Overcoming Emotional Eating
333 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 119 ratingsEating with stress, boredom, fear, loneliness, worry, anxiety or happiness are all ways we define emotional eating. The American Psychological Association reports that almost 40% of people have eaten in response to stress in the last 30 days. You are not alone. Each week, you can join Wendi Francis, emotional eating expert, to help YOU overcome your emotional overeating. If you want to finally find freedom from your food, weight, and body this is the podcast for you. Your time to become an OVERCOMER starts now.
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Pacing Yourself
November 15, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 21.7 MBPacing yourself, knowing when to surge and being consistent. The biggest thing we can focus on in pacing ourselves is our breath. Breathing regularly rhythmically. Eating and breathing are correlated, if you do not breathe deeply you will need to use food to regulate your breathing. If you do not breathe deeply regularly. You will need to use food to help you regulate that breath. The truth is how we breathe affects our emotional state. It affects our physical state. It can affect our con...
Having Grace With Yourself LIVE Q&A
November 11, 2021 10:00 - 8 minutes - 10.7 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about having grace with ourselves, having patience, having kindness, having love, having empathy, supporting and nurturing ourselves and why that's so important.
How to Sit With It And SURVIVE LIVE Q&A
November 08, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes - 13.3 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about how do you sit with your feelings without finding comfort in food. Sometimes our feelings are uncomfortable. Sometimes things we do or say or have to hear are uncomfortable. We have to learn how to sit with and through those things, trusting that innately we will come out on the other side, OK and survive.
Feeling Alive LIVE Q&A
November 04, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 20.2 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about the feeling that we're all going for. The feeling that makes us feel alive. We all want it. We all seek it. We can seek it in good ways or in bad, in addiction or in health. But we all seek that feeling. And the reality is food can come in the way of that.
Why Do I Quit When I am Doing So Good?
November 01, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 22.7 MB"The only limit really is you. And the more you learn about yourself, the more limitless you will be." So why do we quit when we're ahead? Why do we quit when we're winning? One of the biggest reasons why people move into this pattern of quitting when things are going well is because of fear. We tend to not really think about fear coming up when things are working well. We only really think of fear coming up when things aren't working well. What's more important even than the fear of fai...
Being Intentional with Your Stress Relief LIVE Q&A
October 28, 2021 10:00 - 4 minutes - 7.6 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about stress relief and stress relief patterns. So many of us are reaching for a feeling and instead we put food in its place. It doesn't necessarily belong there. It's the feeling that we're striving for.
Moving Forward From Your Food
October 25, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 22.5 MBAccept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down. Make peace with yourself before you move forward. -Roy T. Bennett Things that can help you move forward: Acknowledge what you've done - You have to acknowledge it in a formal fashion. So if it's with yourself, right, that might be using a journal and writing to yourself what you've done, here's what I've done. Ask for support - Ask for support from a couple of trusted peo...
The Self in Your "self"
October 21, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 23.7 MBI have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent, caring for myself is an act of survival. -Audre Lorde. Selfcare can look like more sleep. Reading a book can be another way of self-care. But if you use it to distract or isolate, not the right way for you. Having a stress plan. Finding your creativity. Another great way to care for yourself, whether it's painting, pottery, planting, doodling, writing, all creative outlets that help feed the soul. Grounding. It's wher...
What Triggers You To Quit, Even When Things Are Working? LIVE Q&A
October 18, 2021 10:00 - 9 minutes - 11.8 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client regarding one of her six human needs and how it's driving or in this case, not driving her to eat. Those six human needs are certainty, uncertainty, significance, love and connection, growth and contribution. And in this episode, you'll hear how a woman puts the pieces together in her food.
Understanding Your Human Needs LIVE Q&A
October 14, 2021 10:00 - 6 minutes - 9.3 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking a little bit more about human needs, psychology, and the six human needs that are driving forces of why we do what we do now. How do they contribute in our life or what do they contribute in our life.
