145. Increasing Distress Tolerance: The Skill That Makes Weight Loss (and Healthy Habits) Finally Stick

About this episode

Lisa Oldson, MD discusses how distress tolerance can impact sustainable weight loss and healthy habit formation.

Why do you order pizza, pour a glass of wine, or reach for chocolate or chips when you’re not actually hungry? It may not be about willpower. And it may not even be about food. In this episode, Lisa Oldson, MD explains how distress tolerance, your ability to sit with uncomfortable emotions without immediately trying to escape them, may be the missing link in sustainable weight loss and healthy habit change. Drawing from research in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance & Commi...

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Oldson, MD

Topics covered

• distress tolerance
• weight loss
• healthy habits
• emotional regulation
• sustainable change

Keywords

• distress tolerance
• weight loss
• healthy habits
• emotional eating
• DBT

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dialectical Behavior Therapy

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