The Psychology of Eating Podcast
247 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 445 ratingsReal people. Real breakthroughs. For more than three decades, Marc David has helped millions discover the true causes of their unwanted eating habits like overeating, binge eating, emotional eating and the inability to lose weight. In this unscripted show, Marc coaches real clients using his unique blend of psychology and nutrition. Whether you want to transform your relationship with food or learn how you can help others, there’s no better place than The Psychology of Eating Podcast, and there’s no better way than hearing the stories of real people.
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Body Image Triggers: Where They Come From & How To Find Healing – In Session with Marc David
April 17, 2024 18:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBPicture this: You’re trucking along your day – everything’s going pretty well, when BOOM: You see a picture of yourself, and you’re instantly triggered. “Is that really what I look like?” you ask yourself. You can’t believe your appearance. Maybe it’s extra weight, or the shape of your hips or stomach. But whatever it is – you feel your heart start to sink, and a crushing sadness races in. Before you know it, you’re spiraling into that incorporeal place made famous on Netfli...
Emotional Eating & The Mother-Daughter Connection – In Session with Marc David
April 03, 2024 18:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBManaging emotions with food, otherwise known as emotional eating, is something that humans have been doing for millenia. And the reason is simple: when we eat, we reliably feel better – no matter how fleeting those “feel-good” feelings may be. While many people intuitively understand that emotions play a key role in our eating habits, it can often be a lot harder to understand the emotions themselves. The truth is, our inner emotional world is fantastically complex, and influences our r...
When Weight Loss Doesn’t Alleviate “Weight Worry” – In Session with Marc David
March 20, 2024 18:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBWhen it comes to body weight, most of us are focused on one thing: losing it! But many people aren’t prepared for what happens after weight loss. Any thoughts we may have about post-weight loss life are pretty dreamy. We imagine we’ll feel uber confident, accomplished, and ready to boldly move forward in life. But all too often, that simply isn’t the case. For many, the striving and struggle for weight loss ends up getting replaced by an equally unwelcome visitor: WEIGHT WORRY. ...
Harnessing the Power of Conscious Ritual to Overcome Binge Eating – In Session with Marc David
March 06, 2024 19:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBNight-time binge eating. It’s a pastime that many people struggle with, and can feel truly insurmountable. But nightly binge eating doesn’t have to get the best of you. The reality is, there’s a clear road to recovering our power and being in control with food – all that’s needed is a deeper understanding of why nighttime binge eating – otherwise known as “nighttime eating syndrome” – happens, and a wise framework for overcoming it. In this episode, we meet guest coaching client, M...
Why Becoming a “Natural” Eater is Key to Weight Loss – In Session with Marc David
February 21, 2024 19:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBLike so many of us, Cherie, age 56, wants to lose 20 pounds – but without the constant fight and struggle. Cherie has been battling these 20 pounds just about all her adult life – and she’s feeling ready for a new approach. Cherie’s kids are about to leave the house, and she’d like to focus on her life for the first time in many years. She dreams of letting go of her day job and taking on an exciting new career, and she knows that now’s the time to step into her power. Everything is fallin...
Why Self-Discipline Can’t Fix All Our Weight Loss Woes – In Session with Marc David
January 24, 2024 19:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBRaelene, 46, would love to lose about 40 kilos. And she’s had great success in the past: all she has to do is eliminate sugar, cut down on the carbs, watch her calories and portion sizing, and the weight will eventually come off. But the problem is, she just can’t seem to stick to a diet plan for more than a few months. A cooking teacher and mother of two, Raelene says she simply doesn’t have the discipline to stick with it. And after 15 years of off-and-on-again dieting, Raelene stil...
When Body Insecurities Cause Us to Date the Wrong People – In Session with Marc David
December 13, 2023 19:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBBarbara, 60, is finally ready to explore the world, go on adventures, and find the man of her dreams. She’s done lots of therapy, read all the books, and it seems like nothing should be in the way. But something is clearly holding her back. A lifetime of dieting and disliking her body, and a string of unfortunate dating experiences in the past has her majorly doubting herself. Barbara so deeply wants to move on and create the life she feels like she’s long overdue for – but there’s par...
Tempted to Take a Break from Weight Loss But Afraid of What Will Happen? –In Session with Marc David
November 29, 2023 19:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBIf you’ve been dieting for many years, you know it can get to be a little “much.” Chronic dieting can leave us frustrated, exhausted, and exasperated. Why does something so simple – weight loss – have to be so hard? Millions of people around the world are realizing that they’re just plain tired of dieting. So much so that an increasing number of people are deciding to take a break from weight loss altogether. But taking a diet break doesn’t alleviate the very real fear that many of us...
