End Emotional Eating by Jennifer Taitz Summary
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy meets disordered eating in this award-winning guide that's earned the ABCT's Self-Help Seal of Merit. Dr. Taitz's compassionate approach replaces guilt with mindfulness, winning praise from psychology giants like Dr. Robert Leahy. What emotion is secretly sabotaging your relationship with food?
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Breaking the Food-Emotion Chain: A Revolutionary Approach
Imagine a four-year-old sitting in front of a marshmallow, desperately trying not to eat it so they can earn a second one. The children who succeeded in this famous Stanford experiment didn't rely on iron willpower - they used clever distraction techniques like covering the marshmallow or singing songs. This simple study reveals the core truth about ending emotional eating: success comes not from rigid discipline but from developing skills to sit with temptation through mindful awareness. When we eat in response to feelings rather than hunger - snacking when stressed, experiencing intense cravings, feeling unsatisfied despite adequate food - we're caught in an emotional eating cycle affecting an estimated 40% of Americans regardless of weight. The problem intensifies when food becomes our primary coping mechanism for difficult feelings. Research shows that difficulty identifying and regulating emotions influences binge eating more significantly than gender, food restriction, or even body image concerns. When we eat to suppress emotions, we create a destructive pattern: emotions trigger eating, which creates more emotions (often guilt or shame), preventing us from receiving valuable emotional information that could guide healthier responses. This cycle persists because we hold limiting beliefs about emotions - that negative feelings are dangerous, that we'll lose control if we experience them fully, or that we must suppress difficult feelings to function.
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