(#43) Navigating emotional eating + transforming your eating habits with Joshua Hillis

Dr Kirsty Seward

Josh and I connected via Instagram over 12 months ago and it’s surreal that this episode is finally happening! Josh Hillis is an eating skills coach who is helping people transform their relationship with food. He has accumulated 20 years of coaching experience and authored not one, but two books!
In this episode we cover...
-Josh's journey from fitness and meal plans to studying psychology to better support his clients
-Why meal plans only work for a small portion of the population
-The way emotional eating shows up in day to day life (eg. stress eating, not being able to stop snacking at work)
-Why food becomes the go-to way to manage stress
-The 4 levels of motivation that humans have access to in order to drive change in eating behaviours
-How our 'values' can help guide our eating behaviours to become the person we desire to be
-Why a 'reward' and 'punishment' approach to changing your eating habits leaves you feeling exhausted
-The peace that comes when you allow yourself to make mistakes and learn - the outcome when you say goodbye to the 'all or nothing' and 'pass/fail' mentality when it comes to food
-The power of a PAUSE - putting a gap between 'wanting' and 'choosing'
-How to practice 'zooming in' and 'zooming out' when navigating uncomfortable emotions
...and so much more!
You can connect with Josh on Instagram @joshuahillis
Click here to download the values list mentioned in the episode
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All my love
Kirst
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