This document discusses how to overcome overeating habits by addressing the mind-body connection and managing emotions, stress, and the subconscious mind. It recommends exercising, managing diet, sleep, and stress; becoming aware of emotional triggers for overeating; using mindfulness and meditation; and providing clients with videos on empowering the inner child, breaking habits, weight loss tips, and guided relaxation. The goal is to eat in response to physical rather than emotional hunger and develop emotional mastery through stress management techniques like mindfulness.

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Geoffrey Favaloro
Psychologist - Reiki Teacher
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2. Today’s Topics
1. The mind-body connection & weight loss
2. Habits, emotions, sabotage and the subconscious
3. Top ways to work with the mind & emotions
4. How mindfulness and meditation assist
5. Guided process to use with your clients
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3. Your clients have
the knowledge but
don’t necessarily
act on it..
Why?
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4. Carol Shively, PhD, professor of pathology-comparative
medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine:-
4 Steps for Beating Belly Fat:-
“There are four keys to controlling belly fat:
exercise, diet, sleep & stress management”.
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5. Mindhealth (Australian Government, 2013):-
What is stress?
Stress is a natural human response
to pressure..
1. acute Stress
2. episodic Stress
3. chronic Stress
..so, can’t switch off & have
difficulty eating or sleeping
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6. Neuroscientist Frances Champagne :-
“repeated activation of the stress response can
result in physical changes, caused by too many
inflammatory proteins being pumped into the
bloodstream”
Stress hormones, particularly the adrenals
affect our limbic system (emotional brain)
So we become more anxious/nervy/agitated
and then want to comfort ourselves - to calm
down!
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8. Food comforts us by changing our mood
e.g. dopamine (no brainer!)
and changes our body chemistry
e.g. increases the insulin & other hormones
So, we learn that
1. food works
2. And from our
parents and so
our habit grows!
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9. Caryl Ehrlich (overeater) - conquerfood.com
on food addiction:-
“you get in the habit of eating not when
you are physically hungry, but when you are
emotionally hungry or frustrated, bored,
angry, sleepy and grumpy, or possibly when
you need distraction from stress..”
Addiction(habits) = stuck on same thing
Expecting different results
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10. If we are overeating then:-
we need to ask: “ What’s eating us? ”
i.e.: what emotions are we “eating on?”
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11. how people sabotage themselves
It’s not intentional - its often unconscious!
Why? - because its hard to ‘change’
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Conscious
‘mind’: logical thoughts
12 - 22%
_______________
Subconscious
‘mind’: limbic (emotions)
88 - 78%
e.g.:- blushing,
sexual feelings,
food & other habits!

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We are Powerless until we change!

15. First thing, be kind to ourselves!!
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16. Then, 5 ways to overcome ‘over’ eating habits:
1. Eat with, not on feelings
2. What do I really want/need/feel?
3. It’s o.k. to comfort myself - seek new ways
4. Take a deep breath and wait a bit
5. Become conscious - emotional mastery
with stress - e.g. use mindfulness
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17. from the AGE news paper 12 June 13
“Mindfulness is credited for alleviating a whole variety
of mental and physical conditions - from weight loss
to anxiety to stress.”
According to the American Psychological Association,
it's been shown to reduce stress, boost memory,
improve focus, decrease emotional reactivity.
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it's about engaging
with your life,
moment by moment

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20. Video clips for your clients
1. Empower Yourself - Inner child/emotion focus (DVD) 36:15
2. Subconscious Habits (Talk) 5:47
3. Lose weight Positive tips (Talk) 10:14
4. Meditate easily - tips (Talk) 8:26
5. Guided Relaxation Meditation (voice, scenery + music 5:47
6. Relaxing Healing Music (scenery & music) 8:30
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Questions..
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