Are you struggling with emotional eating? 

Let's break down exactly what emotional eating is and how you can stop emotional eating for good...

(Listen to the full podcast episode on emotional eating here)

Huge misconception = all emotional eating is bad and should be prevented

Emotional eating = self-regulation strategy

We eat not because we are physically hungry but because we are trying to use food to soothe or shift our internal state.

This means eating when we are:

• Angry, upset, sad, depressed, lonely, unhappy, confused, stressed, or in a state of discomfort - eating becomes a way of avoiding having to feel something you don’t want to feel
• As a celebration or reward or for the pleasure or joy of eating

Emotional eating is not inherently bad. In fact, it is impossible to remove emotions from food altogether. It is totally okay to sometimes reach for some chocolate or ice cream when you're having a bad day. It is when numbing your emotions with food becomes your only...