The Missing Piece to Overeating;
Energy is at the root of an empath’s hunger.
Why Diets Fail
Whether your sensitivity to negative vibes is
minimal or intense, for a diet to succeed it’s
By Judith Orloff important to develop alternative coping
strategies other than overeating. In my book I
As a psychiatrist I know that there is more to
will show you how to cope with negative vibes
overeating and obesity that meets the eye. One
without abusing food. Whether accosted by an
big reason that many diets fail is that traditional
angry colleague or global threat, apply them
weight loss programs don’t factor in how we
immediately. Stick to those that work best for
process subtle energy, what Chinese medicine
you.
terms life force or chi. Subtle energy penetrates
and surrounds the body. Sensitive people who I
call intuitive empaths unknowingly overeat in
response to being overwhelmed by negative
vibes. Empaths not only can sense energy
around them, they absorb it into their bodies. If
this is you, “Emotional Freedom” will teach you

to center and protect yourself when the
impulse to overeat hits. 8 Emergency Interventions to Halt Energetic
eating

when the impulse to overeat hits:

1. Identify an Addictive Craving from a True
Need: Addictive craving, a symptom of
nutritional abuse, is a frequent response to
energetic overload. Bottom line, you eat certain
foods like a drug addict; this leads to obesity.
Cravings feel intense: whenever you keep
lusting after sweets and carbs especially, be


suspicious. (I’ve yet to see someone binge on
Here’s the energetic premise of obesity: When
brussel sprouts!) For instance, chocolate turns
empaths are thin they have less padding and
from simple pleasure to crutch when you gorge
are more vulnerable to soaking up negative
on it, use it to self-medicate stress, or to get a
vibes. For instance, early twentieth century
sugar high--also if you experience mood-swings,
faith healers were renowned for being grossly
sugar hangovers, can’t control your intake, or it
obese to avoid absorbing their patient’s
makes you sick. With cravings, you eat to
symptoms-a common trap I’ve seen modern-
relieve stress, not to build energy. Try to
day healers also unconsciously fall into; food is
identify addictive foods, and limit them.
a convenient grounding device. Similarly, many

of my patients pack on pounds to protect
A true nutritional need lacks such sturm and
against overwhelming vibes, massive or minute.
drang: there’s no lusting or lunging for food to
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