with our he...

Clients who struggle with food and weight often ask me how they can help their children avoid developing food issues. I recently was asked to review an important new book, How to Raise a Mindful Eater by Maryanne Jacobsen. Maryanne offers sound, sane and compassionate advice for shepherding kids to a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. At the same time she reminds adults how we can be...

That is the question! Emotional eaters typically not only stuff their feelings, but also things that they really want to say. We judge our opinions as not valid, or as something that might embarrass us if expressed. So we say nothing. And we overeat. This has to change! In this podcast I share a few examples from my recent experience of speaking up and speaking out. By the way, Communication is on...

My guest today is Trish Ward, the Soulful Nutritionist. Trish helps committed individuals discover the food and lifestyle habits that work specifically for their unique bio chemistry and soul journey, so they can live symptom-free, with abundant energy, stamina and joy. She calls herself the Soulful Nutritionist, because she firmly believes that merging Soul and Science is where the magic of life...

People who struggle with food and weight always want to know “What should I eat?” Yet what you should eat is not nearly as important as how can you sustain eating the foods you know to be good for you? Weight loss isn’t a good enough reason. Find out what “clean eating” means and how you can change your mind on this important chapter in my Heal Your Hunger book.

Emotional eaters eat for emotional support, energy, calming and comfort. When people say no to the foods that give them support (or the illusion of support) they must have a replacement for the support they lost. Getting centered and emotionally balanced is vital for ending emotional eating, and there’s no better way to do that than with the 6 Self-care Success Secrets. I discuss what some of thes...

I’m excited to share another chapter from my new book, Heal Your Hunger: 7 Simple Steps to End Emotional Eating Now. This chapter is called “Connection and Community” and it’s not only vital for healing, but it’s a sure way for a life of fulfillment and fun!

Today’s guest is the foremost expert on women’s health. She’s been helping women feel better for a very long time. Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo is committed to transforming exhausted high-achievers into high energy people who love their lives. We’ll talk about how she does it in today’s interview. See show notes and relevant links below.

I’ve got some exciting news! My book is going to be available mid-April and I want to tell you about it today. The book is called Heal Your Hunger: 7 Steps to End Emotional Eating NowMy purpose in writing this book is to speak from my heart to yours—it’s written for the emotional eaters of the world. I’ll tell you more about it in this show. See show notes and relevant links below.

Today’s guest is my good friend and colleague, Debora Wayne. Debora specializes in helping people find and remove the hidden causes that don’t and won’t show up on medical tests. She’s also the founder of the The Pain Free Living Program and the director of The Biofield Healing Institute in California. In today’s show, I interview Debora to learn about her transformational...

There are a lot of things I do on a daily basis that I don’t want to do. And most of these tasks are self-care habits. I was under the assumption that healthy people are healthy because it just comes naturally to them but I think of myself as an imposter. I’m not a healthy person but I try to have healthy habits in my life. In this show I’m going to share these habits with you. See show notes and...

Misty Tripoli is an amazing soul. She healed from bulimia and self-hatred through dance. From her awakening came the unique dance method called GROOVE.Last year I got to meet Misty and experience GROOVE. It was amazing! You’ll love hearing Misty’s story of healing, and the evolution of GROOVE, which is now a worldwide sensation. She even teaches us some GROOVE moves on this show.

What if I told you there are 6 major emotions that cause you to gain weight? Most people tend to think that only stress plays a part in weight gain. But there are several other emotions can be triggers as well. They don’t have to be negative. Sometimes positive emotions like happiness can get the best of your eating habits. Well, I’ve put a list together of 6 emotions that can cause weight gain so...

My guest today is out there in the world helping people with their skin. This topic is so important to us as emotional eaters because, as you may already know, when we put crap in our bodies a side effect of our binges is acne. My guest is Dr. Trevor Cates and she’s here to talk about clean skin from within. Dr. Cates is a leading naturopathic doctor who advises a broad list of patients. How we ea...

You’re going to love my guest today. I have Dr Izabella Wentz, an internationally acclaimed thyroid specialist and licensed pharmacist who has dedicated her career to addressing the root causes of autoimmune thyroid disease after being diagnosed with Hashimotoís Thyroiditis. She has blown the doors open on Hashimotoís Thyroiditis and I invited her here because so many emotional eaters have underly...

I want to talk about nuts because the business of nuts is a difficult thing for emotional eaters. They are so calorie dense and you can gain weight very easily by eating them. Some emotional eaters simply can’t eat them safely and that’s totally understandable. But it’s a fast food and works great as a backup when traveling, or too busy for a meal, to help you avoid less healthy options out there....

For nearly 20 years, today’s guest has been focused on helping people find and do work they love while also finding the life they adore. Baeth Davis’ professional focus is a breakthrough, time-proven system called Scientific Hand Analysis. Her unique form of spiritual teaching balances metaphysical spirituality (defining and understanding one’s purpose as you came here to live it...

Valentine’s Day is about love, but how do we actually love? Tune into this candid conversation with spiritual healer (and my husband) Roy Nelson. I ask Roy tough questions about love: How do we love when we feel angry, hurt and unloved? How can we be “in love” even when we don’t have a romantic partner? How can we love our spouse, especially when they aren’t very lovable? Listen in for Roy’s best...