Welcome to the Core Concepts of Mindful Eating Resources Center
where you can sign up for handouts, activities, and links to recorded meditations. Valuable training programs for Mindful Eating and Motivational Interviewing, as well as helpful position statements from trusted weight-neutral organizations are always available!
Here is a list of the handouts from The Core Concepts of Mindful Eating. All of the handouts are professionally designed images that are available in black and white for easy printing.
This handouts visualizes the five steps of mindful eating which is described on page 63.
Mindful Eating Map Steps Handout
This handout walks through the five steps described on page 62 and it breaks down these larger concepts into smaller mindfulness steps.
Nutrition Choices Handout
This handout can be reviewed on page 124 provides an overview of nutrition concepts, breaking teaching into four parts: Choice, Energy, Body Function and Self-care. It was originally published in Discover Mindful Eating for Kids and also very effective when teaching clients about basic nutrition for diabetes care.
Practice Planning Worksheet Handout
The “PPW” is a worksheet described in chapter 9, and it provides a way for clients to include their intention for mindful eating and create a clear way to move towards this intention. Described on page 135, and listed in the back of the manual, this handout is an effective way to transition from a general intention to clear goal, mindfully.
Hunger and Fullness Scale Handout
This handout is a unique hunger/fullness scale that helps clients in step 1 and 2 of the Mindful Eating Map. It was originally published in Discover Mindful Eating for Kids and can be located on page 70 of The Core Concepts of Mindful Eating. It is effective way of teaching this concepts when teaching adults about hunger and fullness.
Six Phases of Eating Handout
This handout was originally published in Discover Mindful Eating and is described on page 71 of The Core Concepts of Mindful Eating. The purpose of this handout is to help an overwhelmed client narrow down and identify a specific areas of the meal to focus the mindfulness skill of attention. Breaking mindful eating into bite-size pieces and taking it slowly is a great way to present the topic.
Feelings List Handout
Inspired by the amazing of Marshal Rosenberg, PhD and the Nonviolent Communication Community, this handout can be located on page 109 and is designed to help your client use his/her feeling to help discover their unspoken needs.
Activities
Thought Compass Instructions Handout
This activity is a variation of a Mind Map, described on page 23. The Thought Compass activity is designed to untangle the many thoughts and feelings that are present.
Where Your Emotions are Felt Activity Handout
Your emotional experience overlaps with your sensory experience and this activity is designed to help your clients make this connection which is described on page 89.
Three Poisons Activity Handout
Helping clients understand the deeper reason why behaviors are hard to change is the purpose of this handout, which describes the Buddhist teaching the Three Poisons: Self-Destruction, Craving and Unknowing. The handout is located on page 121/122 and provides you client a way to see the our habitual cycle. On the second page, this activity offers the mindfulness antidotes: Kindness, Observing and Curiosity.
Evaluating Effort Activity Handout
This handout can help your clients understand resistance by considering the effort it takes to change. Described on page 128, this simple tool can help your clients consider, is this level of effort maintainable?
The Core Concepts of Mindful Eating offers the following Meditation handouts for you to use with your clients.
Meditation Handouts are located in Chapter 2.
A3D Breathing Space
Mindful Awareness in Three Stages
Kindness and Compassion Meditation
Traditional Metta Bhavna Meditation
Meditation Scripts:
Mindful Eating Meditation by Marge Morris, M.Ed., RD
10-Minutes Meditation by Barbara Boothbay, MS, RD
Training Programs
There are many mindful eating training programs to consider. I value the following programs because they are evidence based and are taught by skilled teachers.
The Center for Mindful Eating offers a comprehensive list.
Learning more about mindful eating will require you to understand the position statements from other organizations and programs. Here is a list of statements that can guide and shape your learning.
