EP 181: What Your Food Cravings Reveal About What You Survived | Dr. Tian Dayton

Cravings point to a need underneath. This episode covers the three unmet needs behind food. It looks at the childhood roots of reaching for it. And it helps you tell stress from something deeper.

➡️ Full show notes: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/what-your-food-cravings-mean-nervous-system

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• 01:11 — The difference between hunger and an unmet need
• 05:27 — When a craving is really about connection or a memory
• 08:03 — What states does a parent go into when food becomes survival?
• 09:49 — Why children learn a parent's relationship with food so early
• 12:27 — How do our parents shape our earliest relationship with food?
• 16:18 — What happens to a parent in survival mode for food
• 19:00 — Why do we crave sweets when we feel low or shut down?
• 24:14— Why does the fear of connection drive us to food?
• 29:41 — How to draw your own craving map

Resources/Guides:

• If you want to know whether what drives your reaching is stress or something your body is still carrying, this free guide walks you through the difference. Get Stress or Trauma? guide 

➡️ Full show notes with links and resources: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/what-your-food-cravings-mean-nervous-system

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