Do you avoid parties and other social events because you’re afraid you’ll be the biggest person in the room? Are you self-conscious and afraid you won’t fit in? Comparing yourself to others makes you feel bad, which leads to overeating. In this episode, Dr. Nina helps you shift focus from your physical size to the size of your self-esteem.
Do You Love Food?
Do you love food? When it comes to Valentine’s Day, is your first thought of chocolate, or love? If it’s easier to love food than it is to love people, maybe your conflicts over relationships are getting played out with food. In this episode, Dr. Nina explores how the “love of food” can replace the “food of love” and she provides food for thought on how to make changes.
Shop ‘Til You Pop
Do you shop ‘til you drop? Eat ‘til you’re about to pop? If you overspend as well as overeat, maybe there’s a connection between how you’re spending money, and what’s going on with food. In this episode, Dr. Nina explores the link between overspending and overeating
Are You A Food Addict (or not)?
Do you consider yourself a food addict? Do you feel helpless and powerless over sugar, white flour and processed foods? Maybe you are a food addict. Then again, maybe not. In this episode, Dr. Nina explores the controversial topic of food addiction. Does it exist, or not? And does the label really matter?
The Skinny on Fat Talk
How do you talk about your body? Do you say things like, “I’m huge and I’m disgusting” and put yourself down? The way you talk about yourself affects the way you feel, which leads to overeating. In this episode, Dr. Nina gives you strategies to stop the negative cycle. Losing weight takes time, but you can drop the fat talk in no time.
Be a Diet Wiz
Do you think you should be smarter, more compassionate or take more risks? Do you keep parts of yourself hidden from friends or family? If so, the characters from The Wizard Of Oz can inspire you to challenge the negative or incorrect ideas you have about yourself. When you feel better, it’s easier to make better food choices and lose weight.
Stop Dieting, Start Living
Is it difficult for you to relax? If you have a hard time chilling out, maybe you’re using food to avoid uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. Or maybe eating gives you something to do. In this episode, Dr. Nina identifies how the “human doing” mentality keeps people on a cycle of staying busy and dieting. When you are a “human being” you’re less likely to use food for relaxation or distraction.
Weigh Your Words (skip the scale)
When you’re upset, do you tell yourself to look on the bright side? If so, you may be making things worse instead of better. In this episode, Dr. Nina explains the ways you may be dismissing yourself and offers suggestions on how to respond differently to yourself and how to tolerate difficult emotions.
Starving For Love?
What are you hungry for right now? Is it food… or do you have a deeper hunger, for something emotionally fulfilling? Maybe what you truly hunger for is love and connection. In this episode, Dr. Nina explores the connection between relationships and emotional eating. She identifies four different attachment styles and how they impact your relationship to food.
Five Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Diet (with words)
How do you talk to yourself? Do you say mean things that you’d never say to a friend, partner, spouse or child? If so, it’s affecting how you feel – and how you eat. In this episode, Dr. Nina describes five ways you’re sabotaging your diet, all having to do with the way you talk to yourself.