What Motivates People to Overeat; The Very Latest Science!

Our Guest: Mary Boggiano, PhD, Associate Professor; Dept. of Psychology & Assoc. Scientist, UAB Clinical Nutrition Research Center

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on April 15, 2013

Mary Boggiano

What do we know about what causes people to binge eat?” Liking and wanting”, “reward and craving” drive binge eating.

Did you know dieting can super-sensitize us to want to binge eat? Everyone says, “Stop dieting”. Here’s the science that proves why that’s so important. Learn what we know about genetic markers than may make one vulnerable to binge eating.

Listen in as Dr. Mary Boggiano, one of the top researchers in the field of binge eating and the brain; the behavioral neuroscience that underlies abnormal eating behavior, also tells us about people who binge eat but have not had a history of dieting. She’ll describes the role of anxiety and depression in binge eating and the four motives that have been determined to drive binge eating.

Ever make funny mixes of food with foods that are not normally eaten together; that you’d be ashamed for anyone else to see? If so, you’re not alone. It’s called “concocting”. We’ve discovered it’s common in people who binge eat? We’ll share details of a new study Dr. Boggiano and I co-authored that has just been published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Emotional Eating and Relationships; Can You Count the Triggers?

Our Guest: Sandy Matthews, PhD

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

This Seminar will be Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on June 15, 2013

Dr. Sandy Matthews
Relationship Coach

Join Psychologist/Relationship Coach Sandy Matthews and A Weigh Out’s Ellen Shuman for an intimate look into one of the greatest areas of vulnerability and challenge for emotional eaters; relationships. Whether interacting with mother, siblings, a partner, a spouse, children, co-workers, friends…you name it, there are challenges that can drive emotional eating. Learn about healthy relationship techniques like “Honest Questions”, and “I Get to…”and how to effectively address the problems in your current relationships so you are not destined to repeat them in your next.

Dr. Sandy Matthews has a therapy practice near Tallahassee, FL, and offers Relationship Coaching via phone and Skype. For more information, she can be contacted at 513-378-7000.

Kids, Carrots, and Candy; Exploring a Common Sense Approach to Feeding Children

Our Guest: Jane Hirschmann, C.S.W.

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on February 15, 2013

Jane Hirschmann, C.S.W.
and New Grandson

Many of you know of psychotherapist and author Jane Hirschmann from her ground breaking books, When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies and Overcoming Overeating. She’s a legend in the field of eating disorders. She has generously agreed to do an interview for A Weigh Out Members on her newest publication, Kids, Carrots, and Candy; A Practical, Positive Approach to Raising Children Free of Food & Weight Problems.

Whether or not you have children or grandchildren in your life, there’s much to be learned about how we can develop and foster healthy eating habits for a lifetime. Click here for more information about the book.

Mindfulness Strategies for Healing Food and Weight Struggles

Our Guest: Amy Tuttle, RD, LCSW

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on December 15, 2012

Amy Tuttle

Mindfulness can help us remember (and keep remembering) what matters most. Focusing on what matters most enables us to set and follow through with self-care intentions that not only help heal our food and weight struggles, but also nourish our aliveness. But what exactly is mindfulness? And how do we use it? Join Amy Tuttle and A Weigh Out’s Ellen Shuman for an exploration of what mindfulness is and is not. Learn 5 mindfulness strategies that can help heal food and weight struggles while waking us up to the moments of our lives.

Amy Tuttle is the co-founder of Nourishing Connections and Feast Upon Life and offers mindfulness-based no-diet resources and services. For more about Amy, visit www.valleygreencounseling.com

Ups and Downs of a Compulsive Overeater

Our Guest: Deah Schwartz, MA, MS, ED.D, CTRS, CCC

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on October 15, 2012

Dr. Deah Schwartz

Dr. Deah Schwartz is a size acceptance advocate, an educator, clinician, co-author and original cast member of the off-broadway show, “LEFTOVERS: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF A COMPULSIVE EATER”. Deah has extensive experience using Therapeutic Arts, Music, Drama and Recreation Activities to help people overcome body image issues and eating disorders. Join Ellen and Dr. Deah (www.drdeah.com ) for a lively discussion about life beyond compulsive overeating.

