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The Psychology of Eating Podcast

In Session With Marc David: Harnessing the Artist Archetype to Heal Our Eating Challenges

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Marc David

Nutrition, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Psychology of Eating Podcast, we meet 32-year old Sofia from Bulgaria, who would like to stop binge eating. Working with Marc David, founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, Sofia shares that she uses food as a weapon for self-destruction. And she's been doing so for quite a while … all the way back to her father's suicide attempts when she was just 15 years old. 
 
Recently, Sofia moved to a new country where she's been adjusting to an entirely new life, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, and she had a heartbreaking miscarriage. Through it all, Sofia has struggled with major depression, and often turns to food for comfort.
 
As Marc explains, it's exceedingly common to turn to food to help regulate our emotions. And to a limited degree, this can be a useful strategy - until it isn't. 
 
So what can Sofia do to heal her relationship with food? A key strategy is harnessing the power of the artist archetype.
 
Tune in now to learn more about this unique approach!
 
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Learn more about The Institute for the Psychology of Eating: https://psychologyofeating.com/ 
 

Interested in becoming a certified coach in eating psychology? Then tune in to hear Marc talk about our Mind Body Eating Coach Certification Training, and download a copy of our School Catalog: https://psychologyofeating.com/info-kit/ Learn our powerful, cutting-edge approach, and discover how you can create a unique career helping others find peace and freedom with food.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Psychology of Eating Podcast, where food and body challenges are the doorway

0:08.2

into a happier, healthier life.

0:11.6

Now here's your host, eating psychology expert and founder of the Institute for the Psychology

0:18.4

of Eating, Mark David.

0:28.8

Welcome, everybody. I'm Mark David, founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, and we are back in the Psychology of Eating podcast. I'm with Sophie today. Welcome, Sophie. Hi. Thank you

0:37.1

for having me. Yes, I'm so glad we're doing this.

0:40.6

And you know, you and I will spend 45 minutes to an hour together. And the idea is for me to ask you

0:48.9

questions, find out what you'd like to work on, and then hopefully move you forward in your relationship with

0:55.2

food and body. So if you could wave your magic wand and get whatever you wanted, what would

1:02.3

that be? Oh, that's a tough question. I've been thinking about that question a lot, actually.

1:07.6

And on the surface level, what I would instantly say is stop being eating.

1:16.2

But I wish you were that easy because I have always had a challenging relationship with

1:23.2

food in a way where it has been a tool for self-empowerment and a weapon for self-destruction

1:32.0

almost at the same time. So I wish I can work this out and kind of stop identifying myself

1:41.6

with food. I guess that would be the answer. Okay. How old are you, Sophie?

1:47.8

I'm 32. 32. And where are you from? I'm from Bulgaria. Bulgaria. Is that where you are right now?

1:55.5

Yes, it is. Yay. So how old were you when you first started to notice? Something's going on with me and food.

2:05.3

So I think I was maybe 15 because what happened then was my dad's first suicide attempt

2:13.4

and my first memories of overeating dates back to that period.

2:19.9

But I think actually the seed of my eating disorder was planted when I was about five.

2:27.4

And it was through a very loving tradition that me and my parents shared.

2:32.7

And it was, they would buy me a chocolate

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