Emotional Eating in Uncertain Times: It's Time to Forgive & Let Go – In Session with Marc David
November 15, 2023 19:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBEmotional eating always has a psychological or biological reason for showing up in our life. It never just “happens” … it’s almost always an unconscious psychological strategy to regulate difficult emotions. That’s the case for guest coaching client, Katy, who’s going through a period of massive change – and is struggling to manage her feelings about it all. As a newly-turned 30-year old, Katy is figuring out what’s important to her in life, what sort of career she wants to pursue, and ho...
Stop Waiting to Lose Weight So You Can Find Love – In Session with Marc David
November 01, 2023 18:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBIt’s no surprise that many people around the world would like to lose weight. In fact, between 2017 and 2021, 55% of all Americans have expressed the desire for weight loss. And unfortunately, many people who are single and would like to find love in their life are instead putting it off until they’re at their desired weight. That’s the case for 41-year old Shawnna, our guest in this episode of the podcast. Shawnna would like to lose about 50 pounds, and find a more peaceful relationsh...
Why We Need to Get Rid of the Term ‘Body Dysmorphia’ – In Session with Marc David
October 18, 2023 18:00 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBIn this episode of The Psychology of Eating Podcast, we’re going to take a look at why we need to get past the label of ‘body dysmorphia’ – a medical term – and instead look to understand why body dysmorphia is actually present. And to do that, we must explore our personal story from childhood to adulthood – because our history contains the clues for where this pattern developed in the first place. The reality is, many of us have dysmorphic tendencies. Meaning, we see our body differentl...
Accepting Our Aging Bodies – In Session with Marc David
August 23, 2023 18:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBWe all have different reasons for wanting to lose weight: Feeling lighter Being healthier Fitting into your “skinny” clothes Or sometimes, just feeling more confident… And sometimes, there are hidden reasons for wanting to lose weight that we don’t even realize we have. For Nataliya, 46, weight loss has been a lifelong journey. Nataliya wants to be more confident in her body, and to feel lighter. She jokes that her goal is to feel “like a squirrel” and be able to jump from branch ...
How We Learn to Parent Our Inner Child Around Food & Weight – In Session with Marc David
August 09, 2023 18:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBThe desire to lose weight unites so many people around the world. And while it may be a common global phenomenon … what’s not frequently recognized is how unique all of our weight loss journeys turn out to be. The truth is, if we want to lose weight and keep it off, we need to intimately understand our life story and how it affects our journey with weight. In this episode of The Psychology of Eating Podcast, you’ll meet Wendy, 57. She’s been on a strugglesome journey to lose weight. And ...
A 72-Year-Old Man Releases a Lifetime of Food & Health Worries – In Session with Marc David
July 12, 2023 18:00 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBIn this episode, Marc David works with Richard, 72, who is living in a constant state of vigilance when it comes to his weight and health. Like so many of us, Richard has developed a belief that his diet must be perfect in order to maintain his health, avoid illness, and keep weight off. And what happens if he can’t maintain the perfect diet? The moment Richard gains a pound, he imagines that he’s just around the corner from a heart attack. He believes that if he doesn’t eat 100% perf...
A 74-Year-Old Man Finds Peace with Weight & Body Image – In Session with Marc David
June 28, 2023 18:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBWhen it comes to weight loss, so many of us feel that we need to restrict our food, punish the body with exercise, and be in a constant state of worry. We expect our weight loss journey to be an ongoing battle where we can never truly relax and live. But there’s a much better way. In this episode, Marc David works with guest podcast client David, and challenges the belief that weight and health goals have to be difficult. At age 74, David wants to lose weight and eat healthy, but he’s ti...
Weight Loss & Spiritual Growth: What’s the Connection – In Session with Marc David
June 14, 2023 18:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBSo many of us are trying to lose weight. We can put all of our energy, our heart and soul, into fulfilling what seems like a simple desire - just lose a bunch of body fat. When our efforts aren’t working though, things can get complicated. We can become a bit anxious, and adopt the kind of beliefs that are intended to motivate us, but actually hold us back. These beliefs can include: I’m not good enough as I am I am not lovable Something is wrong with Once I lose the weight, then...