Are They Big Fat Myths? An Exploration of the Health Risks Blamed on Weight

Our Guest: Suzanne Dooley-Hash, MD

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on August 15, 2012

Suzanne Dooley-Hash, MD

There is so much conflicting information swirling around these days about the risks of living at a higher weight. What’s the truth about the alleged “Obesity Epidemic” and the health risks of being fat? Does weight itself, regardless of how fit someone is, put a person at risk for any particular health problems? Join A Weigh Out founder Ellen Shuman and University of Michigan physician and Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) Board Member Suzanne Dooley-Hash, MD, as they weeds through the most popular myths and controversies. Also addressed, misconceptions about the health-centered paradigm, “Health at Every Size”.)

The Connection Between Poor Nourishment, Emotional Stress, and the Drive to Overeat; Could Functional Nutrition Offer a Fix?

Our Guest: Marsha Hudnall, MS, RD, Functional Nutritionist

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on June 15, 2012

Marsha Hudnall

Emotional overeating, dieting…even if we don’t diet to lose weight, the standard American lifestyle leaves many of us poorly nourished and stressed out. The result is that many of us end up with physical ailments, not the least of which are digestive disturbances and often chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation is thought to be at the root of most of the chronic diseases affecting Americans today.

Join A Weigh Out’s Ellen Shuman and guest Marsha Hudnall, MS, RD, a functional nutritionist and owner of Green Mountain at Fox Run and, for a look at Functional Medicine; the art and science of looking beneath the surface to discover the root causes of physical problems. We’ll explore our physical balance’s impact on emotional balance. When our bodies get out of balance, it can drive emotional states that send us to food. Hudnall says clearing up the physical problems can have a tremendous impact on clearing up emotional problems.

Empowering Women Through Movement

Our Guest: Rochelle Rice, MA

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on April 20, 2012

Rochelle Rice, MA

Rochelle Rice dedicates herself to empowering women of size, by connecting the body, the mind, and the heart through focus, movement, and breath. She is the author of Real Fitness for Real Women. Following her history with bulimia, Rice’s interest in Plus-Size Exercise came through her concerns about society’s inordinate stress put on thinness rather than fitness. Providing a program to empower women to participate in physical exercise, while feeling secure emotionally, became Rice’s passion. Designing a fitness technique where women of size could achieve a level fitness was the basis of her graduate work.

Her book is Real Fitness for Real Women; A Unique Workout Program for the Plus-Size Woman. Her DVD is all about Empowering Women Through Movement. For more information, join us for a lively conversation and learn more about Rochelle at www.RochelleRice.com

You Are More Than What You Weigh

Our Guest: Sharon Norfleet Sward, LPC

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on February 15, 2012

You Are More Than What You Weigh

How does a person learn to love him or herself and improve self-image, regardless of weight, size, or shape? That’s the question Sharon Sward addresses in her book and workbook, You Are More Than What You Weigh. Sward shows people how to search inwardly for worth and personal identity, instead of turning to food and other people for satisfaction and comfort.

Join A Weigh Out founder Ellen Shuman for an enlightening discussion with Sharon Sward; author, Licensed Professional Counselor, and past president of Eating Disorders Professionals of Colorado. Click here for more information about the book.

Father Hunger

Our Guest: Margo Maine, PhD, FAED

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on December 15, 2011

Dr Margo Maine

Father Hunger

Dr. Margo Maine, a clinical psychologist, author, lecturer, and activist, coined the term “father hunger” to explain the emptiness, and resulting food and body image disorders, experienced by women with physically or emotionally absent fathers. In this second edition of her ground breaking book, Father Hunger; Fathers, Daughters, and the Pursuit of Thinness, her research details the origins of the syndrome and its effects on the family.

