Bingeing & Survival Response
Elisabeth Kristof, the founder of Brain Based Wellness, joins me to unpack the neurology behind disordered eating, scarcity mindset, diet culture, and more. She is an expert in using applied neurology to resolve old patterns, improve performance, and increase well-being.
In this episode, I share:
- [2:38] Jennifer binge eating at an early age
- [4:57] Why we replace the comfort and safety we are not getting with food
- [6:01] Bingeing is a healthy output of a well-functioning brain if you deprive it
- [10:23] Neurons associated with restriction, trigger the desire to binge
- [14:08] Cultivate a relationship with movement
- [19:40] How trauma and stress caused Elisabeth to binge
- [21:18] Freeze and Fawn
- [23:32] Undoing scarcity mindset and complete shunning of diet culture
- [28:24] Stimulating your vagus nerve
- [35:51] How are introception and scarcity mindset linked?
- [39:59] What Elisabeth did to heal and find safety in herself
- [43:18] Meditation can feel threatening when you are in a state of fight or flight
- [46:54] Comparing ourselves to other people
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