Betsy Thurston Registered Dietitian

05/13/2024

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Emotional Brain Training for Food and other unwanted behaviors

In this podcast episode Betsy talks with Laurel Mellin, PhD, who is the founder of EBT, or emotional brain training.  Laurel explains in great detail how this specific brain training system works, specifically giving examples related to (among other things) binge eating and childhood situations tha...

04/10/2024

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Eating issues during menopause and at any age! A conversation with Deb Butler

During this conversation with weight loss coach Deb Butler, you will hear about her personal journey with weight issues and her process when working with women with similar issues. We talk about thoughts, intuitive eating, emotional eating, how menopause is in some ways like adolesence, and about ho...

02/09/2024

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : The practice of embodying emotions

Betsy talks about the techniques offered in the book The Practice of Embodying Emotions by Raja Selvam, PhD. in order to help listeners learn a tool to help completely change their unwanted behaviors. She gives specific examples and case studies that are presented in the book. 

12/20/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Integrating fear, body acceptance, and learning how to refocus

In this podcast Betsy talks about the artform of integrating the experience of fear in all its forms, using ideas from psychology and spirituality. Included in the discussion is a look at the problem of judgment towards the body and she teaches a specific exercise you can do to work towards body acc...

12/04/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Lose weight with Low carb diets, blood glucose monitoring and weight loss drugs, an interview

On this podcast Betsy interviews Dr. Paul Kolodzik, who specializes in the prudent use of weight loss drugs, low carbohydrate diets and blood glucose monitoring for people who have trouble losing weight. Insulin resistance is a very common condition in people with weight issues, and Dr. Kolodzik tal...

10/05/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Addiction, physical pain, eating disorders, overthinking, OCD and brain training for recovery

Betsy talks about the brain's "habit" of addiction, eating disorders, pain, anxiety, and even OCD, and one approach to help recover.  She reviews concepts from a book called The Pain Habit by Drew Coverdale.  Topics include the subconscious and conscious mind, buidling resilence, and learning how ...

09/13/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Fine Tuning Intuitive Eating with the Law of Attraction

On this episode Betsy looks at some of the key components of intuitive eating and how to apply them more fully in order to obtain a new relationship with eating.  She also sprinkles in some of the ideas from manifesting, or the Law of Attraction. Topics include having the right mental approach, tun...

08/02/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : DBT: Behavior chains, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation

In this episode Betsy talks about the specific skills involved with DBT therapy. She details what to do and how to use some of the best DBT practices, using examples from a client.  As always, she sprinkles in some spiritual concepts along the way. 

07/08/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Brain, body, spirituality, habits, hope. Trust the process

In this episode Betsy gives a mini book report on Jill Bolte Taylor's "Whole Brain Living" which  talks about integrating the brain's left and right hemispheres so that unwanted behaviors and habits can shift. She talks about the brain's connection with health, spirituality, and habits as it shows ...

06/21/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Living with Diabetes: Ideas to manage food and mental struggles

In this episode Betsy talks with Registered Dietitian and diabetes expert Ben Tzeel about how to successfully navigate mental struggles and food confusion that might come up for people with either Type I or Type 2 diabetes. We talk about some common struggles that might also happen with disordered e...

05/30/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Future self part 2, including practices to connect with unconscious blocks

Betsy shares one client's extensive list of future self ideals and talks about some of the ideas that came up during the session in which she shared them.  This podcast can give the listener more ideas about how to make effective intentions for createing a future self.

05/12/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Who is your future self?

In this episode Betsy talks about the idea of creating your future self so you can learn to be that future self now.  She reviews key idea's from Benjamin Hardy's book, Be Your Future Self Now to help listeners apply the concepts to their struggles with eating, relationships, and other predicments....

04/08/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Anger, Control, Thought Habits, and the basics of healthy eating and intuitive eating

Betsy starts the podcast with a quick review of ideal foods and food goals and intuitive eating basics before shifting to a conversation about several clients who want to stop patterns of over reaction and anger.  She talks about working with brain habits, control, and learning how to live from the...

03/16/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Helping Kim, who overeats at night

Betsy talks about specific tools to use when confronted with the urges to overeat or binge eat, especially at night. At the very end Betsy talks briefly about a post from facebook from someone who is currently in the weeks after weight loss surgery. There is a lot in this episode that can help anyon...

03/07/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : The surprising effect of having no preferences

Betsy talks about the surprising and calming effect of learning the art of having no preferences. This is a counter intuitive concept that can have tremendous impact on the intensity of food cravings.  

03/01/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : The triangle of parts in the brain that keep you stuck, and NEW ZOOM CLASS announement

Betsy talks about the system in play in the mind that often keeps people stuck in a cycle of chronic dieting or overthinking food and eating.  She also announces her new live class over zoom which will begin the last week in March, 2023

02/25/2023

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02/21/2023

Binge Dieting Learn how to change your relationship with Eating : Sensations in the body: learning from them, learning to be with them, and learning from meditation

This podcast talks about the critically important skill of understanding and listening to sensations in your body. It talks about the experiences of sensation as they relate to food, emotions, trauma, and behaviors. Uncomfortable sensations often precede episodes of overeating. Other times people ge...