Join Dr. Maine and A Weigh Out’s Ellen Shuman for a discussion about practical solutions to help daughters and dads heal their troubled relationships, at any age, even if Dad is no longer here.

To learn more about Father Hunger, visit Gürze Books, a publishing company that specializes in eating disorder publications.
Learn more about Dr. Maine at www.mwsg.org

Finding Your Voice through Creativity:
The Art and Journaling Workbook for Disordered Eating

Our Guest: Mindy Jacobson-Levy, MCAT, ATR-BC, LPC, DVATA-HLM

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on October 15, 2011

Finding Your Voice Through Creativity

Mindy Jacobson-Levy, MCAT, ATR-BC, LPC, DVATA-HLM

“Creativity connects us to our inner voice; healing occurs when we listen.” In their workbook, Finding Your Voice Through Creativity: The Art and Journaling Workbook for Disordered Eating, Art psychotherapists Mindy Jacobson-Levy and Maureen Foy-Tornay write that art can be a remarkable tool for recovering our right to be heard, letting go of perfectionism, and restoring self-acceptance. Together, these therapists have more than 40 years of experience treating people with disordered eating. Join A Weigh Out’s Ellen Shuman and author Mindy Jacobson-Levy for an enlightening exchange of creative ideas. Learn how creative exercises can be useful to anyone who wishes to explore their relationship with food and their body, in a new way. No artistic talent required!

To learn more about Finding Your Voice Through Creativity: The Art and Journaling Workbook for Disordered Eating, visit Gürze Books, a publishing company that specializes in eating disorder publications.

The Religion of Thinness

Our Guest: Dr. Michelle Lelwica, ThD

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on June 15, 2011

Dr.Michelle Lelwica, ThD

Dr. Michelle Lelwica writes about society’s worship of thinness and says it’s no wonder so many women devote an enormous amount of time, money, and energy pursuing a slender body. She believes this pursuit has come to function like a religion, with its own set of beliefs, myths, rituals, images, and moral codes that encourage followers to seek “salvation” through weight loss.
Join Dr. Lelwica, a Harvard trained doctor of theology, and A Weigh Out’s Ellen Shuman for a discussion of women’s obsession with food and weight. Could we be using these obsessions to satisfy unmet spiritual needs? Learn how to experience profound spiritual growth and find more nourishing ways to feed your hungry heart and soul.

To learn more about The Religion of Thinness, visit Gürze Books, a publishing company that specializes in eating disorder publications.

Get Inspired and Get “Career Happy”!

Our Guest: Julie Bauke, a Career Strategist and President of Congruity Career Consulting

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on June 15, 2011

Julie Bauke

Why do some people find careers they love and others perpetually struggle to find a good match? Are you thinking about making a career change? Or, are you ready to start a career, but you get overwhelmed when you think about the prospect of where to begin in these challenging economic times? Join career strategist Julie Bauke, author of a book “Stop Peeing on Your Shoes; Avoiding the 7 Mistakes that Screw Up your Job Search”, and Ellen Shuman, for a revealing discussion about ways to find the career of your dreams, how to effectively “network”, and how to avoid falling into what Julie calls, “the big black hole”. Her specialty is helping people develop what she calls their “best career life”. Her goal is to get people to “Skip to the shower in the morning”.

Learn more about Julie Bauke at www.congruitycareer.com

The Obesity Myth:Is America’s Obsession with Weight Hazardous to Your Health?

Our Guest: Paul Campos

Host: Ellen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This Seminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on April 15, 2011

Paul Campos

In his paradigm-busting book, Professor Paul Campos challenges the conventional wisdom Myth regarding the medical, political, and cultural meaning of weight and brings a compelling new voice to America’s increasingly irrational weight debate.

