TUYT 52

Amy Hoyt12min

Amy Hoyt

00:00

We believe in functional mental wellness, a holistic approach to mental health. We know that there's hope for those of us who have experienced trauma, even profound trauma and that's why we created the universe is your therapist podcast, we believe whether you call it God, the universe, source, unity or love that there is something much greater than us that conspires for our good, we envision a world of healing and connection, and we teach you simple but powerful practices that integrate your mind, body and spirit so that you can come home to your highest self and your truest identity. You are not broken, you are loved, and you can heal. My name is Amy Hoyt, and together with my sister Lena, we will take you on a journey of healing and self discovery.

Leina Hoyt, MFT, MA

00:49

Thanks for joining us for this podcast of the universe is your therapist. We're excited to speaking with Dr. Geno Hoyt, who's a medical doctor. And he's going to talk to us a little bit about how fast food when we have toxic stress can seem like an easy solution. Or when we when we have toxic stress or trauma, why we are so drawn to carbohydrates and sugars and fats. So this episode will talk a little bit about what the body craves under toxic stress and when having been affected by trauma. Thanks, Dr. Gina for joining us again, it's great to see you. And this time I see we did not wear matching shirts.

Unknown Speaker

01:37

So nice to talk with you again.

Leina Hoyt, MFT, MA

01:40

Thank you. Go ahead and tell us a little bit about what we're talking about right before we started recording, which is how we can get into this vicious cycle. And then they're no fault of our own. But then it's very difficult to break.

Speaker 1

01:59

Well Lena, when I think about fast food, I like to think about what's going on in our lives behind the scenes that's driving us to maybe need fast food, there's a lot of different reasons that we might need to eat fast. And usually, most of those reasons are stressful. So we might be really tired, we're exhausted or we're in a hurry, we're in a rush, we don't have time. So we're feeling really depressed. Or maybe we're feeling like we need an emotional break. And that's a way to kind of treat ourselves or sometimes we're just starving. And so those are all kind of stressful circumstances that might drive us to fast food when we might not normally have a planned outing. Are you planning to eat fast?

Leina Hoyt, MFT, MA

02:45

I was thinking about what you were saying earlier Gina and contemplating that the reason I usually pick fast food is either because I'm so hungry, and I can't. I don't have like the brain power to figure out a better option. Or if I do have the brain power to figure out a better option. I just want something that's comforting.

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