135 Glenn Livingston PhD. Avoid Addictions, Conquer Cravings and Overcome Food Obsessions

THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on avoiding cravings and food addictions to create a healthy relationship with food, and embrace a nutrition lifestyle based on whole, unprocessed foods. Today's Featured Expert is Glenn Livingston Ph.D, a veteran psychologist and  long time CEO of a multi-million dollar consulting firm to the food industry. Disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer overweight and/or food obsessed individuals, Dr. Livingston spent several decades researching the nature of bingeing and overeating via work with his own patients and a self-funded research program with more than 40,000 participants. Episode Timeline   0:11 Intro to a discussion on food cravings and addiction   1:53 Personal journey from obesity to healthy weight through therapy and self-awareness   5:57 Food addiction and control strategies 15:43 Impact of external forces on our beliefs and behaviours 21: 28 Genetic predispositions, preferences and habits 32:54 Techniques to deal with establishing habits 38:04 Accessing resources to help reframe your personal programming. About this episode's Featured Expert: Learn more about Dr. Glenn Livingston and Defeating Your Cravings at these links https://www.defeatyourcravings.com/ Download free ebooks at this website https://www.linkedin.com/in/drglennlivingston/ https://twitter.com/NeverBingeAgain https://www.facebook.com/NeverBingeAgain/ About  Your Host: Dr. Gillian Lockitch Download your free Guide to Living Younger Longer.  Schedule a free Discovery Call with Dr. Gill Email  Dr. Gill at [email protected] About  Your Host: Dr. Gillian Lockitch website: https://www.askdrgill.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gillian.lockitch/ GOLY Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/growingolderlivingyounger And if you have not already done so, follow,  rate and review the Growing Older Living Younger podcast.