15 Top Nutrition Questions and Myths

Our Guest: Jennie Wade, MS, MEd, RD,LD; A Weigh Out’s Nutrition Coach

Host: Ellen Shuman, Founder/Coach – A Weigh OutEllen Shuman, Emotional and Binge Eating Recovery Coach; A Weigh Out

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This TeleSeminar was posted Inside the Members’ Circle on March 2nd, 2011

• Can emotional eaters use certain foods to help reduce emotional and binge eating?
• Can someone be “addicted” to sugar?
• What is “insulin resistance”?
• Does eating sugar “cause” diabetes?
• Will eating eggs raise my cholesterol?
• Does eating carbohydrates make a person fat?
• Will eating after 7pm cause weight gain?
• Will skipping meals help me lose weight?
• Is the #1 reason to exercise to manage weight?
• What should I know about “probiotics” and other nutritional supplements?
• What do I need to know about the fats in my food?
• What does nutrition have to do with inflammation in the body?
• Are there dietary recommendations for people with PCOS?
• What is the “calories in/calories out” myth about weight?
• How about the myth that research studies are definitive?

Jennie Wade

Ellen Shuman

Finding the “latest” nutrition news conflicting and infuriating? There is so much misinformation floating around these days. Join nutrition and wellness educator Jennie Wade and Ellen Shuman for a frank and illumination discussion that will bust many old and new nutrition myths and leave you much better informed about how to manage your nutritional health.

Exploring the Body Myth

Our Guest: Margo Maine, PhD, FAED

Host: Ellen Shuman, Founder/Emotional Eating Coach; A Weigh Out

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Have you bought into the Body Myth?

• The body is the answer to all angst
• Dieting is the quick fix
• Body hatred is a female rite of passage
• If we eat less and take up less space, we will be more

Join renowned author and clinical psychologist Dr. Margo Maine and Ellen Shuman as they explore the origins and personal impact of the Body Myth, studies about media influence on body image and the development of disordered eating, risks of dieting, the truth about “BMI”, and “Weightism”.

Margo Maine, PhD, is the co-author of The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to Be Perfect,and author of the groundbreaking books, Body Wars: Making Peace with Women’s Bodies,and, Father Hunger: Fathers, Daughters & Food, among others. She is a senior editor of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention,and vice president of the Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy, and Action, a Founding Member and Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, a member of the Founder’s Council and past president of the National Eating Disorders Association.Learn more about Dr. Maine at www.mwsg.org

Essential Steps to Build Body Esteem

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Our Guest: Kathy Kater, LICSW, Psychotherapist/Author

Host: Ellen Shuman, Founder/Emotional Eating Coach; A Weigh Out

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Has worry about your weight been useful to you…or has it just contributed to disordered eating and body dissatisfaction?

Join internationally known and respected Psychotherapist and Author, Kathy Kater and Ellen Shuman as they explore the building block of body esteem. Learn new ways to reframe how you think about and respond to whatever you happen to weigh.

When this TeleSeminar is posted, Bonus Material will Include Kathy Kater’s “Call to Action” Handouts:

“Health as a Value versus Size as a Goal”
&
“Ten Essential Steps to Build Body Esteem”

Books by Kathy Kater’s:
Healthy Body Image: Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies, Too!
and
Real Kids Come in All Sizes: Ten Essential Lessons to Build Your Child’s Body Esteem
 

Seminar Recording was Posted on October 18, 2010

If I Stop Dieting, What Do I Do Instead?

Our Guest: Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW

Host: Ellen Shuman, Founder/Emotional Eating Coach; A Weigh Out

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This TeleSeminar was Posted Inside the Members’ Circle on August 17, 2010

Experience tells us that dieting is a dead end! So now what? Is structured eating ever useful, and if so, when and how? Or should eating be completely “free”?

If those questions leave you confused, even anxious, join A Weigh Out’s Ellen Shuman and therapist Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, founder of the Bodywise BED Recovery Program, as they explore conflicts, questions, and effective strategies to make the transition from dieting to intuitive eating easier.

Learn more about Amy Pershing at www.thebodywiseprogram.com

What Can Animals Teach us About Why We Binge Eat?

