108: Breaking Free: Rewiring Emotional Patterns for Stress Resilience with Dr. Laurel Mellin

Dr. Mellin is a health psychologist, New York Times Bestselling author, and founder of emotional brain training, a program for rewiring stress into joy for a life of optimal health and higher purpose. She developed EBT as a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and directs EBT to train health professionals and coaches in the method. More of what Rachel and Dr. Mellin discuss in the episode: Dr. Mellin’s inspiration for pursuing health psychology Root cause of overeating: amygdala and emotional circuits EBT: small groups, app, and telephone-based support Differences between traditional psychotherapy and EBT How EBT removes self-judgment and shame Five brain stress levels and memory connections EBT vs. EMDR therapy for trauma recovery Regulating emotions and accessing elevated states like joy The Cycle Tool: spiraling from stress to joy and gratitude Advice for overcoming emotional eating and achieving lasting weight loss AFFILIATIONS IN TODAY'S EPISODE: 💚 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠US WELLNESS MEAT 💚 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠FULLSCRIPT ⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Get 15% off of professional-grade supplements CONNECT WITH Dr. Mellin HERE: 💚 The EBT community website 💚 EBT Facebook 💚 Dr. Mellin's Instagram CONNECT WITH RACHEL HERE: 💚 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book Your Consult With Rachel here 💚 Free Autoimmune Webinar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💚 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FREE ENERGY REBOOT HEALTH PLAN HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💚 Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Naturalhealthrising⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💚 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Natural Health Rising YouTube HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