Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

Always ask yourself, what do I need? What am I feeling and what do I need? Am I hungry? Do I need food? Am I lonely? Do I need ice cream or do I need to call a friend? Am I tired? Do I need a nap? Or do I need sugar? And so there's a very simple set of non-judgmental questions you can ask about what am I actually feeling right now and what do I need?

And we often don't stop to make that distinction. That's what you're asking people to do is inviting them to go gee, I have this Hershey ice cream, but what's really going on with me right now? Am I depressed? Am I sad? Am I tired? I need energy. Have I been, you know, just eating too much carbs and I'm craving carbs? Like what's going on?

And we often don't stop to make that distinction. That's what you're asking people to do is inviting them to go gee, I have this Hershey ice cream, but what's really going on with me right now? Am I depressed? Am I sad? Am I tired? I need energy. Have I been, you know, just eating too much carbs and I'm craving carbs? Like what's going on?

And we often don't stop to make that distinction. That's what you're asking people to do is inviting them to go gee, I have this Hershey ice cream, but what's really going on with me right now? Am I depressed? Am I sad? Am I tired? I need energy. Have I been, you know, just eating too much carbs and I'm craving carbs? Like what's going on?

And I think it's a very powerful tool to sort of create self-awareness around the choices you're making. And then

And I think it's a very powerful tool to sort of create self-awareness around the choices you're making. And then

And I think it's a very powerful tool to sort of create self-awareness around the choices you're making. And then

yeah then figure out what you what you really need in that moment and and then go reach out for that if it's calling a friend if it's you know taking a nap if it's whatever it is it's going to sort of deal with what you need rather than the food which becomes our default then we've you know we've created a culture where that's what happens when your kids shut up here eat this candy if you're screaming eat this ice cream here you know have have some treat as a way of kind of mollifying kids and it becomes this

yeah then figure out what you what you really need in that moment and and then go reach out for that if it's calling a friend if it's you know taking a nap if it's whatever it is it's going to sort of deal with what you need rather than the food which becomes our default then we've you know we've created a culture where that's what happens when your kids shut up here eat this candy if you're screaming eat this ice cream here you know have have some treat as a way of kind of mollifying kids and it becomes this

yeah then figure out what you what you really need in that moment and and then go reach out for that if it's calling a friend if it's you know taking a nap if it's whatever it is it's going to sort of deal with what you need rather than the food which becomes our default then we've you know we've created a culture where that's what happens when your kids shut up here eat this candy if you're screaming eat this ice cream here you know have have some treat as a way of kind of mollifying kids and it becomes this

sense of our reliance on things that are really bad for us to make us feel better rather than understanding how to actually feel better.

sense of our reliance on things that are really bad for us to make us feel better rather than understanding how to actually feel better.

sense of our reliance on things that are really bad for us to make us feel better rather than understanding how to actually feel better.

That's what the diabetes doctor.

That's what the diabetes doctor.

That's what the diabetes doctor.

That's crazy.

That's crazy.

That's crazy.

They're very disconnected from themselves.