Wendi Francis

Overcoming Emotional Eating

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Eating with stress, boredom, fear, loneliness, worry, anxiety or happiness are all ways we define emotional eating. The American Psychological Association reports that almost 40% of people have eaten in response to stress in the last 30 days. You are not alone. Each week, you can join Wendi Francis, emotional eating expert, to help YOU overcome your emotional overeating. If you want to finally find freedom from your food, weight, and body this is the podcast for you. Your time to become an OVERCOMER starts now.

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Wendi Francis

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Health

Latest episode

May 22, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 378: There Really Is A Thing Called Boredom Based Eating and You May Be Doing It Right Now and Not Even Know It 22.05.2026

In this episode Wendi dives into the why’s and how’s of boredom based eating. There really is a science behind why we eat when we are bored. No matter what your age is, we can all relate to this issue. Take a listen and you might learn something you could use the next time you are bored.

Episode 377: What's Food Noise, How Does It Drive Your Eating and What Can You Do About It? 27.03.2026

In this episode Wendi explains the why’s and how’s behind food noise. More importantly she talks candidly about how to reduce it so you can live your life without being obsessed with your food. You are not what you eat and you shouldn’t have to think about it all day.

Episode 376: There Is A Science Behind Social Media, Body Image, and Eating Behavior 13.03.2026

The impact that social media has on our body image is astounding. Understanding how and why this happens and how this affects our food is imperative for emotional and physical health. In this episode Wendi looks at the science around this. Knowledge really is power and knowing what to do with that is even more impactful.

Episode 375: Can Your Success in Your Food Fuel Your Business? 27.02.2026

In this episode, Wendi talks about the congruence between your eating, recovery, weight and your business. There really is a relationship between these, and, in this episode, you will learn exactly how it really is all interconnected.

Episode 374: What Are You Really Hungry For? 16.02.2026

In this episode Wendi really dives into the science behind the psychology and physiology of hunger to help you understand more about the how’s and why’s of hunger. In order to truly change, we must understand first.

Episode 373: Dopamine, Desire, Addiction and the Dinner Table 02.02.2026

In this episode Wendi takes a deep dive into Dopamine. Recognizing what dopamine is and how it drives us to overeat is imperative. Once we know how to play the game our brain is playing we can actually win. It is not about will power, it is about knowing what the “want” actually does.

Episode 372: Understanding the Beginning to get to the End of Your Relationship with Food 16.01.2026

In this episode Wendi talks about understanding your beginnings with food and weight and how it relates to your present. Without understanding with compassion you can never have awareness of patterns. Without awareness there is no hope for true, lasting change. In that there can be no long term success with weight loss, body satisfaction and self-esteem. Remember pattern recognition in this area c...

Episode 371: Self-Respect the Secret to Attaining Change in Food, Weight, and Life 09.01.2026

We often talk about self-love, discipline and willpower but rarely do we talk about self-respect. The truth is, the reality behind weight, body and life change actually relies on the respect we have for ourselves. Instead of focusing on control, focus on respect. The regulation it provides your body will ignite change not only in your weight but also in your life.

Episode 370: Starting Over or Working on a Fresh Start? 26.12.2025

So many people make new year’s resolutions but is it really the way to make lasting, sustainable change? We all know the answer is no, but yet we still do it. In this episode Wendi looks at the how’s and why’s to do new year’s differently. There are steps you can take to help you thrive in the new year with your food, weight, physiology and psychology. What if you did it differently this time?

Episode 369: Forgiveness Is The Secret To Heal(th) 19.12.2025

Forgiveness and health are not always talked about in the same breath. The research is clear, however, that forgiving ourselves and others absolutely impacts our food and our body. It may realistically be the magic bullet for health. Take a listen to understand more about why.

Episode 368: An Inspiring Interview with Amber Romaniuk 08.12.2025

Amber Romaniuk is an Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone Expert, with 12 years experience helping high achieving women create a level of body confidence, intuition and optimal health through powerful mindset healing, self-care and overcoming self-sabotage with food. She does this through addressing the key negative thoughts, patterns and limiting beliefs that keep women stuck in the same behav...

Episode 367: Letting Go of the Shame of Thanksgiving: A Science and Experiential Podcast 28.11.2025

The shame that many of us feel after Thanksgiving can be intense. Understanding how you can be self-compassionate, unrecognizable. In this podcast, Wendi teaches you about some of the science behind the shame and then walks you through an exercise to help your subconscious release it.

Episode 366: Going Through Thanksgiving Without the Baggage of Emotional Eating 21.11.2025

In this episode,Wendi gives science based evidence to support why emotional eating resides so intensely around Thanksgiving. There is specific evidence to support why we are more prone to eat emotionally during this time and there are absolute solutions for this as well. Thanksgiving is a time for connecting with your family, friends and yourself just as much as the food. This is your playbook on...

