Trauma Is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss and You Don't Even Know It

About this episode

Rita De Michele discusses with Peter McLaughlin how trauma affects weight loss and the role of hypnotherapy in addressing emotional eating.

Why does weight loss feel so hard when you feel like you have tried everything? Rita De Michele speaks with hypnotherapist and coach Peter McLaughlin about trauma and weight loss, emotional eating, cravings, self sabotage, and how unresolved emotions may keep the body stuck in old patterns. This conversation explores how hypnotherapy, root cause healing, and the mind body connection may help uncover what willpower alone cannot fix. 🔗CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST https://www.petermclaughlin.co...

People in this episode

Host: Rita De Michele

Guest: Peter McLaughlin

Topics covered

• trauma
• weight loss
• emotional eating
• self sabotage
• hypnotherapy
• mind body connection

Keywords

• weight loss
• trauma
• emotional eating
• hypnotherapy
• self sabotage
• cravings
• mind body connection

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