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In today's episode, I want to talk about turning stress eating into intuitive eating. It can be done and I've seen

it happen many many times and it seems like there's a heightened awareness around eating in different foods this time of year,

even if we're not going to be in big gatherings this year.

It's still holiday time.

All of the special treats are out and often this awareness around the

eating is fueled by cravings, by stress eating, and more stress eating leads to more stressful feelings which leads to

more stress eating and more getting down on oneself for the less than stellar behaviors. So holidays is a good time to talk about

stress eating I think and a good time for us to bring our awareness to the forefront.

Actually, it seems like this all starts around Halloween

when some of the big changes in eating begins to happen to people who are prone to stress

eating and cravings and giving into sugar. The eating begins to ramp up for many

people right there around Halloween and then once off track with the sugary

Process food which is what like candy would be at Halloween time and flavors, enhanced flavors.

Once you're off track with that and the cravings are alive and we add to that the busyness of holidays and the normal eating

desires and patterns are definitely then off track and the way back is really through intuitive eating.

I know a lot of people will wait till the first of the year and then do all different kinds of dieting.

And in my opinion, for my many years of dealing with people with

many different kinds of disordered eating very you know some more serious things is the intuitive eating.

And so what is intuitive eating?

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