Hello love,
How can you break the cycle of emotional eating when it can feel like it keeps on happening?
You might have “breaks” where it doesn’t happen but then you’re triggered back into it again.
I’ve seen this with clients and this usually happens because you didn’t quite get into the root of your emotional eating and resolve it. Which means you haven’t found a way to change the way you are with this pattern on a deep level.
When life is more easeful or peaceful you are not triggered as much and have more capacity to willpower and fight your urges. And then big life things happen like a breakup, a divorce, a big move or something equally stressful and you don’t know how to deal with this level of stress and you’re back to using food to cope.
The clients that work with me have been able to willpower for years and have done diets for years to mitigate the impact of their emotional eating (like weight gain and feeling out of control) but at some point they just can’t do it anymore. Their willpower dries up.
So how do we break out of this emotional eating cycle?
We need to get to the root of this pattern – first become aware of it and then do the deeper work that hasn’t been done before.
Let’s dive in:
- 1:40 What is Emotional Eating ?
- 2:55 Why do we develop this coping mechanism?
- 4:25 Triggers and breaking the cycle
- 5:55 Meeting our deeper needs and not using food as a substitute
- 6:40 The layer we need to work with in this pattern to break the cycle
- 8:52 The other side of breaking this cycle (a bit about my journey)
- 9:25 Next steps and resources
Next Steps
1. If you are ready to start your journey to resolving your Emotional Eating you can download my free guide “What Are You Truly Hungry For?” to start discerning true from emotional hunger and catching your triggers HERE.
2. If you are ready to transform your emotional eating so that you can get to ease, peace and confidence around food and in your body with a step by step process and guidance then find out more about The Emotional Eating Evolution Program HERE.
To ending the cycle,
~Michelle
Certified Holistic Nutritionist Specializing in Emotional Eating
