The Emotional Eating Evolution Podcast

We're heading into the new year, maybe you're thinking of trying a new diet, or starting a new resolution to heal your emotional eating. If you've ever set a resolution to “fix” your emotional eating and you feel like you fail a few weeks later, then this video is for you. Resolutions fail for a few reasons. First of all, they're usually targeting something you want to fix - like t...

If you think emotional eating is about the food, think again. Most women are trying to fix a symptom, and they're not actually resolving it at the root. I get it. I've been there, too. I struggled with emotional eating, and my clients have as well. So emotional eating can feel like it's a food problem, because you see yourself feeling out of control with food. You’re eating large quant...

If you feel like you're emotional eating intensifies during the holiday seasons, you're not going crazy. There's a real reason why this is happening. This season tends to bring up old patterns and emotional eating is one of those big patterns. Let's dive in and explore why this happens and what you can do instead. 1:55 Reasons your emotional eating spikes more at certain times of y...

Emotional eating can feel like an invisible wall that's holding you back from your goals. And if you're an ambitious woman, you've probably been trying all the things to help you move past this wall. It can be frustrating because you can succeed in many areas of your life, but this one thing keeps derailing you and you keep falling back into emotional eating. So why do you keep hitting...

The word “emotional” is right there in the name “emotional eating,” so it’s clear that it’s deeply tied to our emotions. But I don’t think we always recognize just how deeply connected it is. Emotional eating is a coping mechanism. It’s a way we deal with our emotions when they arise. We use food as a band-aid — a way to soothe ourselves and distract from what we’re feeling because we don’t know h...

Today I wanted to share a client spotlight. If you've ever felt trapped in your emotional eating and like nothing's working no matter what you do, this is going to be helpful. You’ll see how it’s possible to go from daily emotional eating binges to ease and calm. I'm going to be sharing my client Kelly's journey: how she went from daily bingeing to resolving her emotional eating an...

If you're an ambitious woman who has spent her life succeeding and reaching for goals and achievements and it feels like emotional eating is something you can't fix, like you can't seem to control food or your body - It’s not that you're broken. It's that you learned that control would get you results, but it hasn't. What I’ve learned is that when we stop trying to fix ours...

You're not broken because you can't stick to a diet. What if I told you that sticking to diets and having a diet mental is actually triggering your emotional eating? If you've ever told yourself “I'm going to start again Monday, I'm going to stick to the diet”, and you end up eating all of the foods you restricted then this video is going to help you understand why that's h...

Trying to resolve your emotional eating while rejecting your body is like building a house on quicksand. You might think that body acceptance happens after you heal your emotional eating, but it's actually one of the roots that you need to address in order to resolve your emotional eating. A lot of women are told they need to look a certain way in order to feel worthy and valuable. When you&#3...

Have you ever reached for food when you weren't hungry and then felt really guilty afterward? You might think it's about willpower, a lack of discipline, but more is going on here. The truth is that emotional eating starts way before the food hits your mouth. Today I'm going to explain what’s really happening - what’s going in your body, and what you can do to find ease and peace aroun...

Let's focus on something that I often get asked about - why I don't focus on weight loss, even though my clients do eventually lose weight as a result of the work we do together. I know that might sound strange in a world that's obsessed with the number on the scale. But if you've been struggling with emotional eating, body image issues, restriction, dieting, you'll want to sta...

Did you know that emotional eating is not really about the food? It’s your body’s way of coping with the stress of unprocessed emotions and trauma. So if diets and willpower haven't worked for you, we have to go deeper to the body. Today I wanted to talk about how we can use the body to heal emotional eating. Through my own journey, my work with clients, and observing this pattern, I’ve seen c...

You’ve probably noticed there’s a lot of information and quick tools out there that claim to help you feel calm or manage your emotional eating urges. Today I want to share why I don’t give my clients these tools. If you’ve ever Googled how to stop emotional eating, you’ve likely seen some of these recommendations pop up. Back when I was first learning about emotional eating, I read a book that su...

A lot of women who struggle with emotional eating believe that food freedom means being able to eat whatever you want. But that’s not true freedom - it’s just another way food can control you. Real food freedom comes from healing the root of emotional eating. That’s the doorway to true sovereignty around food. Let’s dive in: 1:24 Trying everything and getting nowhere (my therapist even handed me a...

I know emotional eating can feel like a nuisance, like something we want to get rid of it. But that urgency often makes us impulsive, pulling us toward quick-fix promises instead of addressing the root cause and resolving the pattern in a sustainable way. I’m sharing lessons I’ve learned along the way because, if you can grasp them, they’ll help you on this journey. To having a better understandin...

Today I want to cover something that I see a lot when I'm working with clients and that is the fear of rejection and how it can drive your emotional eating. Have you ever noticed that when you’re out to dinner or meeting up with friends, you suddenly feel triggered? Maybe you don’t feel good enough, included, invited, or acknowledged in the way you hoped. It triggers your emotional eating and...

Most ambitious women struggling with emotional eating desire ease and confidence around food and in their body. The obvious way that they’ve been told to get there is to start controlling food. They think if they can fix their control issue with food that they can finally get to the land of ease and confidence - the result that they want. But of course, controlling food doesn't fix emotional e...

Emotional eating isn't just about your relationship with food - it comes with many hidden costs. It impacts your confidence, your relationships, how you show up in your life, and it even impacts you financially. I want to share with you how emotional eating is impacting you in these areas and how you can start shifting this pattern. I’m going to break it down a bit more, share some personal an...

If you ever find yourself reaching for food when you're not physically hungry, this can indicate that you're engaging in emotional eating. Emotional eating is a coping mechanism. It's something many of us developed when we were very young in order to deal with our discomfort, distress, or uncomfortable emotions. By the end of today's video, you’ll have a clearer awareness of what e...

Today I want to share the truth about emotional eating recovery that no one shares. So if you've been trying to heal your emotional eating and it feels like it's taking forever and you just can't seem to shift it, you're not alone. This is definitely a process. It doesn't happen overnight. It's not linear. It's not quick, but it is so worth it when you get to the other...

Emotional eating is not really a food issue. It's a trauma response. If you've ever felt out of control with food and emotionally eat, it can feel like there is an issue with food because it’s what you can’t seem to stop doing. These sudden urges come on…and you can't seem to control them. What if I told you it's not really about the food that you're going to and grasping onto?...

What I notice when I'm working with a lot of women is that on the surface, everything looks like it's going well: you might be successful, you might be in the job you want, you might have all of the things on the surface. But then they wonder, “Why am I still emotionally eating?” It can be really frustrating. And honestly, there's so much more going on under the surface. Let’s dive in:...

So let's dive in and talk about why willpower won't stop your emotional eating and what will. In this episode, I'm breaking down the emotional eating pattern because it's so much more than just a habit. I'm going to show you how to shift this pattern on a deep level from the inside out. So let’s dive in and explore what actually shifts this pattern: 1:34 Why do we have this emo...

A lot of the time, when we struggle with emotional eating, we believe the problem is a lack of control around food. But it's not really about the food. I want to invite you to consider: what if this is something you learned as a child because your emotions weren’t met with care? In this video, I’m going to explore why emotional eating isn’t about controlling food, what’s really happening under...

Are you struggling with emotional eating and wondering if anxiety might be playing a role? In this episode, we’ll explore the deep connection between anxiety and emotional eating, something I often see in the clients I work with. Many people don’t realize how day-to-day stress, worry, or even underlying anxiety (even when managed with medication) can drive automatic patterns with food. If you'...