Healing Emotional Eating for Trauma Survivors: Trauma-Informed Practices to Nurture a Peaceful Relationship with Your Emotions, Body, and Food

Healing Emotional Eating for Trauma Survivors offers a step-by-step guide to overcoming emotional eating using mindfulness, self-compassion, and neuroscience. It helps individuals heal from past trauma and cultivate a healthier relationship with food, body, and self, providing tools to calm anxiety, process emotions, and release the emotional need to hold onto weight.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 26 October 2023
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

If you have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse in your past, your past trauma can have a significant impact on your current self-care practices. You may struggle with challenging thoughts and feelings, and turn to food as a means of soothing your emotions when you are feeling sad, anxious, or stressed. You are not alone, as studies have shown a strong connection between adversity, trauma, and abuse, and emotional eating. However, the good news is that there are effective tools and strategies available to help you heal from the past and develop a healthier relationship with food, your body, and yourself.

Healing Emotional Eating for Trauma Survivors provides a groundbreaking, trauma-informed approach to overcoming emotional eating. This book offers step-by-step guidance to help you rewire your brain to calm trauma-based fears, regulate your body and emotions, connect with your inner wisdom for strength, and release the emotional need to hold onto weight.

Through the principles of mindfulness, self-compassion, and neuroscience, this book will help you gain a deeper understanding of your trauma and discover alternative ways to soothe stress and difficult emotions when they arise. You will learn to shift your focus away from your weight and towards cultivating a more loving and compassionate connection with your body as you heal.

This compassionate guide provides you with practical strategies to:

Calm your anxious brain and body: Learn techniques to reduce stress and anxiety, such as deep breathing, meditation, and progressive muscle relaxation.

Safely process your emotions: Develop healthy coping mechanisms for managing and processing your emotions, including journaling, art therapy, and talking to a trusted friend or therapist.

Transform self-punishment into self-compassion: Learn to treat yourself with kindness and understanding, rather than punishing yourself for past mistakes or negative thoughts.

Practice self-forgiveness and overcome body shame: Release the guilt and shame associated with your past trauma and embrace self-forgiveness, allowing you to develop a positive and loving relationship with your body.

Take your power back from trigger foods: Identify and address the foods that trigger your emotional eating habits, and develop strategies to manage your cravings and resist temptation.

Create an emotionally safe sanctuary: Surround yourself with supportive friends, family, and a home environment that promotes emotional well-being and safety.

Most importantly, this guide offers you the support and encouragement you need to end the cycle of emotional eating and release the weight of your trauma. You will gain the tools and confidence to live with a greater sense of freedom and vitality, as you develop a healthier and more fulfilling relationship with food, your body, and yourself.

If you are struggling with emotional eating and have experienced trauma in your past, Healing Emotional Eating for Trauma Survivors can be a transformative resource for your healing journey. By embracing the principles of mindfulness, self-compassion, and neuroscience, you can heal from the past and develop a healthier, more fulfilling relationship with food, your body, and yourself. Remember, you are not alone, and there is hope for a brighter future.

Weight: 286g
Dimension: 151 x 230 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781648481178