Make Peace With Food

Are you really hungry, or is it mind hunger? When you’re binge eating, emotional eating, nighttime snacking or boredom eating, it’s usually your mind that’s hungry, not your body. In this episode, I share how to tell the difference. Real body hunger builds slowly. It starts with a light growl, gets louder if you ignore it, and almost any real meal will satisfy it. Mind hunger starts with a trigger...

Why can intuitive eating backfire? If you’ve tried it and ended up gaining weight, snacking at night, or feeling even more out of control around food. You may be getting your cues from the wrong part of your brain. In this episode, I explain what intuitive eating really is. We’re born with natural hunger and fullness cues. I also explain why those cues get disrupted by years of dieting, binge eati...

How do you overcome sugar addiction when you already know sugar isn’t good for you? It’s not more information. In this episode, I share the 3 steps that finally helped me break free from sugar, and you can use them for any habit that’s getting in the way of your results, from nighttime snacking to drinking during the week. I used to be known as the family sugar addict. I could finish two rows of c...

Why do your cravings keep winning, even when you know exactly what to eat? Because cravings don’t start with food. They start in your mind. In this episode, I share why health, cravings, and weight release all begin with the quality of your thoughts, not with another meal plan or more willpower. I open up about how years of meal plans, macros, and strict diets turned me into a closet binge eater w...

Why isn't intermittent fasting right for you? If fasting leaves you obsessing about food, battling cravings, or overeating before your eating window closes, the problem isn't you. It's your nervous system. In this episode, I share how intermittent fasting worked for me for years. Then my mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer, I switched to a plant-based diet overnight, and chronic str...

In this episode, I go beyond the nervous system to explain exactly what's happening biologically in your body to drive those cravings — two systems, specifically, that are worth writing down. The Dopamine Reward System Any time we feel discomfort or pain — physical or emotional — and we do something that gives instant relief (a bite of ice cream, a cigarette, a glass of wine), dopamine is rele...

In this episode, I walk through the different forms unwanted eating behavior can take — and why understanding them starts with dropping the labels we tend to slap on ourselves. Watch Your Language — Especially After "I Am" Before naming any behavior, I want to be clear: this isn't about labeling yourself. Avoid saying "I am a binge eater." Instead, try "I may be engagi...

In this episode, I tackle the habit I see in about 90% of the people I work with: nighttime snacking. I struggled with it myself for years, and no amount of willpower fixed it — because it was never actually a discipline problem. Why Nighttime Eating Hits Different After 7–8pm, our circadian rhythm makes us more carb-resistant, so food eaten at night is far more likely to be stored as fat than the...

In this episode, I want to take a step back from food entirely and talk about what's really driving compulsive overeating, binge eating, and emotional eating — because it's never actually about the food. What a "Real" Struggle With Weight Looks Like Fluctuating within about 10 lbs over the year is normal. A real struggle looks like repeated 30–100 lb swings, on the wagon and off...

In this episode, I take on something that feels automatic but never actually is: emotional eating, binge eating, and nighttime snacking. These behaviors feel like they just "happen" — but I want to show you that they follow a pattern, step by step, like a movie you can learn to watch and eventually interrupt. It's Not Random — It's a Trigger Whether it's stress, frustration,...

In this episode, I take on a word that almost everybody resists: binge eater. Every time I bring it up on a strategy call or in a post, I hear the same response — "No, Sherry, that's not me." So today I want to redefine it, because the version most of us learned in school isn't the whole story — and once you actually see yourself in the real definition, everything about how you h...

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Joshua Sharp, a chiropractor and IIN Health Coach whom people come to after they've done all the tests, heard "everything looks normal," and been told this is just what perimenopause, or this phase of life, feels like.  This conversation digs into what's actually happening under the surface, long before it becomes a diagnosis. The Fire Department vs. The Fire I...

