Emotional Eating: From Food as God to God as Comfort | Tricia Nelson

Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!Year-End Coaching Intensive:This Year-End Coaching Intensive is a private, deeply supportive 4-session experience designed to help you gently complete the year while preparing fertile ground for the woman you are becoming. For more details and to save your spot, click here.Welcome to the Say YES to Yourself! Podcast—the show for midlife women, empty nesters, and anyone navigating life after divorce, burnout, or big transitions. If you're ready to shed cultural expectations, reconnect with your true self, and put your joy first—you’re in the right place.This week, Wendy is joined by emotional eating expert Tricia Nelson, author of Heal Your Hunger and a TEDx speaker with over 2 million views. After struggling with binge eating, Tricia discovered that food was never the real problem—it was what she was trying to escape.Through a transformative relationship with a spiritual mentor, she learned that sustainable healing requires going deeper than willpower and diets, addressing the blocks to love, the old beliefs, and the trauma that keep us reaching for food instead of God.They explore:Why emotional eating is more about escaping pain than lacking willpowerThe truth about meditation for over-thinkersWhat it means to replace food as comfort with a deeper connection to self and SpiritThis is a powerful conversation for anyone who’s ready to stop numbing and start nourishing—body, mind, and soul.Connect with Tricia:Emotional Eater or Food Addict QuizHealYourHunger.comInstagram @tricianelson_Her Book: Heal Your HungerHer Podcast: Confessions of a Binge EaterReferenced in this Episode:Meditation Apps: Insight Timer, Calm________________________________________________________________________________________Connect with Wendy:LinkedinInstagram: @wendy.harropFacebook: Phineas Wright HouseWebsite: Phineas Wright House PWH Farm StaysPWH Curated Experience and TravelInterested in being a guest on the show? Send your pitch to [email protected] Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.