Weight Extremism & Shame: A 53-Year-Old Heals His Heart & Body – In Session with Marc David
May 31, 2023 18:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBWhen it comes to weight, many people can identify with the concept of “weight extremism” – otherwise known as yo-yo dieting. We’re “all in” with our health commitments, whether that’s daily exercise, a healthy diet, getting to bed early every night. We analyze, assess – and maybe even obsess about – every little morsel of food we put into our mouth. And then, well – life happens. Tragedy happens. Stress happens. Our habits start to unravel, and before we know it: our healthy lifestyl...
The Therapeutic Use of Food in Times of Grief or Loneliness – In Session with Marc David
May 17, 2023 18:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBFood is so much more than just fuel for our bodies. It’s also a powerful connector. Food brings us together with family and friends, and allows us to express and receive love and appreciation, spark new relationships, create memories, discover and care for the world around us, and even navigate and explore our inner emotional and spiritual landscape. Because food helps us feel connected, we may also reach for it in moments of disconnection, distress, isolation, and loneliness. We can ...
Afraid of Gaining Weight? How to Move from Food Fear to Food Freedom – In Session with Marc David
May 03, 2023 18:00 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBOur culture is quick to praise dramatic weight loss. But it rarely acknowledges the heaviness that so often lingers afterward – the fear of gaining it all back. When we’re afraid of being overweight, it’s easy to see food as the enemy. We’ll often try to skip meals and deny our appetite. And it seems to make sense … After all, it’s food that makes us gain weight, right? The challenge is, when we fear or blame food – or try to repress our biological need for nourishment, we can develop...
Releasing Food Fears & Embracing Your Inner Nutritional Explorer – In Session with Marc David
April 19, 2023 18:00 - 45 minutes - 84 MBWhen we’re facing a chronic health challenge, one of the great ways to help ourselves is to turn to food and diet. So many of us have had great success when using the “food as medicine” approach. But what happens when our healing diet routine feels too restrictive? And how do we reconcile our need to avoid certain foods with our natural desire for freedom and exploration? These are just some of the questions Cecili’s hopes to unpack as Marc’s guest on this episode. Cecili is a nutri...
Discovering the Wisdom in Our Love of Food & Pleasure – In Session with Marc David
April 12, 2023 18:00 - 44 minutes - 82.9 MBWhen it comes to food and weight, many of us have learned to treat our bodies as a kind of machine. We know what our Body Mass Index (BMI) “should” be, and we strive to stay within it. We may severely restrict our caloric intake, increase our weekly exercise to the point of exhaustion, or take other extreme measures to lose weight. And here’s the thing: these efforts often work, but the cost can be huge. At one point or another, most of us who pursue weight loss in this way end up feeli...
The Magic Weight Loss Number: Taking Our Power Back – In Session with Marc David
April 05, 2023 18:00 - 49 minutes - 91 MBFor so many of us, numbers hold power. Whether it’s our bank account, the calories on our plate, or our final exam score, we give tremendous meaning to numbers. But there’s one number we often give the greatest meaning of all – and that’s our weight. Most of us have a “number” in mind for what we “should” weigh, and we tend to believe in it wholeheartedly. We can place almost mystical significance on that figure, believing that the world – our world – will be so much different when we fi...
Reclaiming Peace and Empowerment in Our Inner Dialogue with Food & Body – In Session with Marc David
March 29, 2023 18:00 - 46 minutes - 86.1 MBOne thing we learn very early in our journey with food and body is that everyone’s got an opinion. We find no shortage of health and nutrition experts offering a variety of strong, and often conflicting, perspectives too. About healthy eating. About the ideal weight and body shape. About what we’re doing wrong. “But who is right? Will it work for me? What if it doesn’t?” And so we try everything – only to end up feeling overwhelmed, stuck, defeated, and lost. That’s where we meet tod...
How Our Regrets In Life Influence Our Journey With Weight & Body Image – In Session with Marc David
March 15, 2023 18:00 - 50 minutes - 93.5 MBRegrets. They’re something all of us have experienced over the years. Whether it’s not following a dream career, missing out on the trip of a lifetime, or wishing you had been able to say that final goodbye, regrets can be truly hard to move on from. As we explore in this episode, our regrets and disappointments in life can not only be difficult to get over, they can end up massively influencing every area of our lives – including our relationship with weight and food. Think of it...
