Always Hungry: Healing the Emotional Story Behind the Weight

What if the struggle with food… isn’t really about food?In this episode of The Story Seat, we sit down with Jane—a psychotherapist and author of Always Hungry: How I Lost the Weight and Found Myself—to explore the deeper emotional layers behind weight, identity, and self-worth.After losing 103 pounds and maintaining it for over a decade, Jane shares why lasting change didn’t come from dieting—but from doing the inner work. From emotional eating and body-based discrimination to rebuilding her life after divorce, her journey reveals how our relationship with food is often rooted in something far deeper.We also explore the role of compassion, humor, and acceptance—from her work with clients to her experience parenting a neurodivergent, non-binary child.This is a conversation about healing, not restriction.About understanding, not judgment.And about finally addressing the story beneath the surface.