Healing Binge Eating Disorder and its Connection with Trauma, Diet Culture, and Weight Stigma with Amy Pershing

Happy Satiated Saturday! 

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, this is a time when food coping mechanisms can increase. 

Thanksgiving has become a Hallmark holiday of family peacefully gathering around a table to express their gratitude for each other while eating a beautifully cooked meal. 

When in reality, it can be filled with dysregulating conversation, overwhelming environments, and societally accepted binge eating. 

You may be picking up more cues of threat during this time, which can increase the urge to reach for food to regulate and self soothe. Patterns of binge eating have NOTHING to do with willpower. This has to do with your survival and sense of safety. 

In this week’s episode, I chat with Amy Pershing, founder of Bodywise BED Recovery Program. We talk about what this binge eating disorder healing journey looks like, what a person healing from these behaviors with food needs to learn, approaching the journey in a body image neutral way, and be sure to listen to the end for questions you can ask yourself when feeling the urge to binge. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/healing-binge-eating-disorder

With Thanksgiving coming up, you may notice your binge urges increase. This is why I've put my Somatic Eating® Intensive on sale for 40% off until Tuesday, November 28th. You'll receive a 2.5 hour class along with a week of 1:1 Voxer support where you will be able to send me a message every day and receive individualized guidance back personally from me. Check it out ​HERE​: https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/hLtWwyLY?coupon_code=SOMATICEATINGTHANKS

With Compassion and Empathy,
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Website: https://www.thebodywiseprogram.com/

Book: Binge Eating Disorder