Anger & Weight Loss: Tuning In, and Getting Real – In Session with Marc David
March 08, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBWhen it comes to weight, most of us are focused on improving our physical metabolism. We’ve been taught to think that weight loss is largely about reducing our caloric intake and increasing our daily exercise. But what’s often not talked about are the role of hidden negative emotions in our weight journey. We may acknowledge the importance of processing and integrating emotions like anger and depression for our mental health. However, emotional metabolism is also essential for our p...
Weight Loss, Trauma, & Abuse: What’s the Connection? – In Session with Marc David
March 01, 2023 19:00 - 50 minutes - 92.7 MBIn this episode, we explore how, for some people, the lifelong desire to lose weight can reflect an unconscious attempt to “fix” parts of ourselves that we think are broken or somehow wrong – something that is common for those of us who have endured childhood trauma or abuse. As we know, childhood abuse and trauma can take many forms. And for too many, the effects of that abuse linger on well into adulthood, touching just about every aspect of life – from our intimate relationships, menta...
The Desire to Feel Comfortable in Your Own Skin – In Session with Marc David
February 22, 2023 19:00 - 36 minutes - 67.8 MBMany of us have had the thought, “I just want to feel comfortable in my own skin.” But have you ever stopped and truly considered this phrase? When we talk about feeling comfortable in our skin, we’re usually thinking about our weight. We want to be thinner, have a flatter belly, or trimmer thighs. We’re eager to feel good in our clothes, and want to like what we see in the mirror. And it seems like a reasonable desire to have the body that we want. But as we explore in this episod...
Embracing The Spiritual Journey of Diabetes – In Session with Marc David
February 15, 2023 19:00 - 51 minutes - 94.6 MBAsk anyone who has diabetes what it’s like living with this disease, and you’ll probably hear a lot. … About the hundreds of decisions that have to be made on a daily basis to manage their condition. … About how scary it often is knowing that blood sugar dysregulation can be life-threatening. … About how depressing it can be knowing this is a lifelong condition. … And about how exhausting it is to do all of this, WHILE managing the other demands of life. Diabetes management is a ...
What Our Health Challenges Are Here to Teach Us – In Session with Marc David
February 08, 2023 19:00 - 44 minutes - 82 MBIn this episode, we explore some of the gifts and hidden messages our health challenges are here to teach us. For 56-year old Lynn, there’s been a lot of adjustment to her previously active lifestyle since sustaining a knee injury. Previously, Lynn was very active and has always enjoyed helping others. But since her injury, she’s been in such pain that she isn’t moving her body like she did before – leading to weight gain and digestive issues. And yet, Lynn’s spirits haven’t been dimme...
Understanding the Emotions Behind Our Emotional Eating – In Session with Marc David
February 01, 2023 19:00 - 44 minutes - 84.4 MBIn this week’s episode, Marc works with 52-year old Hulya on the important topic of how we learn to manage stress and regulate our emotions, so that we can experience the most optimal conditions for health. And Marc takes a special look at anxiety, constipation, and midsection weight gain, including some of the hidden wisdom these conditions have for us. As researchers have discovered, there’s a profound connection between gut and brain health. So much so that “the gut-brain axis” is no...
Understanding “All or Nothing” Behavior with Food & Diet – In Session with Marc David
January 25, 2023 19:00 - 41 minutes - 76.6 MBLet’s be honest: trying to figure out what’s best to eat for our unique body – and stick to it – can be really hard. So can trying to lose weight. If we’re not careful, our whole life can become dominated by food, what to eat – and what not to eat, trying to be “good,” and constant thoughts about our diet. Diet anxiety can happen to all of us, and it often drives us to what Marc David, founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, refers to as “all or nothing eating.” One ...
Ending the Cycle of Self-Punishment with Food – In Session with Marc David
January 18, 2023 19:00 - 50 minutes - 93 MBIf you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you know it’s not so easy. In fact, it can be incredibly challenging (just look at all the billions of dollars we collectively spend on weight loss every year). So that begs the question: why is losing weight so hard? While challenges with weight loss are multifactorial, today we look at one of the hidden psychological obstacles that often gets in the way. And that’s feeling like the things we must do to lose weight are a form of self-punishment. ...
The Inner Rebel & Food: Why We Love Going Against The Rules – In Session with Marc David
January 11, 2023 19:00 - 40 minutes - 74 MBDo you love going against the rules? If so, you might have a strong “inner rebel” – an archetype that lives inside us, and can unwittingly make us go against our own best interests, especially when it comes to our health. As Marc David explores in this episode, our inner rebel is often behind the scenes unconsciously making choices for us about things like diet, exercise, sleep hygiene, and so much more. Thirty eight-year old Daniela from Mexico wants to improve her health but frequen...
