Cassidy interviews Dr. Allison Grupski, PhD, Senior Director of Behavior Change at WW.
We discuss:
+ How Dr. Allison got into the field of studying how people eat and her role as a coach and senior director at WW
+ Having been heavily involved in the academic world and focusing on research related to eating behaviors, Dr. Allison explains what made her transition to working in the “diet industry”
+ What is emotional eating, and what happens in our brain when we start to emotionally eat?
+ Identity vs. actions - what is the difference between the two when it comes to emotional eating?
+ Eating is just one way of dealing with life, but when does eating become an unhealthy way of coping and how can we tackle it?
+ Dr Allison shares what it means for her personally to take care of herself, especially when she puts so much energy into helping others
+ What has surprised Dr Allison the most about people after years of working as a health psychologist
Connect with Dr. Allison:
https://www.instagram.com/allison_g_phd/ ww: ww_allison_phd
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