When Food Feels Like a Hug: Working Skillfully with Emotional Eating
An 8-page guide to exploring emotional eating with nuance, compassion, and curiosity.
Emotional eating is eating in response to
feelings rather than physical hunger. But it’s
not inherently a problem. Food and emotion
have always been connected—think of
birthday cake, funeral casseroles, ice cream
after a breakup. Emotional eating is often our
body’s first line of care before we’ve had a
chance to understand what’s truly needed.
An 8-page guide to exploring emotional eating with nuance, compassion, and curiosity.
Emotional eating is eating in response to
feelings rather than physical hunger. But it’s
not inherently a problem. Food and emotion
have always been connected—think of
birthday cake, funeral casseroles, ice cream
after a breakup. Emotional eating is often our
body’s first line of care before we’ve had a
chance to understand what’s truly needed.
An 8-page guide to exploring emotional eating with nuance, compassion, and curiosity.
Emotional eating is eating in response to
feelings rather than physical hunger. But it’s
not inherently a problem. Food and emotion
have always been connected—think of
birthday cake, funeral casseroles, ice cream
after a breakup. Emotional eating is often our
body’s first line of care before we’ve had a
chance to understand what’s truly needed.