Understanding Emotional Eating Causes: Unveiling the Hidden Causes Behind Your Food Cravings

As a psychoanalyst specializing in eating disorders, I’ve heard countless stories about the misguided and often harmful advice people receive about binge eating solutions. The impact of this advice can be profound, leaving people feeling misunderstood and unsupported. To shed light on this issue, I asked my Facebook group to share the worst advice they’ve been given. The responses were …

Understanding Emotional Eating Causes: Unveiling the Hidden Causes Behind Your Food Cravings

Do you cringe at the thought of going to therapy for binge eating? If the idea of sharing your behavior around food makes you uncomfortable, consider using binge eating self-help strategies that let you start making changes privately. No sharing or vulnerability required. Whether you’ve been binge eating for years or just feel out of control around food, there are …

Understanding Emotional Eating Causes: Unveiling the Hidden Causes Behind Your Food Cravings

Have you ever wondered how to put yourself first without feeling guilty or selfish? For many people, the idea of prioritizing their own needs feels uncomfortable. It may even stir up feelings of shame or fear of letting others down.  Yet when you constantly sacrifice your own well-being for everyone else, you risk exhaustion, resentment, and even turning to food …

Understanding Emotional Eating Causes: Unveiling the Hidden Causes Behind Your Food Cravings

Binge eating can leave you feeling overwhelmed, guilty, and out of control. After a binge, it’s easy to fall into self-criticism and despair, which is all too often followed by more binge eating. It is possible to break that vicious cycle. Whether you’re dealing with this for the first time or it’s an ongoing struggle, knowing what to do after …

Understanding Emotional Eating Causes: Unveiling the Hidden Causes Behind Your Food Cravings

Many people struggle with body image, believing they need to have a “better” body before they feel good about themselves. It is possible to feel better about your body while you’re in the process of improving your health or losing weight.   The Buddha says, “Cherish your body. It is yours this one time only.” Many people yearn to have a …

Understanding Emotional Eating Causes: Unveiling the Hidden Causes Behind Your Food Cravings

Have you ever had thoughts like this?  “I’ll be happy when I lose weight.” “When I stop binging, I’ll be happy.” As an emotional eating therapist, I have heard that many times. Actually, the opposite is true: when we’re happy, we tend to lose weight and/or stop binge eating. So, consider what’s stopping you from feeling happy. Are you yearning …

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Understanding Emotional Eating Causes: Unveiling the Hidden Causes Behind Your Food Cravings

Gina’s day always started off strong. She had a healthy breakfast, worked out during lunch, and felt good about sticking to her wellness goals.  But as the work piled up and her inbox overflowed, she felt the stress mounting. By mid-afternoon she was overwhelmed and upset, standing in front of the fridge, eating leftover banana bread. It wasn’t hunger. It …

Understanding Emotional Eating Causes: Unveiling the Hidden Causes Behind Your Food Cravings

Uncovering the “signs of emotional eating” can be a journey of self-discovery. It’s like peeling back the layers of an onion, each one revealing something new about our relationship with food and emotions. Many of us have had moments of diving into a pint of ice cream after a stressful day. But when this becomes a habitual response, rather than …