60: Why Am I Binging More During the Pandemic? – Part 1

The Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross Show: Binge Eating Disorder, Stress Eating, Emotional Eating, Food Addiction

Do you want to overcome binge eating, get food addiction help or have freedom from emotional eating? Are you finding yourself binge eating more during the COVID-19 pandemic? You may feel like you’re putting yourself first by obsessing about food or about your body, but actually you’re using food to satisfy cravings or to keep staying in your comfort zone first. You may also be overwhelmed by the quarantine due to COVID 19 and fears and anxiety about what’s happening in society. If you are black, indigenous, LatinX, or a person of color, you may literally be feeling that you are not safe. The chaos of these times can reactivate historical and intergenerational trauma, triggering you and leading to binging. Now’s the time to prioritize your own well-being.

In this podcast, you will learn:

• To identify triggers that lead to binging., emotional eating, food addiction.
• 4 Steps you can take that will improve your mental and emotional well being.
• Why counting on willpower in your recovery will never work.

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

Download my free e-book – The 5 Levels of Recovery: https://YourFoodBattle.com

Link to Beach relaxation meditation: https://carolynrossmd.com/loving-kindness-meditation/

More from Dr. Ross Check out my TEDxPleasantGrove talk on Intergenerational trauma here: https://youtu.be/ljdFLCc3RtM

To schedule a free consult with Dr. Ross – https://findingyouranchor.as.me/consult