Have you tried every diet under the sun to lose weight or stop overeating, and end up at the bottom of the ice cream pint before you realize what happened? You haven’t failed, our brains are literally wired this way. But we can rewire our brain’s “circuits” with a simple method called, Emotional Brain Training. This week, Jenn is joined by Dr. Laurel Mellin to discuss Emotional Brain Training (EBT) and how it works to manage your under or over eating. Dr. Laurel starts the episode by sharing her experience with obesity, and how she overcame it with her EBT technique. She explains the science behind our tendency to over or under eat, the science behind EBT, the 4 circuits of the brain, and how someone can use EBT to change their life. Dr. Laurel gives a great deep dive into how we can be in control of our food, body, love and protection circuits so that we can live a life filled with more joy! Tune in to learn more! The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store. RESOURCES: Become A Member of Salad with a Side of Fries Jenn’s Free Menu Plan A Salad With a Side of Fries A Salad With A Side Of Fries Merch A Salad With a Side of Fries Instagram GUEST RESOURCES: The EBT website for the program Latest Book 1-2-3 JOY EBT Facebook Group Dr. Laurel Mellin's Instagram Dr. Laurel Mellin's LinkedIn
Have you tried every diet under the sun to lose weight or stop overeating, and end up at the bottom of the ice cream pint before you realize what happened? You haven’t failed, our brains are literally wired this way. But we can rewire our brain’s “circuits” with a simple method called, Emotional Brain Training.
This week, Jenn is joined by Dr. Laurel Mellin to discuss Emotional Brain Training (EBT) and how it works to manage your under or over eating. Dr. Laurel starts the episode by sharing her experience with obesity, and how she overcame it with her EBT technique. She explains the science behind our tendency to over or under eat, the science behind EBT, the 4 circuits of the brain, and how someone can use EBT to change their life. Dr. Laurel gives a great deep dive into how we can be in control of our food, body, love and protection circuits so that we can live a life filled with more joy! Tune in to learn more!
The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.
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[3:52] “We have to stop focusing on the food. The food is the tail end of a fight or flight circuit that’s spewing chemicals that make you want to eat. Turn off that circuit and those chemicals won’t arrive, but as long as you’re focusing yourself and evaluating yourself and punishing yourself for what you ate, you’re not going to have the intentional control in your brain to focus on rewiring that circuit so you get lasting freedom.” - Dr. Mellin
[14:59] “What happens is all eight of those chemicals collude to make it virtually impossible for you not to overeat, feel bad inside, and gain weight. It’s all biochemical, and it’s all affected by one thing, the stress chemicals in your body.” - Dr. Mellin
[32:37] “I thought, I’ve got to go on a diet, and I said no, I’m not going to. I’m going to find my own natural weight. I’m not going to judge my body no matter what size it is. I’m going to eat when I’m hungry, stop when I’m dissatisfied, and use the EBT tool so I can do that. And what happened is food became a non-issue.” - Dr. Mellin
"You can rewire your brain for health, health in mind and in body." - Jenn Trepeck
RESOURCES:
Become A Member of Salad with a Side of Fries
A Salad With A Side Of Fries Merch
A Salad With a Side of Fries Instagram
GUEST RESOURCES:
The EBT website for the program
BIO:
Dr. Mellin is a health psychologist, New York Times Bestselling author, and founder of emotional brain training, a neuroscientific program for rewiring the brain out of stress overload and into states of joy and optimal health. She developed EBT during her 40 years as a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Mellin is the executive director of the Solution Foundation, which conducts EBT research and trains health professionals and coaches to deliver EBT in their practices and online.