360 Degrees of Mindful Living

mindful eating leads to mindful living

Mindful eating is an opportunity to infuse mindfulness into our day to day life. When eating mindfully, each meal becomes a kind of “alarm clock” for consciousness. As such, mindful eating becomes an important “cog” in the machinery of mindfulness that counters the machinery of mindlessness. Put simply, mindful eating leads to mindful living (and vice versa).

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and the author of "Eating the Moment" (New Harbinger, 2008), "Present Perfect" (NH, 2010), "The Lotus Effect" (NH, 2010), "Smoke Break" (in press, 2011), and "Reinventing the Meal" (in press, 2012). He is in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA.

Like this author?
Catch up on other posts by (or subscribe to their feed).

Comments


View Comments / Leave a Comment

This post currently has 3 comments/trackbacks.
You can read the comments or leave your own thoughts.

Trackbacks

No trackbacks yet to this post.




    Last reviewed: 9 Jul 2011

APA Reference
Somov, P. (2011). Mindful Eating Leads to Mindful Living (and Vice Versa). Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindful-living/2009/07/mindful-eating-leads-to-mindful-living-and-vice-versa/

 

360° of
Mindful Living

Subscribe to this Blog:
Feed


Or Get a Single, Daily Email (enter email address):

via FeedBurner



Archives


Present Perfect
Eating the Moment
The Lotus Effect The Smoke-Free Smoke Break
Pavel G. Somov, Ph.D. is the author of The Lotus Effect, Present Perfect, The Smoke-Free Smoke Break, and Eating the Moment: 141 Mindful Practices to Overcome Overeating One Meal at a Time.

Recent Comments
  • Deanna Burkett: Beautiful writing. Thank you~
  • mimosa: Some people have a strong response to certain foods as they do to other substances. Dopamine and serotonin...
  • Jessica: Sometimes you need to look reality straight in the eye and allow yourself to feel that this utterly sucks!...
  • Mandi Marie: Excellent observation delivered at a much-needed time. Thank you!
  • Pavel G. Somov, Ph.D.: Breath is rewarding. Addicted to breath? Suggestions for first step: avoid breath? Be well,...
Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter



Find a Therapist


Users Online: 4567
Join Us Now!