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When mindful eating becomes compulsive

I keep eating mindfully like all the books say but I just end up obsessing over every bite and feeling guilty about enjoying food instead of finding some zen connection to nourishment.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Spiritual approaches to consumption can mask or intensify disordered relationships with pleasure and control.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Body as spiritual vessel across traditions?”

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