Have you ever felt like there were two people living inside of you? One part says, “I’m going to eat healthy this week.” Then immediately another part jumps in and says, “Just have the cookies, just do it.”
Then another part jumps in and says, “What’s wrong with you? Why can’t you just be disciplined? Why can’t you stick to eating a certain way? Why can’t you just have some more willpower?”
And if this sounds familiar to you, it’s not that you’re crazy, and it’s not that you’re broken. It’s because you have different protective parts that come into play as you navigate your relationship to food (and your emotions). They’re trying to help you, but they’re using strategies that no longer work.
Today, I want to show you why these parts exist and how transforming them can help you heal your emotional eating.
Most emotional eating programs focus on changing your behaviour: eat this, don’t eat that, have more willpower, control your cravings. But emotional eating at its root is not really about the food.
Food was simply a strategy you adopted to help you feel safe when emotions felt overwhelming or uncomfortable.
So the real question isn’t Why can’t I stop eating? The question is, What part of me believes food is the safest solution?
Let’s dive in
- 1:11 Why we develop these protective parts and how it leads to emotional eating.
- 3:04 Examples of what these parts look like and what they do.
- 4:00 How a people pleaser part can trigger emotional eating.
- 5:11 Why fighting these parts and removing their coping mechanism is cruel.
- 6:34 How to start transforming these parts so they can release this unhealthy pattern (otherwise they become stronger).
- 8:18 The big shift for me: developing more compassion to transform my emotional eating.
- 10:05 How to start transforming these parts so you can stop using food to self-soothe.
- 11:22 Why support is important on this journey.
- 12:30 You don’t have to fight yourself – integrating these parts creates ease and peace around food, in your body and in your life.
- 12:54 The Emotional Eating Evolution Program and next steps
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 ease and peace,
Michelle
Certified Holistic Nutritionist Specializing in Emotional Eating
