What Is Mindful Eating
You may be familiar with the term 'mindfulness,' but are you aware this can be applied to our eating habits? Mindful eating uses the act of mindfulness or being present, to help overcome eating problems in our increasingly busy lives. The goal is to shift focus from external thinking about food to exploring (and enjoying) the eating experience. It is not a diet and is focused around developing a new mindset around food.
How Does Mindful Eating Help
Mindful eating helps you distinguish between emotional and physical hunger. It also increases your awareness of food-related triggers and gives you the freedom to choose your response to them.
You Have Heard Your Clients Say...
- "I can't stop eating, and it is making my blood sugars spike."
- "I've lost control of my blood sugars and hope that I can change!"
- "I don't know if I am hungry or full!"
- "I want to enjoy eating."
- "I am so sick of dieting."
- "I don't know where to start because "I've never been able to stick to a plan."
- "I want to be healthy without focusing on my weight."
Help your clients step into the present moment and start the journey of awareness, self-acceptance, and mindfulness. This coaching session will help you synthesize your learning and identify how to bring your mindfulness training into your current practice. Together with your peers, this coaching session will identify opportunities and techniques to welcome the present moment with empathy for your client, allowing them to disrupt habitual patterns of thinking and acting.
Specifics About This Session
- This session meets monthly from 11-12:30 ET
- It will start on Sept 8 and meet on Sept 8, Oct 10, Nov 11 and Dec 12.
- The sessions are live and not recorded.
"Help your clients discover the enjoyment in each bite."
Megrette Fletcher
is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator. She has authored four weight neutral books which focus on motivational interviewing as a way to teach mindful eating. She also co-authored Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes with Michelle M.D.
Megrette is a co-founder of The Center for Mindful Eating, and the current owner of WN4DC Symposium. She has assisted to increase inclusion and diversity at the ADCES18, 19, 20 conferences and will serve on the ADA's 2021 Scientific Sessions - Clinical Nutrition Subcommittee. To learn more about Megrette, visit her website at Megrette.com. She can be reached at [email protected]