BACK TO ALL EPISODES
June 29, 2021

Dr. Jenny Taitz: Self-Soothing Strategies, How to be Single and Happy & Ending Emotional Eating

Dr. Jenny Taitz, Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at UCLA and licensed clinical psychologist board certified in cognitive behavioral therapy, outlines her custom, dialectical therapy approach to helping people meet their long term goals by utilizing evidenced-based tools. She breaks down the core issues of disordered eating and highlights the importance of recognizing hunger cues and triggers, forming intuitive eating habits, and finding nourishment through self-soothing strategies. Mayim expands upon the origin of her eating disorder and current relationship with food, and details the role food plays in culture and intimacy. Dr. Taitz discusses how mindfulness, distress tolerance, finding bite-sized doses of hope, and even dunking your face in ice water can lead to radical acceptance & willingness. After Mayim opens up about her history of serial monogamy, she and Dr. Taitz examine the importance of finding happiness and empowerment while living single rather than waiting to find the right person to be happy. Mayim and Dr. Taitz wrap the episode with indicators one might need help overcoming an eating disorder, and Mayim explains Binge Eating Disorder during an installment of Ask Mayim Anything.

Theme Song Written, Produced, and Performed by Ed Robertson. Mixed by Kenny Luong.
Switch to Watch

Subscribe on

No items found.
Dr. Jenny Taitz

Clinical Psychologist, Author

drjennytaitz
Mayim Bialik

Host

@missmayim
Jonathan Cohen

Co-Host

@jonathancohenofficial

Promotions

SPONSOR:

Better Help

Online, licensed, professional therapists tailored to your unique needs...

SPONSOR:

Blinkist

Bringing you knowledge from top nonfiction and podcasts, so you can learn anytime, anywhere.

SPONSOR:

Rothys

The perfect way to add comfort and sustainable style to your closet...

SPONSOR:

Public Goods

Your one stop shop for healthy, sustainable, everyday essentials you can trust...

SPONSOR:

ScoreMaster

Empower ownership of your credit score and better use of your money, credit & privacy...

Related Content

A Psychological Discussion of Eating

Here we examine two common and competing schools of thought on curbing obesity....

Dabbling in Dialectics

The goal of DBT treatment was to treat patients with suicidal tendencies by helping them to create a...

Treating Our Eating: A Look At Treatment Options For Eating Disorders

Over the years, large volumes of research have been done to better understand our treatment options, so we can help those who are struggling...

Music Makes Me Keep Control

Music provides human beings with a medium to share their creativity and human experience with others. Our natural attraction to melodies has become an important part of neuroscience...

No items found.

Guest References

Dr. Jenny Taitz's New Book: How to Be Single and Happy
How to Be Single and Happy is an empowering, compassionate guide to stop overanalyzing romantic encounters, get over regrets or guilt about past relationships, and identify what you want and need in a partner. But this isn’t just another dating book. Drawing on her extensive expertise as a clinical psychologist, as well as the latest research, hundreds of patient interviews, and key principles in positive psychology, Dr. Jennifer Taitz challenges the most common myths about women and love (like the advice to play hard to get).
New York Times Articles by Dr. Jenny Taitz
Jenny Taitz is an assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of “How to be Single and Happy: Science-Based Strategies for Keeping Your Sanity While Looking for a Soul Mate” and “End Emotional Eating.”
See More
Christopher Fairburn's (Oxford) Research on Eating Disorders
A transdiagnostic comparison of enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E) and interpersonal psychotherapy in the treatment of eating disorders...
See More
Overeaters Anonymous
Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous (OA)—a community of people who through shared experience, strength, and hope are recovering from unhealthy relationships with food and body image.
See More