https://www.theshiftinside.com/tide/ to find out more about dismantling your fear of hunger. Is this a problem for you? In this podcast episode of The Eating Coach, we dive into this topic - one that I have not heard discussed often. I talk openly about my own anxiety around my appetite, and what happened when I actually decided to experience hunger intentionally. I was very surprised at what I discovered.   Part One: Why You Might Have a Fear of Hunger Childhood experiences. Food was used to give adults power over you. Food as a way to Numb yourself out In both scenarios, hunger can act as a very persuasive PR tool being used by your child rebel or the part of you that feels it is essential to numb out I managed overeating a long time ago, but lockdown created a very powerful PR for my compulsion because I was doing too much. I dissolved Some key relationships which created lots of fear. I perceived genuine hunger which was not always genuenuine. about managing my life   Part Two: What Happened When I Faced My Fear of Hunger  I realised that hunger is not a fire, it is a tide  I realised that hunger is plastic I discuss the role that ghrelin (the hunger hormone plays) here and the evolutionary reasoning behind the plastic nature of hunger   Part Three: Over To You Ideas for you to get going on your fear of hunger RESOURCES Intermittent fasting 2.0 episode https://eatingcoach.libsyn.com/ec-177-your-internal-hunger-games The Metronome https://www.theshiftinside.com/metronome/ Fear of Hunger coaching programme https://www.theshiftinside.com/tide/