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

Have you ever felt like you’re constantly putting others before yourself, leaving your own needs unmet? If you also struggle with binge eating or emotional eating, it’s possible that you take care of everyone else and food takes care of you. This article, “How to Put Yourself First Every Day,” will equip you with practical advice to balance caring for …

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 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 felt overwhelmed and upset, and found herself standing in front of the fridge eating leftover banana bread. She felt …

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 …