The Psychology of Eating Podcast
How To (Skillfully) Love Food – In Session with Marc David
July 10, 202450 min · 8,241 words
Show notes
Many of us struggle with emotional eating. And that's because food is a reliable way to manage our unwanted emotions. Think: Bored. Stressed. Lonely. Angry. Anxious. When we're experiencing difficult emotions, it's natural to turn to food. But here's something that's also common: some of us label ourselves as emotional eaters, when that's not actually the case. For some of us, something else altogether is going on: We just LOVE food. A lot.
Highlighted moments
when we don't get the experience of, ah, that felt so good. I mean, I just had this meal that I love. When we actually don't register all that love and all that sensation, the brain goes, huh, I don't remember eating.
“Perfectionism is a tyrant. It's a mean bully. It's a bad dude. It's not a friendly voice in the head.”
“There's a difference between learning and broken. There's a point at which you and I were kids and we couldn't read. And it doesn't mean we were broken. It just means I haven't learned how to read yet.”
“The way you help another human being is you be one step ahead of them. That's all. If you're one step ahead of somebody, you can help them.”
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