Food Junkies Podcast - Byron Katie - Who Would You Be without Your Story about Food Addiction?

Who would you be without your story that you need sugar to get through your day?

Welcome to the Food Junkies Podcast. In this episode, Crissy and Dr Tarman speak with Byron Katie. Byron Katie is best known for her method of self inquiry knows as “The Work” , which is a set of four simple questions designed to challenge destructive thought patterns that often lead to depression, anxiety and even addiction.

After a spiritual epiphany in her early forties, Byron Katie turned her life around, from a mind bogged down with depression and addictive behaviours to one of joy and freedom. She formulated four simple questions in order to help others achieve this same freedom she continues to experience to this day. Her questions are as follows: is it true? Is it absolutely true? How does it feel to believe that thought? Who would you be without that thought?

She is author of a number of books: her first "Loving What is” and others: "A Thousand Names for Joy, Question Your Thinking, Change the World, Who Would you Be Without your Story?, A Mind at Home with Itself: How asking Four Questions can Free your Mind, Open Your Heart and Turn your World Around". Check out her viral video: “Prisoner of the Mind” (over 167 K views) which illustrates her work in action.

In order to help others use this unique approach, Byron Katie created “ the International", an organization that includes the School for the Work and the Turnaround House, situated in Ojai California. Byron Katie has been teaching her approach internationally since the 1990s and is a well known figure in the spiritual and self help realms across the world.

We at Food Junkies Podcast are interested in how these four questions - and Byron Katie's approach in general , can be used as tools to support the treatment of food addictions and in maintaining long term recovery.
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Her simple yet powerful process of inquiry is called The Work. The Work consists of four questions and the turnarounds, which are a way of experiencing the opposite of what you believe. When you question a thought, you see around it to the choices beyond suffering. Katie has been bringing The Work to millions of people for more than 20 years. Her free public events, weekend workshops, nine-day School for The Work, and 28-day residential Turnaround House have brought freedom to people all over the world.

The Four Questions in The Work Are:
Is it true?
Can you absolutely know that it's true?
How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought?
Who would you be without the thought?

Follow Byron Katie:
Website: https://thework.com
Instagram: @byron.katie
Podcast: podcast.thework.com

The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.