{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Does Your Body Suffer From Absentee Parent Syndrome? \u2013 In Session with Marc David","description":"For those of us who struggle with weight, are in a battle with food, or who have ongoing anxiety around eating, it\u2019s no secret that these unwanted food and body challenges can have a myriad of possible causes. Well, one of the more overlooked causes is something that many of us experienced when we were young: \u27a1\ufe0f Having an absentee parent. This can mean: \ud83d\udc49 A parent who was never there, or was seldom there, or who came into and out of life in an erratic way. \ud83d\udc49 A parent who was around, but was emotionally absent and didn\u2019t really show up for us in a meaningful way.  \ud83d\udc49 Spending time in foster care, or being under the care of different relatives or friends because our parents were somehow unable to consistently parent us. So how can having an absentee parent impact our relationship with food, body and weight? When a child has an absentee parent, they experience that absence as a lack of love. The child thinks, \u201cIf my mother or father isn\u2019t communicating love and acceptance in a way that really lands for me, then something must be truly wrong with me. So I have to do something to be more lovable.\u201d The child might become a people pleaser, or become obsessed with winning approval. And for many young people, they eventually turn to their body to win that approval. \u201cIf I can weigh the right amount and eat the right food and have the ideal body, then I will be lovable.\u201d And so begins a life of dieting, food restriction, binge eating, emotional eating, and a constant battle with food. \ud83d\udc94 This is exactly what Marc David\u2019s guest coaching client, Maxine, has been experiencing for decades \u2013 and that she explores with Marc in this episode of The Psychology of Eating Podcast. Maxine, age 58, was placed in foster care for 5 years at a young age. She loved her mother deeply, and couldn\u2019t understand why her mother gave her away. She wondered how she could possibly be lovable if her own mother gave her away? How does a child make sense of their world when the person who brought them into it has abandoned them? That\u2019s what Maxine has been grappling with throughout her adulthood, even as she\u2019s raised 4 amazing kids of her own.  What Maxine hasn\u2019t quite connected is how her mother\u2019s abandonment has affected her relentless battle with food \u2013 including daily binge eating, weight, food anxiety, and harsh judgment towards her body.  So how ARE they connected? Is there something Maxine can uncover in the relationship with her mother that will shine light on why she\u2019s struggled with food and body for so long?  And if so, how can Maxine begin to find healing from absentee parenting syndrome \u2013 and allow that to transform her relationship with herself and her body? Episode highlights: \ud83c\udf1f How our relationship \u2013 or lack thereof \u2013 with our parents can mirror our relationship with food and body. \ud83c\udf1f The ways that absentee parent syndrome can cause us to reject and abandon ourselves later in life. \ud83c\udf1f How to spark self-love when we never got that from our parents. \ud83c\udf1f Healing our relationship with our parents when they\u2019re no longer alive. \ud83c\udf1f Why letting go of \u201clonging for\u201d a different body is so important to maturing into our Royal Archetype, and how we can begin to embrace ourselves, as we are. For those of us whose parents were not able to be there for us, Marc has an important message \u2013 and one we hope you won\u2019t miss! Be sure to tune into this heartwarming, life-affirming episode\u2026 --------------- Learn more about us at The Institute for the Psychology of Eating: https:\/\/psychologyofeating.com\/  Ready to call a ceasefire in your battle with eating, and find peace and freedom with food? Learn more about our newest program, The Emotional Eating Breakthrough! https:\/\/learn.psychologyofeating.com\/ Interested in becoming a certified coach in eating psychology? Then tune in to hear Marc talk about our Mind Body Eating Coach Certification Training, and download a copy of our School Catalog: https:\/\/psychologyofeating.com\/info-kit\/ Learn our powerful, cutting-edge approach, and discover how you can create a unique career helping others find peace and freedom with food. 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