Emotional Eating

Sometimes it isn’t hunger.

It’s tiredness, loneliness, anxiety, sadness, or emptiness.

Often, we turn to food to try to soothe our emotions, rather than responding to a physical need. This is an experience often associated with emotional eating.

Eating can bring comfort for a moment, but when it becomes the main way of coping with difficult emotions, it’s easy to fall into a cycle of overeating, guilt and shame.

Learning to listen to what we feel, recognise our triggers and find healthier ways to manage our emotions is an essential step towards building a more conscious relationship with food and with ourselves 🤍