Emotional Eating & The Criminal Mind – In Session with Marc David
January 04, 2023 19:00 - 49 minutes - 90.8 MBWhen it comes to emotional eating, so many of us focus on the habit itself -- the mindless munching on potato chips or the quick relief from a piece of chocolate -- without considering the emotions that drive the behavior in the first place. In this episode, we explore the true root cause of emotional eating (our emotions) -- and the role of the criminal mind in driving us to engage in this unwanted eating challenge. The criminal mind is that part of us that does something in secret out...
What You Tell Yourself About Stress Eating – In Session with Marc David
December 20, 2022 19:00 - 49 minutes - 90.9 MBIn this episode, we explore stress eating – a type of emotional eating – from the perspective of eating psychology. But first, for those unfamiliar with the term ‘eating psychology,’ a quick definition: eating psychology is the study of our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about food and body. It’s a positive and transformational approach that views our eating challenges as an opportunity to learn and grow. Stress eating has a huge psychological component to it. Whether we’re conscious of...
Is There Such a Thing as a Weight “Set Point?” – In Session with Marc David
December 13, 2022 19:00 - 37 minutes - 68.9 MBIn the weight loss world, the concept of a weight “set point” is pretty common. Meaning, our bodies seem to have an intrinsic natural weight that can be different for each of us. For many of us, that natural “set point” isn’t what we think it should be. We want a lower set point weight than we have, so we’ll often fight the body and make Herculean efforts to lose weight. And while you’ll find lots of resources out there on how to change your set point, in this episode we explore weight s...
Exhausted Of Dieting But Afraid of Gaining Weight? – In Session with Marc David
December 06, 2022 19:00 - 43 minutes - 80.8 MBIn this episode, we meet 53-year old Lydia, who has been dieting for 40 years. As an adolescent, Lydia developed anxiety about how her body was developing, as is often common for girls and boys at that age. Aerobics was becoming hugely popular at that time in the 1980s, diet culture was booming, and Lydia embraced it all with the hopes that she could shapeshift into the lean, long-legged body type she hoped for. Fast forward all these years later, Lydia is fed up with dieting. But she does...
Negativity with Food & Body - What’s the Solution? — In Session with Marc David
November 29, 2022 19:00 - 44 minutes - 83.2 MBAhvanya, 27, from Goa, India, has one wish when it comes to food and body: to never engage in negative self-talk again. Meaning, she would always trust herself with food, and she would never again judge her appearance. She would simply feel good about herself and feel confident all the time. But is it realistic to think we can somehow stop the negative internal chatter, all those voices that tell us we should be different or better? And if we could, would this finally allow us to be in...
The Dark Side of Healthy Eating — In Session with Marc David
November 22, 2022 19:00 - 41 minutes - 77.8 MBGood health is the foundation for every other wonderful thing we could want in life: relationships, career, wealth, happiness, and so much more. But striving for good health, like anything else, can be taken to its extreme. One of the manifestations of this is orthorexia, a type of eating challenge hyper-focused on making only the very healthiest of food choices. On paper that can seem like a good thing, but orthorexia has a real dark side. People suffering from orthorexia eventuall...
A 53-Year Old’s Journey with Stress & Emotional Eating — In Session with Marc David
November 15, 2022 19:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBIn this episode, Marc David coaches single mom, Eva, on her challenges with emotional eating. The eldest of 8 siblings, Eva has felt alone since childhood. Her mother was a hard-working single mom herself who was hardly ever at home, so Eva often stepped in to help raise her seven younger brothers. To ease her overwhelm and loneliness, she began comforting herself with food, especially with breads and sweets – a habit she’s continued into adulthood. Now many years later, Eva still feels...
Binge Eating, Disembodiment, & Grief — In Session with Marc David
November 08, 2022 19:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBNoelle, 58, recently lost her mother after a three year journey being her primary caregiver. During that time, Noelle started binge eating to deal with her emotions and ended up gaining about 30 pounds. Heartbroken over her mother, Noelle is beginning to realize the impact of her grief on her patterns with food, and would like to somehow let go of the unwanted eating habits she developed over the past few years. As you’ll hear in this episode of The Psychology of Eating Podcast, Noelle’s r...
