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Women Food and God on Oprah

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“Women, Food and God” will be featured on the Oprah show this week, with Geneen Roth, author of 7 books on compulsive eating. Geneen has always been masterful at describing her compulsive eating and compulsive dieting in artful detail. This book discusses the process of her retreat students, as well as the connection of spirituality [...]

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Stress Eating: Is It An Addiction?

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Is Stress Eating An Addiction?
All addictive processes represent an effort to control feelings.
Even more than that, they represent an effort to keep life itself under control.
Addicts are hooked on things being one certain way (the way they “should” be), and are unable to just let things “be” to take their natural course.
Addiction is a response [...]

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Stress Eating’s Evil Cousin

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It’s that time of year where stress baking (stress eating’s evil cousin) can rear it’s ugly head.
Stress baking may be even more insidious than stress eating itself, in that you tend to eat even more sweets and generously “share” (read “push”) them on others.
The sharing part can be (of course) an innocent loving act, in [...]

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7 Signs Of A Compulsive Eater

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They say that men drink to socialize and celebrate.
Women drink to cope with stress, anxiety and depression.
It’s the same with food, really . . .
Food has become an easy and reliable friend, a cheap source of comfort and support.
Here are 7 signs of a compulsive eater:
1. I’m not hungry, but I NEED something to eat.
We [...]

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