Tapping To Release Binge & Emotional Eating Urges

Welcome to this emotional freedom technique tapping session for the release of our urge to binge.

Today we're gonna start tapping on the karate chop point of our hand which is the fleshy part right beneath our pinky where we would do a karate chop and we're gonna start with a statement.

Before we begin I'm gonna have you settle in,

Get to somewhere quiet,

Take a nice deep breath in through your nose and let it out through your mouth and as you do you're gonna let your eyes float closed and I want you to tune in to the sensation of stress or anxiety or discomfort in your body and read it on a scale of 0 to 10 10 being the most uncomfortable.

We are going to use this as a standard for where we're starting from.

Halfway through a round of tapping we are going to reassess.

The goal with EFT is to tap until we feel we are at a 3 or below.

So ideally tapping until you feel that level of stress or discomfort or concern or fear has come to a 3 or below.

You can continue to do another round of tapping if you find you are still above a level 3 and want to continue until you get to that point.

So here we go we're gonna take a nice deep breath in through the nose out through the mouth.

You can leave your eyes closed or open and we're gonna start with the karate chop and you're just gonna repeat what I am saying.

Even though I feel this uncomfortable urge to binge eat I deeply and completely love and accept myself in this moment.

Even though I feel this uncomfortable urge to binge eat I deeply and completely love and accept myself in this moment.

Even though I feel this uncomfortable urge to binge eat I deeply and completely love and accept myself in this moment.

Now we're gonna begin with the tapping points starting with the eyebrow.

When I'm stressed or upset sometimes food is the only thing that makes me feel better.

Side of the eye.

When I'm stressed or upset I crave sweet or salty or carby foods.

Under the eye.

Sometimes I don't even know why I do it.

Under the nose.

Sometimes it feels like food is my only friend.

Under the mouth.

When I've had a hard day I know I can turn to food for comfort.

Collarbone.

Sometimes feeling my emotions is too painful and food helps me avoid them.

Under the armpit.

Food is always there for me even when the important people in my life aren't.

Top of the head.

I can always turn to food.

Eyebrow.

Food makes me feel better when I'm lonely.

Food makes me feel better when I'm sad.

Food makes me feel better when I'm angry.

Food makes me feel better when I'm stressed.

Food makes me feel better when I'm worried.

I stuff my feelings by stuffing myself with food.

Even though I feel this way I still love and accept myself.

When I don't want to feel my feelings,

Food helps me escape.

I give myself permission to be here in this moment.

If I couldn't use food to get relief from painful emotions I think I might drown in them.

I love and accept myself in my struggle.

If I couldn't use food to make me feel better when I'm hurting or stressed I don't know what I'd do.

I wish there was some other way to find relief from stress and emotional pain that was as easy to turn to as food.

If this person in my life found out about the emotional eating and binging that I do in secret I'm afraid they wouldn't want me anymore.

Food was how I learned to soothe and reward myself when I was growing up and I just don't know any other way.

Food has always been there for me and I know I can turn to it when I'm down.

When I'm having a hard day I know I can turn to food when I get home and it will make me feel better.

Even though I feel this way I still love and accept myself.

I feel ashamed when I eat for emotional reasons.

I know I should only eat when I'm hungry but sometimes I feel I just have to eat in order to feel better.

Eating when I'm not hungry makes me feel bad about myself.

I often eat in secret which makes me feel even worse.

The worst part about binging is the way it makes me feel about myself after.

Sometimes it feels like I have no control over my eating.

I always feel guilty after I eat when I'm not hungry.

I often eat past the point of being full and that makes me feel bad about myself.

Even though I feel this way I still love and accept myself.

I love and accept myself in this struggle.

I give myself permission to feel this moment.

Because when I give myself permission to feel this I take a step towards overcoming.

I give myself permission to feel this moment.

Because when I give myself permission to feel this I take a step towards overcoming.

Take a nice deep breath in through your nose,

Out through your mouth.

I would like you to tune in again.

And on a scale of 1 to 10,

Reading where your level of fear,

Stress,

Discomfort is at this point.

If you feel like it's a 3 or below you can close out your tapping session here.

And choose to take a step forward towards the rest of your day.

If you feel like that energy is still above a level 3 we're going to tap a second round together and reassess.

So,

Starting with the karate chop.

Even though I feel this uncomfortable urge to binge I love and accept myself in this moment.

Even though I feel this uncomfortable urge to binge in my body I deeply and completely love and accept myself in this moment.

Even though I feel this uncomfortable urge to overeat I deeply and completely love and accept myself in this moment.

Starting at the eyebrow.

When I'm stressed or upset sometimes food is the only thing that makes me feel better.

Side of the eye.

When I'm stressed or upset I crave sweet salty carby foods.

Sometimes I don't even know why I do it.

Sometimes it feels like food is my only friend.

When I've had a hard day I know I can turn to food for comfort.

Collarbone.

Sometimes feeling my emotions is too painful and food helps me avoid them.

Under the armpit.

Food is always there for me even when the important people in my life aren't.

Top of the head.

I can always turn to food.

The eyebrow.

Food makes me feel better when I'm lonely.

Food makes me feel better when I'm sad.

Food makes me feel better when I'm angry.

Food makes me feel better when I'm stressed.

Food makes me feel better when I'm worried.

I stuff my feelings by stuffing myself with food.

Even though I feel this way I still love and accept myself.

When I don't want to feel my feelings food helps me escape.

I give myself permission to be here in this moment.

If I couldn't use food to get relief from painful emotions I think I might drown.

I love and accept myself in my struggle.

If I couldn't use food to make me feel better when I'm hurting or stressed I don't know what I'd do.

I wish there was some other way to find relief from stress and emotional pain that was as easy to turn to as food.

If this person in my life found out about the emotional eating and binging I do in secret I'm afraid they wouldn't want me anymore.

Food was how I soothed and rewarded myself when I was growing up and I just don't know another way.

Food has always been there for me and I know I can turn to it when I'm down.

When I'm having a hard day I know I can turn to food when I get home and it will make me feel better.

Even though I feel this way I still love and accept myself.

I feel ashamed when I eat for emotional reasons.

I know I should only eat when I'm hungry but sometimes I feel I just have to eat in order to feel better.

Eating when I'm not hungry makes me feel bad about myself.

I often eat in secret which makes me feel even worse.

The worst part about binging is the way it makes me feel about myself after.

Sometimes it feels like I have no control over my eating.

I always feel guilty after I eat when I'm not hungry.

I often eat past the point of being full and that makes me feel bad about myself.

Even though I feel this way I still love and accept myself.

I love and accept myself in this struggle.

I give myself permission to feel this moment.

When I give myself permission to feel this I take a step towards overcoming.

I give myself permission to feel this moment.

Because when I give myself permission to feel this I take a step towards overcoming.

Take a nice deep inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth.

Tuning in,

Assessing the sensation in your body at this point,

At this moment.

If you feel you are still above a level 3 I invite you to do another round of tapping.

You can start this video over from the first round.

If you feel your level of intensity in the urge to binge has decreased past what you would feel as a level 3.

Take a nice deep breath in and out.

Take this energy forward into the very next thing,

The very next empowering thing that you are choosing to do with your day.

Wherever you're at I hope you found this video valuable.

I promise you warrior,

What you are doing,

All the effort you are making is having an impact.

You will overcome.

You will find food freedom.

And you will rediscover what it feels like to feel trust and connection with your body.

See you in the next video.