This episode opens with a story that so many of us will recognize ourselves in: a woman who is doing everything right — hot yoga, 20,000 steps a day, running, dragon boat, weight training — and yet her body has hit a wall. Nothing is working anymore. I use her story to unpack one of the most counterintuitive truths in this work: sometimes the path forward is exercising less, not more. Meet the "Wo...

Is perfectionism quietly affecting your relationship with food?   In this episode, I sit down with clinical psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen to explore how perfectionism fuels anxiety, food obsession, and self-criticism—and how self-compassion can help you create lasting freedom.  If you're tired of chasing impossible standards and want a healthier mindset around food and life, this conversation...

Many of us believe our struggles with food are about discipline, motivation, or willpower. But what if they're actually rooted in a younger version of ourselves who is still trying to keep us safe? In this episode, I explore the powerful connection between inner child healing, unconscious programming, and emotional eating. I share how childhood experiences—even those we barely remember—can continu...

Why do we reach for food when we're anxious, overwhelmed, or afraid—even when we know we're not physically hungry? In this episode, I explore one of the biggest hidden drivers of emotional eating: emotional dysregulation. Many of us were never taught how to process difficult emotions in a healthy way. Instead, we learned to suppress them, fear them, or escape them. The truth is, your emotions aren...

What if you genuinely need to avoid certain foods for health reasons? Does that mean you’re restricting? In this episode, I explore the difference between restriction and conscious choice — and why the intention behind avoiding a food matters so much. Using food sensitivities and allergies as examples, I explain how avoiding something because it negatively affects your body is very different from...

We live in a world that constantly tells us to do more, add more, and become more . Every New Year brings another list of goals, habits, and resolutions—all focused on adding something else to an already full plate. But what if lasting transformation isn't about doing more? In this episode, I share a refreshing perspective on why doing less, simplifying, and focusing on consistency is often the mi...

If you've spent years chasing the next diet, counting calories, weighing yourself, or believing that your worth is tied to the number on the scale, this episode is for you. In this episode, I share why so many women feel trapped in an endless cycle of dieting and frustration—and why the answer isn't another meal plan or more willpower. Instead, true healing begins when you stop looking outside you...

The way you speak to yourself today becomes the person you believe you are tomorrow. In this episode, I want to talk about something that quietly shapes every decision you make, every relationship you have with food, and every way you experience your body: your thoughts. Most of us don't realize that the conversations we have with ourselves become the foundation for how we show up in the world. Th...

What if you stopped trying to get your relationship with food “right” and started getting curious instead? In this episode, I explore something I believe can completely shift the way we approach food, health, and change: curiosity. Think back to when you were a child. You naturally asked: What would happen if I tried this? What would happen if I did that? Curiosity led you. But somewhere along the...

In this deeply personal episode, I share my full story — not just how I entered the health and fitness world…but how I discovered the missing piece that changed everything. The Injury That Changed Everything I take you back to being a teenage athlete — strong, competitive, and deeply connected to my body — until a life-altering moment shifted everything. At just 16 years old, I was in a severe acc...

What if your “diet” had nothing to do with food… and everything to do with what you’re surrounded by ? In this episode, I expand the definition of diet beyond what’s on your plate — and into your environment, your conversations, and even your social media feed. Because every single thing you consume is sending a signal to your body: safety or stress. Your Environment Is Part of Your Diet Diet isn’...

In this episode, I break down one of the most misunderstood drivers of cravings — insulin — and why what you’ve been told about sugar, discipline, and willpower is only part of the story. This is where science meets self-awareness. Because once you understand what’s actually happening in your body…you stop blaming yourself. Insulin — The Hormone That Keeps You Alive Before we talk about cravings,...

In this episode, I dive into a truth that can completely shift how you experience your emotions: You’re not stuck because of your emotions… you’re stuck because you’ve learned to avoid them. Most of us were never taught how to process what we feel. Instead, we learned to distract, numb, or suppress — through food, alcohol, or staying busy. But what if your emotions aren’t something to escape… but...