The Human Needs that Drive the Why of What We Do
October 11, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 23.2 MBThe human needs that drive the why of what we do: Certainty An individual who feels that need for certainty can't be happy when things are uncertain around them or with them. People that have certainty as a primary need focus on stability, on habitual routine routines, on looking at that that real routine-oriented thing, as well as the organization and putting their energy into organizing things. Uncertainty People that love uncertainty or variety, believe that happiness comes from...
Living in Your New Body LIVE Q&A
October 07, 2021 10:00 - 8 minutes - 11.2 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about living into her new body. When we change our body, our mind needs to catch up. Our mind and body always need to be aligned in order for us to feel settled, grounded, and congruent. It's imperative for our mental and physical health.
Coming Home to Yourself
October 04, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 22.6 MB“The journey in between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life takes place.” ― Barbara De Angelis Two ways to find your way back home: Logistically - where are you going? how did you get off track and what happened? Emotionally - Psychology
Are You Actually Hungry or Do You Need Something Else? LIVE Q&A
September 30, 2021 10:00 - 9 minutes - 12 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about hunger patterns and identifying whether you're really hungry. True physiological hunger or are you needing some other kind of stimulation to help with some emotional reprieve.
Letting Go of Your Weight
September 27, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 24 MBIn today's call, you'll hear me talk about body image distortion and how specifically you can work with it while you're in the change or after the fact. As people lose weight, as we lose weight, or we change our body in whatever way that might be. Our old body image gets stuck in our minds, and sometimes it's really different. To let that weight go. The weight of our old body image, the weight of how we used to look in the mirror or in our clothes So what can you do to keep yourself aligne...
Letting Go and Finding Your Freedom
September 23, 2021 10:00 - 13 minutes - 16.3 MBWe forget that there is a letting go. Sometimes that needs to happen. In order for our soul, for our life, for our desires, for our psyche, for ourselves to be free. And if we stay stuck. And don't quit. We are only staying imprisoned. In our own beliefs. And never really finding the flight of freedom that our soul, psyche cells, and being want. And we know it from the infinitely right. When we fill in the gap between our head being miserable and our soul being crushed, what we find is add...
How Do You Celebrate or Reward Yourself? LIVE Q&A
September 20, 2021 10:00 - 12 minutes - 14.6 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about celebration or reward, what heartfelt/heart space/hear opening rewards are really about, finding and implementing it in your life.
Emotions in Your Food
September 16, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 21.7 MB"Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways." - Sigmund Freud The difference between emotional hunger and physical hunger. We know that emotional hunger comes on suddenly it hits you in an instant. It feels overwhelming and urgent. Physical hunger, on the other hand, comes on more gradually. Emotional hunger craves specific comfort foods. And emotional hunger often leads to regret, guilt or shame. Feeling our emotions is imperativ...
Moving Towards Your Why LIVE Q&A
September 13, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a patient about moving towards your why and recognizing its importance.
Do You Have a Tread Pattern?
September 09, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 21.6 MBWorking with your own tread patterns. Assess where they are coming into play for you how often and in which direction? does it fuel your eating? Understand where the obstacle is.
Discovering Your Stress Patterns LIVE Q&A
September 06, 2021 10:00 - 12 minutes - 14.7 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a patient about discovering your stress patterns and where do you hold them in your body.
LIVE Q&A: Discovering Your Stress Patterns
September 06, 2021 10:00 - 12 minutes - 14.7 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a patient about discovering your stress patterns and where do you hold them in your body.
Connecting The Dots on Weight Loss LIVE Q&A
September 02, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes - 10 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a patient about connecting the dots when it comes to your weight, your body, your food, your eating, your relationship with yourself and your food patterns.
LIVE Q&A: Connecting The Dots on Weight Loss
September 02, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes - 10 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a patient about connecting the dots when it comes to your weight, your body, your food, your eating, your relationship with yourself and your food patterns.
How do you listen to your body? LIVE Q&A
August 30, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a patient about listening to your body, listening to how we feel, where we hold our stress and where we feel the emptiness.
LIVE Q&A: How do you listen to your body?
August 30, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a patient about listening to your body, listening to how we feel, where we hold our stress and where we feel the emptiness.