Examining Our Thoughts & Beliefs Around Weight and Its Loss — In Session with Marc David
November 01, 2022 18:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBTiffany, 52, would like to lose about 5 kilos. For many years, she’s worried about what to eat, and believes that if she could only learn to “think like a thin person,” she could stop focusing so much on food. And that would in turn help her to lose weight. Tiffany also holds a variety of other beliefs around food and body, such as what her ideal weight should be, that weight loss should be effortless, that she should never overeat, and many more. And she’s not alone: all of us hold belie...
Reclaiming Our Sexuality After Illness & Weight — In Session with Marc David
October 25, 2022 18:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBAmy, 48, would like to be more present in her body but multiple life experiences seem to stand in her way. After having mostly recovered from a frightening journey with multiple sclerosis (MS), Amy may have regained her health, but is realizing that her relationship with her body and sexuality is now calling out for healing at a deeper level. As you’ll hear, Amy’s story with food and body go way back to childhood, when she had the startling experience of rapid puberty-related changes. One...
Where True Confidence Comes From — In Session with Marc David
October 18, 2022 18:00 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBMarc works with Lori, 57, who has been dieting for nearly 40 years. She’s exhausted from thinking about food and weight constantly, but still feels attached to losing weight. She believes she’d feel more accomplished once she loses the weight, and that how she feels on the inside would finally match the outside. Lori has lost weight in the past, and initially feels more confident. But somehow that starts to go away, and she gradually falls back into eating her favorite high-fat foods. And...
Being Home in Our Own Body — In Session with Marc David
October 11, 2022 18:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBMarc works with 30-year-old Kiersten who would like to let go of the fear and shame she feels around her weight, and feel more confident in her own skin. After being diagnosed with hypothyroidism in high school, Kiersten was placed on thyroid supplementation that helped her lose about 60 pounds – but since then, it’s been an up and down roller coaster. She’s experienced times where she was able to lose weight, trying things like a keto diet, working with a weight loss coach, and being on a...
The Body Image Comparison Trap — In Session with Marc David
October 04, 2022 18:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBIn this episode, Marc works with 41-year old Lisa who is battling body image challenges. She frequently judges her body, and often compares herself to others. She’d like to lose about 10 pounds, but more than anything she just wants to be free of body judgment. She knows she can find a happier and more peaceful relationship with herself, she just doesn’t quite know how. As they explore in her coaching session, Lisa learned early on as an 8-year old soccer player. She remembers noticing oth...
Embracing Your Path as a Nutritional Explorer — In Session with Marc David
September 27, 2022 18:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBMany of us who are into health and wellness learn to be discerning in our choices around food and nutrition. And that’s a great thing. But sometimes, we can start to worry and overanalyze our food choices. Taken to its extreme, that can lead to orthorexia, a type of eating disorder characterized by an obsession around making healthy food choices. In this episode of The Psychology of Eating Podcast, you’ll meet Caitlin, 26, who would like to let go of worrying so much about what to e...
Ending Our Quest for The One Perfect Way to Eat — In Session with Marc David
September 20, 2022 18:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBTareshvari (Tish) from Australia joins Marc David for this episode of The Psychology of Eating Podcast. Tish, 59, finds herself in a place of deep nutritional confusion. She was trained as a health coach, which she thought would help her find clarity about what to eat — but it only seemed to create more uncertainty about what foods are truly best for her health and well-being. The experts she follows in the health and nutrition space all seem to contradict each other, and so does the r...
Exploring Middle-Age Weight Loss Resistance — In Session with Marc David
September 13, 2022 18:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBIn this episode of The Psychology of Eating Podcast, guest coaching client Diana works with eating psychology teacher, Marc David. Diana, 57, has been trying for at least 16 years to lose about 40 pounds to no avail. Told that she has metabolic resistance, her latest functional medicine doctor has told her she may never be able to lose the weight. With several autoimmune conditions and having gone into early menopause, Diana is confused about what’s going on with her body and whether weight...
Cultivating a Shame-Free, Guilt-Free, Healthy Love of Food — In Session with Marc David
September 06, 2022 18:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBMarc David coaches 43-year-old clinical nutritionist, Jenny, who would like lose twenty pounds. At 14, Jenny moved to the United States from Russia, and almost immediately gained weight, which she attributes to the stress of relocating to a new country. Since then, Jenny has always been able to lose weight, but during times of stress, puts it right back on again. As many health professionals can attest, Jenny feels a certain pressure to conform to ideas of what a nutritionist or...