Real people. Real breakthroughs. For more than three decades, Marc David has helped millions discover the true causes of their unwanted eating habits like overeating, binge eating, emotional eating and the inability to lose weight. In this unscripted show, Marc coaches real clients using his unique blend of psychology and nutrition. Whether you want to transform your relationship with food or learn how you can help others, there’s no better place than The Psychology of Eating Podcast, and th ...
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When Weight Loss Doesn’t Alleviate “Weight Worry” – In Session with Marc David
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When it comes to body weight, most of us are focused on one thing: losing it! But many people aren’t prepared for what happens after weight loss. Any thoughts we may have about post-weight loss life are pretty dreamy. We imagine we’ll feel uber confident, accomplished, and ready to boldly move forward in life. But all too often, that simply isn’t t…
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Harnessing the Power of Conscious Ritual to Overcome Binge Eating – In Session with Marc David
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Night-time binge eating. It’s a pastime that many people struggle with, and can feel truly insurmountable. But nightly binge eating doesn’t have to get the best of you. The reality is, there’s a clear road to recovering our power and being in control with food – all that’s needed is a deeper understanding of why nighttime binge eating – otherwise k…
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Why Becoming a “Natural” Eater is Key to Weight Loss – In Session with Marc David
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Like so many of us, Cherie, age 56, wants to lose 20 pounds – but without the constant fight and struggle. Cherie has been battling these 20 pounds just about all her adult life – and she’s feeling ready for a new approach. Cherie’s kids are about to leave the house, and she’d like to focus on her life for the first time in many years. She dreams o…
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Why Self-Discipline Can’t Fix All Our Weight Loss Woes – In Session with Marc David
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Raelene, 46, would love to lose about 40 kilos. And she’s had great success in the past: all she has to do is eliminate sugar, cut down on the carbs, watch her calories and portion sizing, and the weight will eventually come off. But the problem is, she just can’t seem to stick to a diet plan for more than a few months. A cooking teacher and mother…
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When Body Insecurities Cause Us to Date the Wrong People – In Session with Marc David
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Barbara, 60, is finally ready to explore the world, go on adventures, and find the man of her dreams. She’s done lots of therapy, read all the books, and it seems like nothing should be in the way. But something is clearly holding her back. A lifetime of dieting and disliking her body, and a string of unfortunate dating experiences in the past has …
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Tempted to Take a Break from Weight Loss But Afraid of What Will Happen? –In Session with Marc David
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If you’ve been dieting for many years, you know it can get to be a little “much.” Chronic dieting can leave us frustrated, exhausted, and exasperated. Why does something so simple – weight loss – have to be so hard? Millions of people around the world are realizing that they’re just plain tired of dieting. So much so that an increasing number of pe…
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Emotional Eating in Uncertain Times: It's Time to Forgive & Let Go – In Session with Marc David
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Emotional eating always has a psychological or biological reason for showing up in our life. It never just “happens” … it’s almost always an unconscious psychological strategy to regulate difficult emotions. That’s the case for guest coaching client, Katy, who’s going through a period of massive change – and is struggling to manage her feelings abo…
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Stop Waiting to Lose Weight So You Can Find Love – In Session with Marc David
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It’s no surprise that many people around the world would like to lose weight. In fact, between 2017 and 2021, 55% of all Americans have expressed the desire for weight loss. And unfortunately, many people who are single and would like to find love in their life are instead putting it off until they’re at their desired weight. That’s the case for 41…
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Why We Need to Get Rid of the Term ‘Body Dysmorphia’ – In Session with Marc David
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In this episode of The Psychology of Eating Podcast, we’re going to take a look at why we need to get past the label of ‘body dysmorphia’ – a medical term – and instead look to understand why body dysmorphia is actually present. And to do that, we must explore our personal story from childhood to adulthood – because our history contains the clues f…
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Accepting Our Aging Bodies – In Session with Marc David
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We all have different reasons for wanting to lose weight: Feeling lighter Being healthier Fitting into your “skinny” clothes Or sometimes, just feeling more confident… And sometimes, there are hidden reasons for wanting to lose weight that we don’t even realize we have. For Nataliya, 46, weight loss has been a lifelong journey. Nataliya wants to be…
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How We Learn to Parent Our Inner Child Around Food & Weight – In Session with Marc David
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The desire to lose weight unites so many people around the world. And while it may be a common global phenomenon … what’s not frequently recognized is how unique all of our weight loss journeys turn out to be. The truth is, if we want to lose weight and keep it off, we need to intimately understand our life story and how it affects our journey with…
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A 72-Year-Old Man Releases a Lifetime of Food & Health Worries – In Session with Marc David
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In this episode, Marc David works with Richard, 72, who is living in a constant state of vigilance when it comes to his weight and health. Like so many of us, Richard has developed a belief that his diet must be perfect in order to maintain his health, avoid illness, and keep weight off. And what happens if he can’t maintain the perfect diet? The m…
