Wendy Hill, Ph.D. Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy
Top Specialist in San Diego and Encinitas – Individual, Couples, Psychotherapy, Coaching, and Hypnotherapy
Hopefully now you realize that your overeating is comfort eating and has to do with an underlying lack of harmony expressed somewhere in your life. Hopefully you realize that there is no magic wand that is going to remove your addictive cycle. Realize that your overeating is a symptom and not the real underlying problem. … Read more
The behavior most associated with comfort eating is the passive act of relinquishing responsibility. This passive and self-defeating act is backed by fear: fear of confrontation, fear of saying what you need or want, fear of saying “yes”, fear of saying “no”, fear of hurting someone’s feelings, fear of disappointing someone (dead or alive), and … Read more
Your core beliefs about yourself that were formed in childhood determine how you think, feel, and act, how you feel about yourself, what you think you can do, how valued and worthy you see yourself, how lovable, and how safe you feel. Anxiety, depression, addiction, and a host of other problems are based in core … Read more
For you to stop your comfort eating something in your life has to change. First you have to change how you think about yourself and your life. Then you have to put that change into action. In short, you have to take responsibility for creating a better life. You may be thinking, “I know what … Read more
Healthy eating requires a change of attitude and not only in how you think about food. It requires a change in how you think about your life. Happy people who are in harmony with themselves and at peace within tend to eat healthfully. People who are ill at ease with themselves and uncomfortable about something … Read more