Emotion arises at the place where mind and body meet. It is the body’s reaction to your mind - or you might say, a reflection of your mind in the body.
- Eckhart Tolle
FOOD & EMOTION
EMOTIONAL EATING is rooted in the need to control a deeper, often subconscious, wound or pain. It is NOT about the lack of willpower and is NEVER solved by dieting.
Emotional eating is not stopping when hunger is satisfied.
is eating when not hungry.
is overeating and undereating.
seems like the only way to be in control.
is the symptom, not the problem.
Food is there when (we think) nothing else is.
Food numbs us as we swallow our feelings.
Food is an anchor.
Food is what we know best.
Food fills the empty spaces of loneliness, shame, sadness.
Transformation is possible with A.R.T.
Allow yourself the space and time to look within.
Relax that the insights you find will truly assist your moving forward.
Trust that the healing can be found buried under well-established negative beliefs, destructive self-talk & behavior, and the feeling that change just isn’t possible.