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A 74-Year-Old Man Finds Peace with Weight & Body Image – In Session with Marc David
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When it comes to weight loss, so many of us feel that we need to restrict our food, punish the body with exercise, and be in a constant state of worry. We expect our weight loss journey to be an ongoing battle where we can never truly relax and live. But there’s a much better way. In this episode, Marc David works with guest podcast client David, a…
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Weight Loss & Spiritual Growth: What’s the Connection – In Session with Marc David
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So many of us are trying to lose weight. We can put all of our energy, our heart and soul, into fulfilling what seems like a simple desire - just lose a bunch of body fat. When our efforts aren’t working though, things can get complicated. We can become a bit anxious, and adopt the kind of beliefs that are intended to motivate us, but actually hold…
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Weight Extremism & Shame: A 53-Year-Old Heals His Heart & Body – In Session with Marc David
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When it comes to weight, many people can identify with the concept of “weight extremism” – otherwise known as yo-yo dieting. We’re “all in” with our health commitments, whether that’s daily exercise, a healthy diet, getting to bed early every night. We analyze, assess – and maybe even obsess about – every little morsel of food we put into our mouth…
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The Therapeutic Use of Food in Times of Grief or Loneliness – In Session with Marc David
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Food is so much more than just fuel for our bodies. It’s also a powerful connector. Food brings us together with family and friends, and allows us to express and receive love and appreciation, spark new relationships, create memories, discover and care for the world around us, and even navigate and explore our inner emotional and spiritual landscap…
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Afraid of Gaining Weight? How to Move from Food Fear to Food Freedom – In Session with Marc David
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Our culture is quick to praise dramatic weight loss. But it rarely acknowledges the heaviness that so often lingers afterward – the fear of gaining it all back. When we’re afraid of being overweight, it’s easy to see food as the enemy. We’ll often try to skip meals and deny our appetite. And it seems to make sense … After all, it’s food that makes …
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Releasing Food Fears & Embracing Your Inner Nutritional Explorer – In Session with Marc David
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When we’re facing a chronic health challenge, one of the great ways to help ourselves is to turn to food and diet. So many of us have had great success when using the “food as medicine” approach. But what happens when our healing diet routine feels too restrictive? And how do we reconcile our need to avoid certain foods with our natural desire for …
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Discovering the Wisdom in Our Love of Food & Pleasure – In Session with Marc David
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When it comes to food and weight, many of us have learned to treat our bodies as a kind of machine. We know what our Body Mass Index (BMI) “should” be, and we strive to stay within it. We may severely restrict our caloric intake, increase our weekly exercise to the point of exhaustion, or take other extreme measures to lose weight. And here’s the t…
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The Magic Weight Loss Number: Taking Our Power Back – In Session with Marc David
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For so many of us, numbers hold power. Whether it’s our bank account, the calories on our plate, or our final exam score, we give tremendous meaning to numbers. But there’s one number we often give the greatest meaning of all – and that’s our weight. Most of us have a “number” in mind for what we “should” weigh, and we tend to believe in it wholehe…
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Reclaiming Peace and Empowerment in Our Inner Dialogue with Food & Body – In Session with Marc David
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One thing we learn very early in our journey with food and body is that everyone’s got an opinion. We find no shortage of health and nutrition experts offering a variety of strong, and often conflicting, perspectives too. About healthy eating. About the ideal weight and body shape. About what we’re doing wrong. “But who is right? Will it work for m…
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How Our Regrets In Life Influence Our Journey With Weight & Body Image – In Session with Marc David
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Regrets. They’re something all of us have experienced over the years. Whether it’s not following a dream career, missing out on the trip of a lifetime, or wishing you had been able to say that final goodbye, regrets can be truly hard to move on from. As we explore in this episode, our regrets and disappointments in life can not only be difficult to…
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Anger & Weight Loss: Tuning In, and Getting Real – In Session with Marc David
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When it comes to weight, most of us are focused on improving our physical metabolism. We’ve been taught to think that weight loss is largely about reducing our caloric intake and increasing our daily exercise. But what’s often not talked about are the role of hidden negative emotions in our weight journey. We may acknowledge the importance of proce…
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Weight Loss, Trauma, & Abuse: What’s the Connection? – In Session with Marc David
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In this episode, we explore how, for some people, the lifelong desire to lose weight can reflect an unconscious attempt to “fix” parts of ourselves that we think are broken or somehow wrong – something that is common for those of us who have endured childhood trauma or abuse. As we know, childhood abuse and trauma can take many forms. And for too m…
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The Desire to Feel Comfortable in Your Own Skin – In Session with Marc David
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Many of us have had the thought, “I just want to feel comfortable in my own skin.” But have you ever stopped and truly considered this phrase? When we talk about feeling comfortable in our skin, we’re usually thinking about our weight. We want to be thinner, have a flatter belly, or trimmer thighs. We’re eager to feel good in our clothes, and want …
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