Hello love,
A lot of women who struggle with emotional eating believe that food freedom means being able to eat whatever you want.
But that’s not true freedom – it’s just another way food can control you.
Real food freedom comes from healing the root of emotional eating. That’s the doorway to true sovereignty around food.
Before I was helping women with their emotional eating, I was struggling with my own emotional eating. I never thought I would be helping women with this pattern. I was very much on a trajectory in science, in teaching, and I thought that’s where I needed to be.
But as I began to heal my emotional eating, I realized how all these different paths were interconnected.
Looking back, my struggles with food began at a young age and deepened in high school. I swung between extremes—restricting and barely eating to giving in and eating whatever I wanted.
At the core of it, my drive to restrict was fueled by the belief that if I could finally fit into a perfect box – look a certain way, reach a certain weight – I’d feel confident, accepted, and at ease in my life.
But even when I got there, the relief was fleeting. None of it helped resolve the root of my emotional eating.
Let’s dive in:
- 1:24 Trying everything and getting nowhere (my therapist even handed me a diet book)
- 1:50 Hitting rock bottom: the food pendulum swing to “freedom,” moving to Korea, and spiraling deeper into emotional eating
- 3:14 A new country, facing bigger triggers, and finally realizing I was an emotional eater (I know…)
- 3:50 When the pattern began shifting toward food sovereignty
- 4:14 What food sovereignty really is and how it’s different from food freedom
- 7:14 Client story: from burgers and fries to craving fruits and veggies (who am I?)
- 7:57 Breaking free from the pendulum of “freedom” and “restriction” and finding balance with food
- 8:47 Client story: from feeling triggered at dinner to feeling sovereign around food
- 10:30 Ready to step into sovereignty? Next steps and free 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 sovereignty with food,
Michelle
Certified Holistic Nutritionist Specializing in Emotional Eating
