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Why mindful eating fails when emotions take over

I practice mindfulness of eating but I still binge when I am emotionally overwhelmed and then hate myself afterward.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Conscious practices dissolve when they meet the deeper currents of unprocessed emotional material.

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