Podcasts Culture The Christine Upchurch Show When Food Is Comfort: Nurture Yourself Mindfully, Rewire Your Brain, and End Emotional Eating with guest Julie M. Simon

When Food Is Comfort: Nurture Yourself Mindfully, Rewire Your Brain, and End Emotional Eating with guest Julie M. Simon

Published: July 13, 2018, 6 p.m.

Current brain science shows that a lack of consistent emotional nurturance in infancy and childhood, when the brain is being formed, can result in difficulties with self-regulation, causing us to seek comfort and nurturance outside ourselves, often in substances, like food, and behaviors such as overeating. The good news is that our history is not our destiny and the brain can be rewired. Join Christine and guest Julie M. Simon to learn how