E211: How to heal your relationship with food, lose your excess weight and break free from food addiction with Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson

Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D., is the New York Times bestselling author of Bright Line Eating, The Official Bright Line Eating Cookbook, and Rezoom. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester and an expert in the psychology of eating. She is president of the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss and the founder of Bright Line Eating, a worldwide movement on a mission to help one million people have their Bright Transformations—the full physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional transformation that accompanies healthy, sustainable weight loss—by 2030. 

In this episode we discuss:

  • Susan’s personal journey of overcoming sugar and drug addiction, which eventually inspired her to create the Bright Line Eating movement. 

  • Susan’s science-backed approach to understanding and healing food addiction by looking at psychological factors.

  • How and why rituals and affirmations play a vital role in fostering the mental well-being essential for achieving and sustaining weight loss in the long term.

  • How Susan's highly successful Bright Line Eating program is unique, and why setting boundaries around your meals is critical.

  • How people in Susan's program are keeping their weight off longer than most programs, including people who have taken GLP-1 class drugs.

  • Susan’s latest book "On This Bright Day: A Year of Reflections for Lasting Food Freedom."  

This conversation unpacks the science and psychology behind eating and addiction, and is sure to provide hope to anyone struggling with food addiction.

Helpful links and resources:

Learn about Bright Line Eating and take the addictive tendencies quiz: https://www.brightlineeating.com/

Published studies:

Purchase Susan's latest book, "On This Bright Day: A Year of Reflections for Lasting Food Freedom"

FB: https://www.facebook.com/BrightLineEating

IG: https://www.instagram.com//brightlineeating/

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