Emotional Eating Solutions

There’s a moment – maybe after a long day, or in the quiet of the evening – when food calls to you, not out of hunger, but from somewhere deeper. It’s a familiar pull, a whisper that says, “This will help.” A bite, a taste, a moment of relief. But beneath that urge isn’t just the craving...

Recognise yourself here? The uncontrollable urge to eat when you’re not really hungry, the endless cycle of feeling guilty after a binge, only to rinse and repeat. I know all too well that bingeing and emotional eating can feel like an embarrassing secret. For many of us, these behaviours come...

I often hear this from my clients - 'eating makes me happy!' It's hard to stop doing something you think makes you happy - not that I'm suggesting anyone a) stop eating and b) stop doing something that makes them happy! Definitely not! However, if you're getting most of the pleasure, joy and happiness...

Do you overstep your limits? Perhaps the question to ask first is this: do you know what and where your limits are? This is something that has taken me a while to learn - and honestly, I'm still learning. I'm not sure that we can ever get this piece 'right' because knowing what and where your limits...

Do you have a goal to always eat mindfully, to only eat when you're physically hungry and to stop the moment you've had enough nutritional input? Perhaps you believe that eating emotionally is a bad thing, that you shouldn't ever do it, and that you should work really hard to put food and eating into...

A couple important points to start A lot of what we think is emotional overeating, is usually a normal response to restriction (via some kind of dieting behaviour). Before you tackle emotional overeating, it's important to first make peace with food and stop trying to lose weight. When folks do this,...