Sometimes eating behaviors are so deeply automated that a person might never get from wanting-to-change to trying-to-change. This is why understanding safety and threat through the nervous system can be so deeply supportive. Helping people get the understanding can help reduce how disorganized they feel. So, even outside of the session, they are a lot better able to recognize what is going on, to name it, and to do something about it.

Knowing your triggers, cues of danger, that activate a defense response AND glimmers, cues of safety, that lead to connection and calm may be the missing piece of healing your relationship with food.

How does our nervous system state narrate the story of who we are with food? The Polyvagal Theory is another resource for bringing consciousness to otherwise unconscious behaviors.

We step on the scale to find an answer to our unanswered questions. Read up on why we weigh ourselves and steps to move away from this habit.