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Food can quiet the noise in your head without fixing what hurts. In Episode 926 of Savage Perspective Podcast, Robert Sikes talks with psychologist Dr. Adi Jaffe to explore emotional eating, binge eating, and the habits we learn as kids. Adi explains why wanting to change is not enough when old patterns still guide your actions. His five-step model shows how the meaning you give an event shapes your feelings, actions, and results. Food and nonstop work can offer a brief escape, but the pain beneath them still needs attention. Learn why the same urges keep returning and how to start seeing the pattern before you repeat it.
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Chapters
0:00 - Food Addiction and Adi Jaffe’s Recovery Story
2:21 - Why We Use Food to Feel Better
4:02 - How Childhood Shapes Your Eating Habits
8:35 - Why Breaking Old Patterns Feels Unsafe
13:14 - Social Comparison, Shame and Feeling Behind
17:48 - How Fatherhood Changed the Meaning of Success
19:57 - Using Food and Work to Escape Emotional Pain
22:32 - Facing Pain and Taking Ownership
26:24 - The Five-Step Loop Behind Your Reactions
33:14 - What You Can and Can’t Control
35:41 - When Success Becomes an Addiction
38:27 - The 10-Year Test for Making a Change
41:45 - Entrepreneurship, Autonomy and Fulfillment
47:17 - Growth Mindset and the Success Trap
49:42 - Putting the Work Into Yourself
51:54 - Finding Purpose Through Relationships and Service
56:22 - Unhooked, SPARx and Where to Find Adi
