Monarch Therapeutic Services, LLC
FOCUS ON MINDFUL EATING
Support Group for Emotional/Distress Eaters
Support Group for Emotional/Distress Eaters
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FOCUS ON M.E. Workshop
Program Type: ~ Workshop ~ Group Group Size: ~ Min ~ Max Participants: ~ Any Sex ~ 18+ Program Venue: ~ OnLine/Videoconferencing Meetings: ~ Workshop Repeats Monthly ~ Last Tuesdays 8:15p-9:30p 2020 Meeting Dates: ~ Oct 27 ~ Nov 24 ~ Dec 29 Workshop participants are invited to participate in the free online support group. Program Cost: $25 due at registration Payment Options: Prepayment Required ~ Cash ~ Credit/Debit ~ PayPal Click Here To Register |
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The behavior that is often identified as "Emotional Eating" may more accurately be described as "Distress Eating".
Many people use food for comfort, stress relief, or to reward themselves, not just to satisfy physical hunger. Emotional eating does not fix emotional problems and usually makes you feel worse by evoking negative feelings such as guilt, for example. Emotional Eating workshops and support group offered by Monarch Therapeutic Services address the cognitive-behavioral cycle of distress eating. Our programs support participants in breaking the cycle of emotional eating / distress eating by helping them: ~ understand why they eat what they eat ~ recognize physical hunger ~ recognize external cues ~ recognize emotions attached to food choices ~ understand dynamics between food and -interpersonal relationships. Participants in our emotional eating workshops and support group learn and utilize mindfulness skills to increase healthy relationship with food during moments of heightened emotional states. By developing healthy coping skills and practicing control over cravings, participants learn to eat emotionally without shame, self-judgement, and self-loathing. |
What is Emotional Eating?Emotional Eating is using food to make yourself feel better - to fill emotional needs, rather than physical hunger.
~Do you eat more when you're feeling stressed? ~Do you eat when you're not hungry or when you're full? ~Do you eat to calm and soothe yourself when you're sad, mad, bored, anxious, etc? ~Do you reward yourself with food? ~Do you regularly eat until you've stuffed yourself? ~Do you feel powerless or out of control around food? Emotional Eating or Distress Eating often results in cycles of thoughts and feelings that lead to shame, self-loathing, self-judgment, and unhealthy physical conditions. The Cycle of
Emotional Eating (excerpted from Clean Program's YouTube video "The Cycle of Emotional Eating" |