Episode 365: What Is Neuro Pruning and How Can It Help You Lose Weight Successfully and Have Success In Other Ways? 14.11.2025

In this episode I talk in depth about neuropruning. Who would have thought this could help with your food, weight and your life. Your brain is an amazing thing and what it doesn’t use it trims off. Find out how in this episode and understand more about how it can help you.

Episode 364: Do You Know Your T's? That's Your Thyroid Not Your Traumas. An Exclusive Interview With Dr. Eric Osansky, a Well-Known Thyroid Expert 07.11.2025

Dr. Eric Osansky brings over 15 years of chiropractic care, functional medicine, and nutrition expertise. After achieving remission from Graves’ hyperthyroidism in 2009, he has dedicated his career to empowering others to address thyroid and autoimmune conditions naturally. As the published author of Natural Treatment Solutions for Hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease, Hashimoto’s Triggers, and The...

Episode 363: Your Emotional Eating Toolkit 31.10.2025

In this episode Wendi looks at specific aspects of emotional eating. Emotional eating impacts at least 38% of people every week, According to the American Psychological Association. Isn’t it time we look at what actually drives our eating? Having a toolkit for your emotional eating is a game changer for you, your body and your weight.

Episode 362: Get A Grip! Managing Your Emotions To Impact Your Food, Weight and Life. 24.10.2025

In this episode, Wendi looks specifically at emotions and how they impact our life, health, food, weight, body and yes, even your business. Emotions control everything we do, if we let them. The key lies in the regulation of them. Regulation is truly the key to ultimate success in all areas of your life, overarching and reaching the true nature and intricacies and who we are in the world and in ou...

Episode 361: A Meditation for "The Pause" 10.10.2025

In this episode, Wendi provides a tool for you to use to help you reset when things start moving too fast. Meditation can help the mind reset and restore or at least provide a moment of pause to help move you into a different state to connect differently with yourself and your food.

Episode 360: Going Down the Rabbit Hole of Shame and How to Stop It 03.10.2025

Did you actually know that there is a reason for shame. Wendi jumps into the whys and hows of shame, what triggers it and how to refocus after the spiral of it. There are ways to overcome the battle of shame. Take a listen to figure out the way to stop this spiral and take control of your mind and your emotions.

Episode 359: How To Solve the Plateau in Your Weight and in Your Life 26.09.2025

In this episode, Wendi looks at the connection between the stall in your life and the stall that can happen with your weight. They can actually be related. The more you know the better equipped you are to handle either or both.

​Episode 358: A Complete and Complicated Subject - Menopause and Weight Gain - What you Need to Know 29.08.2025

In this episode Wendi talks more about menopause than she ever has before, making the connection more apparent between food, weight and menopause. Understanding more about your body, can and will empower you to change what you can to reduce the signs and symptoms of this midlife shift. It could just be learning one thing that starts to set you free.

Episode 357: Reconnecting With Oneself and One’s Food Through Healing - A Transformative Interview with Lisa Schlosberg 22.08.2025

Lisa Schlosberg is the founder of Out of the Cave, LLC, where she combines her comprehensive expertise as a licensed social worker, integrative nutrition health coach, certified personal trainer, and registered yoga teacher to guide emotional eaters toward physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health and healing. Maintaining a 150-pound weight loss for more than a decade by healing her relati...

Episode 356: The SLip Doesn't Need To Lead To The Slide: An Interview With Mallary Tenore Tarpley Author Of SLip 08.08.2025

Mallary Tenore Tarpley is an assistant professor of practice at The University of Texas at Austin's School of Journalism and Media and McCombs School of Business, where she teaches writing and reporting courses for undergraduate and graduate students. Mallary specializes in a variety of topics, including longform feature writing, creative nonfiction, solutions journalism and nonprofit journalism....

Episode 355: What Does the Big M (Menopause) Have To Do With It? 01.08.2025

Did you know that 10% of all women in menopause leave the workplace due to issues with their hormonal symptoms? It is true and so sad. In this episode Wendi talks about the ins and outs of menopause and how it relates to emotional eating, weight and health. It is a conversation we need to start having to support each other through this transition. This episode is a tribute to the women powering up...

Episode 354: Do You Choose Your Food Based On Your Self-esteem? 25.07.2025

In this episode Wendi dives into the difference between choosing foods based on our own self worth or foods that support our negative self-esteem. The impact of what we choose when, where, why and how can shift how and what we feel about ourselves. It is time we start to do better to feel better about ourselves. “If we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change.” -Wayne Dyer

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