Ep52: Emotional Eating Pt 1: Biology or Willpower

Emotional Eating...when we overeat in order to distract from, or self-soothe intense emotions that we think we can't handle. This is Part 1 of 2 of an Emotional Eating mini series which will help you understand the neuroscience behind emotional eating, why it is counter-productive to punish yourself further for engaging in eating in this way...and what you can do about it. Key highlights: - What makes us emotionally eat? - Hormones, multiple brain functions and specific regions in the brain all serve to make it harder to not eat our emotions. - Emotional eating myths - Strategies to help manage and indeed reduce emotional eating significantly. Would love to hear if this is something that you struggle with and any take-aways that you get from today's episode. If you know anyone who needs to hear this please share it with them. x