Hello love,
If you want to resolve emotional eating, there’s one specific thing you need to do.
This can be confusing, especially for emotional eaters. When you feel out of control with food, you may try to regain control by focusing on diets, exercise, or even therapy.
But it’s still not breaking the pattern.
You want to control food, but in the process, you might not know how to properly meet your body’s nourishment needs.
This is important, and I’ll explain why.
Emotional eating is a coping mechanism. We turn to food when we’re stressed, overwhelmed with emotions, or feeling discomfort.
This habit likely developed in childhood, when we used food to soothe ourselves and numb emotional pain. So, while it may feel like you’re out of control with food, the reality is you’re trying to meet emotional needs with food.
At the same time, it’s difficult to know how to nourish our bodies because we feel so out of control.
We often don’t recognize what true hunger feels like, and it might seem like we’re always hungry, reaching for food even when it’s not physically needed.
Here’s what you need to understand about emotional eating: yes, food is the surface issue, but there’s something deeper going on.
Let’s dive in:
- 1:40 – What role food plays in this pattern
2:09 – The importance of learning nourishment when you’re an emotional eater
3:02 – Discerning true hunger from emotional hunger and how to satisfy it
5:05 – Why you’re hungry: Are your “shoulds” getting in the way?
6:05 – When you’re emotionally eating and what to do about it
10:44 – The two layers of emotional eating
11:11 – 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 true nourishment,
~Michelle
Certified Holistic Nutritionist Specializing in Emotional Eating
