Eps 30. Dr. Adrienne Youdim - Conquering Your Emotional Hunger

Dr. Adrienne Youdim is a physician, author, TEDx speaker specializing in medical weight loss and nutrition. Her mission is to empower people to adopt scientifically backed mind-body techniques to enhance greater mental, emotional and physical health and wellbeing. She holds multiple board certifications awarded by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists, the American Board of Obesity Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Her most recent book Hungry for More: Stories and Science to Inspire Weight Loss from the Inside Out explores the emotional and spiritual hungers that present as a hunger for food.Show Notes2:54 - creative work around emotional and spiritual hunger that leads us to soothe with food 4:10 - nutrition is so much more than the food we eat 4:35 - the five pillars: food, movement, sleep, nature and practice that brings a pause 7:22 - exercise snacks and emphasis on movement versus exercise 9:18 - nature and the senses, helping to achieve emotional regulation11:48 - cell phone use before bed and its over-stimulating impacts to sleep quality 13:40 - caffeine impacts to the receptors of inducing sleep up to 12 hours15:00 - counter regulating neurotransmitters with use of sedative meds and alcohol. 17:34 - being aware of food intake prior to bed and which things might cause blood sugars dysregulation22:04 - being mindful of eating foods that we enjoy and have no negative reaction to 22:48 - Hungry for More, what book is all about 25:38 - hungry for belonging and how the practice of journaling became habit. 29:05 - using journaling concretely as a brain dump before sleep32:26 - pausing before reacting in autopilot, creating space between the trigger and the reaction 36:14 - recognizing great the reaction doesn’t scratch the itch but not coming from a place of blame 37:24 - pick one thing to incorporate and stick to it, rather than becoming overwhelmed with all of the things Contact:You can view her TEDx here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFpeEOeEZVghttps://dradrienneyoudim.com/Functionally EnlightenedFollow us on IG ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@functionallyenlightened⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to be notified when new interviews with amazing functional practitioners and chronic illness warriors are published.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.functionallyenlightened.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for information on how we can help you DETOX YOUR LIFE or to subscribe to our newsletter.