Reduce Emotional Eating

This is a 15. 40 min long track that will help you become more aware of - when its the emotions looking for food also provides you with
4-5 Tips to move away from the thoughts of eating. In addition, the part that looks for food gets counselled by the other part to be able to be more compassionate towards yourself to stop eating emotionally.

Transcript

Do not listen to this audio when your mind requires your conscious attention. Listen only when you're sitting comfortably on a chair. I want you to gently close your eyes and take a slow breath in through your nose and exhale through your mouth. Let's take another deep breath, Breathe in through your nose, Breathe out through your mouth. Let's begin with the truth. If you are struggling with emotional eating, Let me tell you that you're not lacking willpower, You are not weak and you're not broken. In our life, When so much is going on, Food becomes our comfort and comfort is a basic human need. And as you're sitting comfortably on a chair, I want you to feel the chair beneath you, Perhaps noticing the various points of contact between your lower body and the chair. Notice how your back is supported by the chair's backrest. And I want you to now drop your shoulders There is nothing to fix right now. This is your time, Your inner journey to reduce emotional eating. I wonder if you can take your mind to a recent time when you reached for food, Not because you were hungry, But because of the comfort that you were looking for through the food. Bring that event in your mind now. Now, Do not judge it, Simply notice it. Notice the emotion behind that behavior. Was it tiredness? Boredom, Loneliness, Or maybe the emotional overwhelm. And I wonder if you can put this event on a screen of a movie theater. You're watching yourself from a distance, Watching the movie. Notice yourself with compassion, Not with critical judgment. In the movie, The part that reaches for food when things feel heavy comes. That part is in front of you on the screen. How does that part look? Is it tired or stressed? And you have the power to get inside the screen to meet this part. So, Walk up to the movie screen on a count of three to one at one. You will imagine yourself entering the movie screen to meet this part. Three, Two, One. You are inside the movie. And I want you to ask that part who reaches for food when things feel heavy emotionally. Ask that part, What do you need? And listen to that part carefully. Whatever that part is saying, Just listen. Now, Tell that part, I see you, I understand. You do not have to do this alone anymore. And notice how that part responds. I want you to tell that part that often emotional eating is just a nervous system that never learned how to calm down safely. And you are going to teach that part how to do it. You're going to say, Next time when a craving comes, Instead of reaching food, All you need to do is to simply breathe in. Breathe in deeply through the nose and breathe out through the mouth as if you're blowing out a candle. Say to the part that this needs to be done at least 20 times till that craving passes away. Say to the part that there are more ways, More ways to distract yourself when the craving comes. Maybe you lie down for five minutes. Have a fresh glass of water. Step outside for fresh air. Or talk to someone over a call. See yourself choosing differently, Not perfectly, Not directly. Imagine you and the part becoming one with each other in the movie. Now imagine yourself one month from now and notice how calmer you've become around food. It no longer feels like an emotional emergency. You trust yourself more and still enjoy your food. All of this has come down into your body language. You're confident, More in control of yourself, Your eating habits. People can notice that through your walk, Through the way you sit. And through the way you breathe. The future version of yourself says to you that I am proud of you. Take that in. Know that your body was trying to protect you and now you're giving it something better. More compassion, More awareness. When you're ready, Slowly and gently open your eyes and come back to the here and now. Back to the present moment.