Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin:
Psychoanalyst. Author. Helping you finally feel normal around food.
It's Not What You're Eating. It's What's Eating "At" You.
I'm Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin, a psychoanalyst, author, and podcast host. I've spent decades helping people stop binge eating and emotional eating without dieting, deprivation, or willpower.
My approach is different from what you may have tried before. I don't focus on food. I focus on the real, hidden reasons people turn to food for comfort, eat compulsively, or feel out of control around food.
When you resolve what's underneath, the obsession with food falls away and it stays away. That's the foundation of my Binge Cure Method, and it's what I've seen transform lives in my therapy and coaching practices over and over again.
Food is never the real problem. It's the way we cope with something deeper. And once you understand that, everything changes.
I'm the author of The Binge Cure: 7 Steps to Outsmart Emotional Eating (20,000+ copies sold), The Binge Cure Journal, Beyond Binge Eating, and Food for Thought: Perspectives on Eating Disorders, as well as several scholarly works on psychoanalysis and the psychology of eating.
I've hosted four podcasts on emotional eating and food freedom, and I'm a media expert who has appeared on The Dr. Drew Podcast and numerous other programs.
Whether you've been struggling for months or decades, I want you to know that change is possible. It starts with understanding what's really driving your relationship with food, and from there, you can create lasting freedom.
My Journey to Now
How I stopped dieting and obsessing about every calorie, carb and fat gram and made peace with food for good!
My experience with eating problems began as a young child and continued through my teens into my college years. In fact, as far back as I can remember, my first thoughts in the morning were always about food and whether I’d be disciplined enough to avoid an extra bite that day, and my last thoughts at night were counting calories and fat grams while most people counted sheep.
In my desire to be perfect, I followed the strictest, most unrealistic diets and kept track of literally everything I put into my mouth. Looking back now, I can see how the secrecy of my relationship with food fooled me into thinking I was in control, when nothing could be further from the truth.
When my willpower eventually gave in (in truth, it always did), I’d lose control, binge, and then get rid of everything I’d eaten, only to feel nothing but shame. And then the cycle would start all over again.
I spent years in the same vicious cycle until I reached my breaking point and decided to begin therapy for anxiety. During my weekly visits, I shared everything with my therapist; I told her how I felt about my job and I shared my hopes, dreams and fears. In fact, I shared everything in my life except one thing:
I never told her that I was in a toxic relationship with food.
Yes, you read that right! Not once did I ever disclose my secret (that I'd been holding on to for so long), and by the time I left treatment, I was no longer obsessed with food. All of my food issues were completely gone and my weight was healthy according to both the scale and more importantly, myself. For the first time in my life, I was fit both mentally and physically. I was finally at peace with food.
How was this possible?
Shockingly, there was no magic involved! Therapy helped me become more self-compassionate, and I finally started to listen to myself; I paid attention to how I felt and what bothered me, and I started being gentle with myself when I experienced emotions I didn’t like (after all, we’re only human). I learned to cope with challenging situations instead of distracting myself from them with food, and I learned the art of calming my emotions without reaching for a box of cookies, or pint of ice cream.
I’m living proof that it’s possible to liberate yourself from binge eating. If there’s only one thing you take away from my story, let it be this: there’s always hope.
I can’t wait to help you on your journey to a life without binge eating!
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