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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2025 · 22 MIN

Food, Feelings, and Freedom: The Truth Behind Emotional Eating with Coach Katy Landis

from Scary Calm · host Lisa Lacy

Why do we keep reaching for food when what we’re really craving is something deeper? In this episode of Scary Calm, Lisa Lacy sits down with Katy Landis, a transformational nutrition and mindset coach, motivational speaker, and author of the Amazon bestseller Losing Weight is an Inside Job: How to Forget Food and Focus on You.Katy shares her powerful journey of overcoming emotional eating, shedding 70 pounds—not through restrictive dieting, but by healing the deeper wounds that kept her stuck in self-sabotage. Her work goes beyond food, helping people break free from the stress-eat-regret cycle by addressing the real root causes: shame, trauma, and the belief that they are not enough.In this episode, we explore:Why weight struggles have nothing to do with willpower and everything to do with painThe emotional roots of overeating and how to heal themHow food becomes a coping mechanism for unprocessed traumaWhy saying no is one of the most powerful tools for self-healingHow self-awareness and small daily shifts can lead to lasting transformationKaty’s message is clear: true freedom from emotional eating starts from within. If you’ve ever felt trapped in a cycle of using food for comfort, this episode is for you.

Why do we keep reaching for food when what we’re really craving is something deeper? In this episode of Scary Calm, Lisa Lacy sits down with Katy Landis, a transformational nutrition and mindset coach, motivational speaker, and author of the Amazon bestseller Losing Weight is an Inside Job: How to Forget Food and Focus on You.Katy shares her powerful journey of overcoming emotional eating, shedding 70 pounds—not through restrictive dieting, but by healing the deeper wounds that kept her stuck in self-sabotage. Her work goes beyond food, helping people break free from the stress-eat-regret cycle by addressing the real root causes: shame, trauma, and the belief that they are not enough.In this episode, we explore:Why weight struggles have nothing to do with willpower and everything to do with painThe emotional roots of overeating and how to heal themHow food becomes a coping mechanism for unprocessed traumaWhy saying no is one of the most powerful tools for self-healingHow self-awareness and small daily shifts can lead to lasting transformationKaty’s message is clear: true freedom from emotional eating starts from within. If you’ve ever felt trapped in a cycle of using food for comfort, this episode is for you.

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