Hello love,
It might seem really obvious why we emotionally eat – we might be feeling rejected, not seen, or heard, validated or understood or accepted.
And this creates this discomfort. This shame and rejection that we then go to food to soothe us from the pain and discomfort.
Something that came to mind as I was thinking about this was that in every movie or tv show where someone goes through a breakup or hard time – they are there with a tub of ice cream emotionally eating.
It’s almost normalized as the thing we do but I don’t want this to be the norm and I’m sure you feel the same way too, am I right?
If you’ve ever chatted with me in person I will almost always say everyone is an emotional eater to a degree just because of the way our society is set up. Food is so accessible and easy to use to numb with.
If you are reading this you’ve probably been suffering with emotional eating for a long time. Years and decades and are finally ready to do something about it.
Let’s dive in and chat about moving from protecting ourselves with emotional eating to meeting our true needs…
Check out the video below at the timestamps to dive deeper:
- 1:54 When life is calm emotional eating feels more manageable but the pattern is still there
- 2:25 The tipping point in my emotional eating pattern
- 3:15 Emotional eating and rejection
- 5:05 Shifting this pattern so you no longer go to food and start meeting your true needs
- 6:25 The core root of your emotional eating pattern
- 7:09 An example of what you would have needed and how it shifts the nervous system to get to resolution
- 8:35 What happened to you
- 10:00 Moving into acceptance and not rejecting yourself
- 13:25 The layers to move through to resolve this pattern
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 acceptance,
~Michelle
Certified Holistic Nutritionist Specializing in Emotional Eating