The Wall of Your Weight
August 26, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 21.7 MBThere is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy - Friedrich Nietzsche
LIVE Q&A: Resetting Patterns
August 23, 2021 10:00 - 12 minutes - 14.7 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a patient who is trying to reset their patterns, changing those behaviors that have formed into patterns that disenable us.
Eating to Feel Even
August 19, 2021 10:00 - 17 minutes - 19.8 MBWhat helps you to feel even? eating small amounts of protein throughout the day. having a good breakfast with protein. making sure you are hydrated.
LIVE Q&A: How Do You Discover your “WHY”
August 16, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes - 12.8 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about going deeper on discovering your "why" for change. in order to really change we have to have the psychology to make us push through the hard times and finding a real core why is the way to do that.
LIVE Q&A: Changing Your Language Around Food
August 12, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 14.5 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about how to change her internal language around food and eating.
Are You Hungry?
August 05, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 24.4 MBThe hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. -Mother Teresa 2 Techniques to stop eating: The poetic pause - a 30-second pause before you begin eating to slow down and regulate your breath The 5 seconds rule - a five-second countdown to initiate an action.
LIVE Q&A Being Overwhelmed
August 02, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutes - 16.4 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about being overwhelmed and how it can move into our food and our eating.
What Are Your Triggers?
July 29, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 23.8 MB4 triggers that move you into overeating: Emotional trigger. Physical trigger. Environmental triggers. Food trigger.
Live Q & A -The Damaging Side Effects of Inflammation
July 26, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 14.5 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about the damaging side effects of inflammation.
LIVE Q&A Long-term Side Effects of Stress
July 22, 2021 10:00 - 6 minutes - 9.73 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about the long-term side effects of stress and how it can impact who we are.
The Science of Stress
July 19, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 24.9 MB"All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for. " -Jon Kabat-Zinn “In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.” - Fred Rogers
LIVE Q&A Creating Boundaries of Safety in Your Weight
July 15, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes - 13.2 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about creating boundaries of safety in your weight.
LIVE Q&A Weekend Temptations and Celebrations
July 12, 2021 10:00 - 12 minutes - 15.3 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about how stress impacts how we eat, how we take care of ourselves, long-term side effects of stress and how it can impact who we are.
What Keeps You Going?
July 08, 2021 10:00 - 16 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast Wendi talks about our ability to keep going and our inner wisdom to know what we need to keep ourselves moving forward.
Why Can't You Just Get Over It?
July 05, 2021 10:00 - 17 minutes - 19.3 MBIt doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go. -J. C. Watts In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself. -Deepak Chopra.
Creating Behavioral Boundaries LIVE Q&A
July 01, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutes - 16.7 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about behavioral boundary setting, creating external or behavioral boundaries to help determine how and when to eat.
For Everything There Is a Season
June 28, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 21.3 MB“Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.” ― Yoko Ono Just like seasons people have the ability to change, we can change how we eat and what season we are in by just being and aligning with who we are.
Are You Closing?
June 24, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 20.5 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast Wendi talks about recognizing if you are closing, why you close, when you close, who you close around and understanding your heart's space.
Mastering Meditation
June 21, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes - 40.1 MB[4:10] Myths about meditation. [11:55] Benefits of meditation. [21:33] Types of meditation Types of meditation: Guided meditation Mindful meditation Moving meditation (Qi gong/ Tai Chi or Yoga) Contemplation meditation Prayer meditation Breath awareness meditation Meditation to manifest
LIVE Q&A How To Stop Feeding Your Emotions With Food
June 17, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about how they're feeding their emotions with food and some ways they can begin to change or overcome that.
LIVE Q&A Overcoming Disappointing Others
June 14, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 22.3 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about overcoming disappointing others.
LIVE Q&A 5 Minute Motivation
June 10, 2021 13:21 - 6 minutes - 9.24 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi is on a live prerecorded line talking with a client about motivation.
The Slippery Slope of Overeating
June 07, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 22.2 MBWhen you start to landslide Start with what you can. Journal - figure out what happened before, during and after. Find alternatives. Do not label your food good or bad. Selfcare
Unleashing your She Wolf, Your Rebel with A Cause
June 03, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this episode of OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast Wendi talks about the she wolf, the rebel, the part of us within us that says No to our No.