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Changing from Within: Mindful Eating

Mindfulness Practices for Achieving & Maintaining a Healthy Weight

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8 Wednesdays, September 8 - October 27, 5:30-7:00 pm | FULL

Duke Integrative Medicine • Cost: $320

Research demonstrates that a mindfulness approach to eating results in healthier eating patterns. Join the expert practitioners at Duke Integrative Medicine for an eight- session course on this innovative approach to weight management. When you bring close attention to your mind, body and behaviors, you begin to observe the subtleties of your eating patterns. The information, skills training, and group support of this program will guide you in making lifestyle changes that will help you respond in a healthier way, resulting in a healthy weight that you can maintain over time.

Enrollment is limited. Register early by calling 919-660-6826.

• Session 1
  Introduction to Mindfulness and Awareness: Developing a personal mindfulness practice
• Session 2
  The Power of Presence: Becoming aware of body signals regarding food
• Session 3
  Attending to Eating: A guided session in mindful eating
• Session 4
  Experiencing Emotions: Subtle indications of emotional states and healthy options for dealing with them
• Session 5
  The Spectrum of Eating Behaviors: Exploring non-hunger eating, urges, and craving
• Session 6
  Making Choices: Healthy responses to food triggers
• Session 7
  Clarifying Values & Setting Effective Goals
• Session 8
  Putting It All Together: Strategies for continued success

Instructors may include:

• Ruth Wolever, PhD
  Psychologist, Director of Research
  Duke Integrative Medicine
  
  Ruth is co-author of the Mindfulness Manual for Bariatric Surgery and The Therapist Manual: Meditation and Binge Eating Disorder.
   
• Janna Fikkan, PhD
  Psychologist
  Duke Integrative Medicine
  
  Janna is a psychotherapist and researcher specializing in the use of mindfulness-based approaches for eating and weight-related issues.