Summary of Jennifer Taitz's End Emotional Eating

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#1 The marshmallow experiment shows that children who are able to delay gratification have better grades, relationships, and attention skills as adults. willpower is about strategically directing your attention. You will learn to sit with temptation and pay attention in a different way.

#2 Emotional eating is when we eat to cope with emotions, rather than to nourish our bodies. This book will help you understand and accept your emotions, and not rely on food to cope with them.

#3 Mindfulness and acceptance are the most important concepts in this book. They describe present-moment-focused, flexible, nonjudgmental awareness. They are about experiencing the reality of where you are now rather than living in the abstractions of your thoughts about the past or future.

#4 The concepts in this book are not based on whim or on my thoughts alone. These approaches are considered to be the latest advances in cognitive behavioral therapy and have been found helpful in randomized controlled trials for a wide range of problems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822528291

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The marshmallow experiment shows that children who are able to delay gratification have better grades, relationships, and attention skills as adults. willpower is about strategically directing your attention. You will learn to sit with temptation and pay attention in a different way.

#2

Emotional eating is when we eat to cope with emotions, rather than to nourish our bodies. This book will help you understand and accept your emotions, and not rely on food to cope with them.

#3

Mindfulness and acceptance are the most important concepts in this book. They describe present-moment-focused, flexible, nonjudgmental awareness. They are about experiencing the reality of where you are now rather than living in the abstractions of your thoughts about the past or future.

#4

The concepts in this book are not based on whim or on my thoughts alone. These approaches are considered to be the latest advances in cognitive behavioral therapy and have been found helpful in randomized controlled trials for a wide range of problems.

#5

Dialectical behavior therapy is a treatment developed by University of Washington professor Marsha Linehan that helps people manage their emotions. It teaches you how to both change and accept your emotions at the same time, which helps you regulate your feelings.

#6

ACT is a treatment developed by Steven Hayes at the University of Nevada, Reno, and his colleagues Kirk Strosahl and Kelly Wilson. It teaches people to become psychologically flexible, to let go of rigid patterns, and to build a life they choose, rather than a life based on avoiding or fighting their feelings.

#7

Mindfulness is a technique that helps people get out of their mental loops of painful thoughts that create and exacerbate distressing feelings. It has been found to be helpful in the treatment of problems with emotions and eating.

#8

I have spent many years living in New York City. I have observed the culture’s preoccupation with weight and shape, and I have experienced my own imperfections and flaws. I have learned to practice mindfulness and acceptance skills, and I have found them to be immensely helpful in tempering the strength and sway of these feelings of imperfection and worry.

#9

Mindfulness and acceptance are two concepts that