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Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin is a renowned author and podcast host and one of the nation’s leading psychoanalysts known for the psychology of eating. Her signature message, “It’s not what you’re eating, it’s what’s eating ‘at’ you” has resonated with hundreds of thousands of listeners from around the globe in 57 countries. As founder of The Binge Cure Method, she guides emotional eaters to create lasting food freedom so they can take back control of their lives and feel good in their bodies.
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Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin is a renowned psychoanalyst, author, and radio host known for The Psychology of Eating. Her signature message, “It’s not what you’re eating, it’s what’s eating ‘at’ you,” has resonated with hundreds of thousands of listeners in 57 countries.
As founder of The Binge Cure Method, she guides emotional eaters to create lasting food freedom so they can take back control of their lives and feel good in their bodies. Dr. Nina helps people identify their hidden triggers, stop emotional eating, and heal their relationship with food–all without diet or exercise.
Dr. Nina’s personal history with eating disorders fuels her passion for helping others. She once considered herself “the poster child for eating disorders.” After struggling for 15 years, she went to therapy–but she went for anxiety. She never disclosed her disordered relationship with food to her therapist, yet she left therapy completely healed from all eating disorders.
How was this possible? Food was never the problem; it was a negative “solution” to the problem. She became a psychotherapist because she wanted to help other people stop the obsession and madness about food, weight, and body image.
A psychoanalyst with a doctorate in psychology, she has written five books, including The Binge Cure: 7 Steps to Outsmart Emotional Eating, which has sold over 10,000 copies, and the companion workbook, The Binge Cure Journal. She is also the author of Food for Thought: Perspectives on Eating Disorders (Rowman & Littlefield), and co-editor of Beyond the Primal Addiction (Karnac Books, Food Matters: A Biopsychosocial Approach (Phoenix Publishing House), and the upcoming Seen and Unseen: Vision in Psychoanalysis (Karnac).
She contributed chapters in four scholarly books, including her chapter The Origins and Fundamentals of Psychoanalysis (in Freud & The Buddha) used at Harvard Medical School, and has written over 50 articles on disordered eating for publications such as Psyche Online, Psychology Today, the National Eating Disorders Association, Eating Disorder Hope, and other national and international publications. Her blog, “Make Peace with Food,” was awarded nine Best Eating Disorder Blog Awards by Healthline and other sites.
She has appeared as a featured guest on “The Dr. Drew Podcast” and over 20 radio shows and podcasts worldwide.
Her radio program, “The Dr. Nina Show,” on L.A. Talk Radio aired for over six years and can now be heard as a podcast. Her live podcast, “The Binge Cure with Dr. Nina” on VoiceAmerica, garnered over 50,000 downloads in its first six months on air and has listeners in 45 countries and counting.
Dr. Nina knows that our hidden emotions and conflicts have power over us. She believes in “emotional gardening” to get to the roots of why we’re eating instead of focusing on food. Just as we cannot see a root, but it grows the weeds, our hidden thoughts lead to the behaviors that cause pain. By digging deep, we get rid of the emotional roots and create lasting freedom.
She is on the board of Rose City Center, a psychoanalytically informed flexible fee counseling and training center, where she is the Director of the Development Committee. The center's mission is to provide psychotherapy services to underserved communities throughout California.
As the mother of two daughters–one biological and one adopted from China–she advocates adoption and believes that love is born in the heart. She and her family sponsor three children through Love Without Boundaries. Her special needs deaf Great Dane named Zane is also a member of the family, and the ASPCA is another favored charity.
When she is not treating patients or coaching clients, you can find her hugging trees in her backyard, weight training, or watching romantic comedies with her family.
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In this episode, Dr. Nina Savelle Rocklin, renowned psychoanalyst and author, breaks down binge eating, emotional eating, and how mental health plays the biggest role in food struggles. We dive into her Food-Mood Formula, self-criticism, and practical tools for creating real food freedom.