Our Guest: Mary Boggiano, PhD. – Associate Professor-Dept. of Psychology & Assoc. Scientist, UAB Clinical Nutrition Research Center

Host: Ellen Shuman, Founder/Emotional Eating Coach; A Weigh Out

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Seminar Recording was Posted on June 19, 2010

In her research lab, Dr. Mary Boggiano has discovered there are binge-prone rats and binge-resistant rats. Might this explain why you binge and other people do not?

Are some of us more susceptible to food cues in the environment than others?

What are we learning about the impact of food restriction (dieting) and stress on binge eating? Might the combination of the two change the brain’s sensitivity to high sugar-high fat foods, increasing the reward we get when we eat them? Could that be one reason why it’s so hard to stop bingeing?

Join us for an excited glimpse into the mind and research of one of the world’s top scientist in the field of binge eating.
Learn what she’s discovered in her lab about the biology and physiology of binge eating.

Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight

Guest: Author Linda Bacon, PhD

Host:Ellen Shuman, Founder/Emotional Eating Coach; A Weigh Out

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Linda Bacon’s book, Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight, discusses the science and politics of body weight regulation and provides practical advice for getting in tune with your body. A popular book, HAES has received acclaim from health professionals and the general public.

About Our Guest:

Dr. Bacon earned her doctorate in physiology, specializing in weight regulation, from the University of California, Davis. She also holds graduate degrees in psychology, specializing in eating disorders and body image, and kinesiology, specializing in exercise metabolism, and has professional experience as a professor, researcher, psychotherapist, exercise physiologist, and consultant. She is currently a nutrition professor in the Biology Department at City College of San Francisco and also serves as an associate nutritionist at the University of California, Davis. Additionally, she maintains a private consulting practice, advising individuals, health care professionals, and institutions on strategies for implementing Health at Every Size. She is also a popular and compelling public speaker.

Bacon is published in top scientific journals, frequently quoted or interviewed in the media (print, radio and television), and considered to be a leading researcher on weight regulation. With a rare dual perspective combining academic expertise and clinical experience, Bacon is adept at providing a link between scientific research and practical application. This enables her to bring authority and compassion to her writing, speaking and teaching. Additionally, she is a healthy, fit and dynamic role model for the ideas she presents. Her personal difficulties with weight regulation and experience in overcoming them provide important perspective and inspiration for her work.
http://lindabacon.org

The Diet Survivor Sisters

Guests: Authors Judith Matz, LCSW, and Ellen Frankel, LCSW

The Diet Survivor’s Handbook
60 Lessons in Eating, Acceptance and Self-Care
Beyond a Shadow of a Diet: The Therapist’s Guide to Treating Compulsive Eating

Host: Ellen Shuman, Founder/Emotional Eating Coach; A Weigh Out

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Seminar Recording was posted on March 29, 2010

About Our Guests

Judith Matz, LCSW and Ellen Frankel, LCSW are sisters, therapists, and co-authors of two books on the topics of eating and weight issues.

Judith and Ellen have over 45 years of combined experience in the field of eating disorders. They are dynamic speakers and frequent presenters at national conferences, including the annual Renfrew conference, and have been interviewed on topics related to dieting, overeating, emotional eating, and body image by newspapers, traditional and online magazines, as well as national radio programs across the country.

Ellen received her MSW from Boston University in 1987. She currently writes full-time: her latest book, Beyond Measure: A Memoir About Short Stature and Inner Growth (2006) led to appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS’s Early Show, CNN’s Paula Zahn Show and Fox News with Neil Cavuto. She is working on her first novel.

Judith received her MSW from University of Michigan in 1980. She has served as director of the Chicago Center for Overcoming Overeating since 1993, an organization dedicated to helping people end the preoccupation with food and weight. She has a private practice in Skokie, Illinois where she offers individual and group counseling, as well as workshops and professional consultation. Learn more about Judith and Ellen at www.dietsurvivors.com